#implies

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#alive #almost #cowardly #dangerous #dead

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#discerning #high #high quality #identifying #implies

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#every #excellence #free #free man #goal

A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. ↗

— Joseph Story

#best #fidelity #first #good #good government

When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that's a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous. ↗

— Norm MacDonald

#bother #cancer #courageous #defeated #did

I hate overweight, because it implies that there's a weight standard I should be adhering to. ↗

— Camryn Manheim

#because #hate #i #implies #overweight

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#amount #certain #democracy #human #implies

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk. ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#compliment #equality #friends #how #implies

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#bell #implies #interference #other #people

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#duty #every #i #i believe #i believe that