#attribute

But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#rationalizations #unsourced #nature

Gross well says that children are young because they play, and not vice versa; and he might have added, men grow old because they stop playing, and not conversely, for play is, at bottom, growth, and at the top of the intellectual scale it is the eternal type of research from sheer love of truth. ↗

— G. Stanley Hall

#unverifiable #love

The past is a pebble in my shoe. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#misattributed #misattributed-to-poe #poe-singer #past

I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#any #attributes #capable #come #i

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it. ↗

— James Truslow Adams

#along #attitude #attribute #comes #deeply

I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#attribute #biggest #had #hard #hard work

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#attributed #british #dinner #great #great success

I mean, when you've had a problem in your past, whether it's attributed directly to high cholesterol or not, you want to lower your cholesterol. You want to eat healthy. You want to feel healthy. You want to have a little more energy. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#cholesterol #directly #eat #energy #feel

Living in a tower, however secure it may feel, is hardly a social attribute. ↗

— Dirk Bogarde

#feel #hardly #however #living #may

As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade. ↗

— Jo Ann Emerson

#china #continue #deficit #economy #grow