#synonymous

Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#accustomed #beings #controlling #events #having

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#dawn #does #eclipse #endless #entitled

Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest. ↗

— William J. Brennan, Jr.

#deals #interest #manner #material #obscene

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#claims #coming #future #hour #indifferent

Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion. ↗

— Roy Moore

#god #indeed #religion #synonymous

Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#british #controls #elite #more #much

I think for us - the Weinstein name, the Miramax name - they've both become synonymous with brands. We have a real winning formula when it comes to championing a different kind of movie, and I think the audience trusts us. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#become #both #brands #championing #comes

The Masters is one of golf's greatest traditions and Augusta is one of the best courses in the world. They are synonymous. It's an event that every golfer, and golf fan, looks forward to. ↗

— Mike Weir

#courses #event #every #fan #forward

Too long has the public mind considered religion to be synonymous with priestcraft. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

#long #mind #priestcraft #public #public mind

Do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness. ↗

— Kent Nerburn

#domination #fall #false #manliness #mastery