#solely

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages. ↗

— Cyrano de Bergerac

#apples #arrogance #been #beings #benefit

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power. ↗

— Ken Blanchard

#boss #in the past #lead #leader #leaders

God's the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That's solely in the hands of God. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#elvis #elvis presley #final #god #hands

If we are to succeed, we must recognize that the community redevelopment is not solely the rehabilitation of housing, or putting a mall in the business strips. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#community #housing #mall #must #putting

The success of the future does not lie solely on the safety of the past, but relies broadly on the security of the present. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#forget-the-past #future #future-dreams #future-goals #futurist

The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#allows #because #civilization #deal #develop

When it comes to losing with United, I feel solely responsible for it. I can't help it. My brain will work like mad after a defeat. I want to know where I have made the wrong decisions, how I could have changed things for this fantastic club. ↗

— Ruud van Nistelrooy

#brain #changed #club #comes #could

Since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely in order to give tourists something solid to remember it by. ↗

— Alan Coren

#chocolate #clock #cuckoo #give #invented

I don't think anyone should pick a candidate for any office based solely on gender. That would be, I believe, a mistake. ↗

— Jim Nussle

#anyone #based #believe #candidate #gender

In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region. ↗

— Susan Rice

#day #europe #focusing #luxury #region