#principal

Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner. ↗

— Frank Dobson

#britain #cause #causes #death #dying

I am at war... with the principal personage of traditional philosophy, that abstract subject who masquerades as everyone and anyone, but is really a male subject in disguise. ↗

— Pam Gems

#am #anyone #disguise #everyone #i

My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern California, and my son-in-law is a high school principal. I am surrounded. ↗

— Loni Anderson

#california #daughter #grandmother #high #high school

I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you're mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#i #i can #liberal #life #maintain

Well, let me tell you, ants are the dominant insects. They make up as much as a quarter of the biomass of all insects in the world. They are the principal predators. They're the cemetery workers. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#cemetery #dominant #insects #make #make up

It urges policy makers and the Supreme Court to make the mistake of curing what could prove to be an isolated problem by disarming the government of its principal weapon to stop future terrorist attacks. ↗

— John Yoo

#could #court #curing #disarming #future

I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#any #because #been #damn #fall

Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#constantly #frenzy #our #passion #principals

Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue. ↗

— Henry Bolingbroke

#founded #great #must #principals #supported

And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge. ↗

— Richard Branson

#obviously #our #own #personal #personal point