Quotes by Arbitrary I have to trick myself into writing a story - impose some arbitrary constraint to distract me from the constraints of my past habits or my fear that I don't have much to say. Catherine Brady arbitrarywritingpast Panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations. Charles Hartshorne doctrinedeismarbitrary I don't believe that Freedom of Information laws, which have arbitrary time periods or broad blanket exemptions, meet the level of transparency that society needs today. Chelsea Manning arbitrarylawbelieve The score must govern the music. It must have authority, and not merely be an arbitrary jumping-off point for improvisation. Cornelius Cardew arbitraryjumpingauthority The most pernicious of all taxes are the arbitrary. David Hume pernicioustaxesarbitrary Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them. David Ricardo scarcityarbitrarygold I no longer see Descartes' statement as arbitrary. It is representative of our culture's narcissism. This narcissism leads to a disturbing disrespect for direct experience and a negation of the body. Derrick Jensen arbitrarydisrespectculture It is the duty of machines and those who design them to understand people. It is not our duty to understand the arbitrary, meaningless dictates of machines. Donald A. Norman arbitrarydesignpeople Learning should take place when it is needed, when the learner is interested, not according to some arbitrary, fixed schedule Donald A. Norman arbitraryschedulesshould Love is such an arbitrary thing. I love my mom. I love pancakes. Doug Stanhope arbitrarymomlove-is In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs. Edith Wharton arbitrarydonereal Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity. Edmund Burke arbitrarypowerlaw It is true, that a Law of Contract based on causae will always be an arbitrary and inelastic law; but it is a kind of law with which some great nations are satisfied at the present day. Edward Jenks arbitrarykindlaw A jurisdiction thus vague and arbitrary was exposed to the most dangerous abuse: the substance, as well as the form, of justice were often sacrificed to the prejudices of virtue, the bias of laudable affection, and the grosser seductions of interest or resentment. Edward Gibbon arbitraryabusejustice Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless. Elizabeth Gaskell arbitraryloyaltyjustice Any argument where one supposes an arbitrary choice to be made an uncountably infinite number of times ...[is] outside the domain of mathematics. Emile Borel arbitrarychoicesnumbers Proving one's freedom will often mean insisting on the most arbitrary, odd, unrepeatable aspects of one's behavior. Ermanno Bencivenga arbitraryfreedommean Don't make a big distinction between fiction and non-fiction. These are arbitrary distinctions. Farley Mowat arbitrarybigsfiction The connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary. Ferdinand de Saussure arbitraryconnections Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different. Frances Mayes arbitrarydifferentwould-be«123456789»
