#extent

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do. ↗

— Sarah Caldwell

#important #likes #more #only #position

Aerobic dancing is already adjusting to injury problems and will probably phase out to some extent. ↗

— Kenneth H. Cooper

#aerobic #already #dancing #extent #injury

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#civilization #extent #impossible #instinct #overlook

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. ↗

— Jean Genet

#extent #fame #heroes #little #owes

I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department. ↗

— Erik Larson

#aware #department #extent #i #levels

There is no doubt that we should take solar radiation into account. We have seen ground temperatures rising since 1975, and it is important to know to what extent that has been caused by the sun or by carbon dioxide. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#been #carbon #carbon dioxide #caused #dioxide

Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion. ↗

— Maimonides

#assert #assertion #bible #extent #founded

Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction. ↗

— Yann Martel

#fiction #how #imagination #interpret #interpretation

The mind of man has perplexed itself with many hard questions. Is space infinite, and in what sense? Is the material world infinite in extent, and are all places within that extent equally full of matter? Do atoms exist or is matter infinitely divisible? ↗

— James C. Maxwell

#divisible #equally #exist #extent #full

Technology is permeating every single thing we do... And to the extent that we can better expose our young people to all the different ways that technology can be used, not just for video games or toys, we're planning for the future. ↗

— Marc Morial

#different #different ways #every #expose #extent