#acquisition

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#education #facts #how #intellectual #learning

People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned. ↗

— John Moody

#almost #began #california #concerned #continent

Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#accommodations #acquisition #always #assimilation #becomes

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#consists #enjoying #generally #greatest #greatest pleasure

Yeah, take it from me. He may try to sell himself to you along with the company. And then there is Roberto, the CEO of our acquisition target. He also seems to be a bit of a flirt. Those two are like moths around a light bulb with you. Any idea how you would react if they both came after you? ↗

— Karynne Summars

#glamour #italy #love #love

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. ↗

— Jane Austen

#almost #beauty #been #cradle #delight

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#acquisition #best #books #friends #good

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

#apt #character #deteriorate #golf #like

The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's just how much money you want to spend. You could be the world champions and somebody else makes a key acquisition or two and you're through. ↗

— Whitey Herzog

#any #build #champions #changed #could

Assaults against women and children are assaults against any potential positive future for the world. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#assault #future-generations #gender-equality #equality