Quotes by Division Once it has been perceived that the division of labour is the essence of society, nothing remains of the antithesis between individual and society. The contradiction between individual principle and social principle disappears. Ludwig von Mises divisionprinciplesessence This is one of the toughest divisions and I’m going to be champion. Lyoto Machida championdivision In mathematical quarters, the regular division of the plane has been considered theoretically. ... [Mathematicians] have opened the gate leading to an extensive domain, but they have not entered this domain themselves. By their very nature they are more interested in the way in which the gate is opened than in the garden lying behind it. M. C. Escher divisiongardenlying Let no one ever think for a moment that national debate means national division. Lyndon B. Johnson divisionmeanthinking The builders of the British Indian Empire have patiently built its four pillars-the European interests, the army, the Indian princes and the communal divisions. Mahatma Gandhi divisionfourarmy Correct division should be preferred over corrupt unity. Mark Dever unitydivisionshould World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation. Marshall McLuhan divisionmilitarywar The problem with a lot of Chinese is that they put up divisions between Taiwanese, Hong Kong natives, mainlanders. We are never united. I really hope that the Chinese can be more united. Martin Yan hong-kongchinesedivision Ms. Merkel's attempt to present herself as a Social Democrat was a clever move. But it's not working anymore. The divisions between the CDU and CSU have simply become too great for that. Martin Schulz divisionclevermoving I have never examined the subject of humor until now. I am surprised to find how much ground it covers. I have got its divisions and frontiers down on a piece of paper. I find it defined as a production of the brain, as the power of the brain to produce something humorous, and the capacity of percieving humor. Mark Twain divisionhumorousbrain I think only of objects: of a leg or an arm, of the wonderful sense of foreshortening, breaking through the plane, of the division of space, of the combination of straight lines in relation to curved ones. Max Beckmann divisionspacethinking A clear division between good and evil, right and wrong, would simplify everything, but life was rarely simple. Melissa Marr divisionsimpleevil I have never understood, for instance, why some people see contemporary art as divided between 'painting' and 'conceptual art', as though this represented a genuine division. Michael Craig-Martin divisionpeopleart The politics of personal destruction, the politics of division, the politics of fear, it's all there. It helps you to define the politics of moderation - the politics of democratic respect, the politics of hope - more clearly. Michael Ignatieff moderationdivisionhelping The main division in the world is between democratic and undemocratic countries. Michael Mandelbaum divisioncountryworld Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before. Michael Pollan agriculturedivisionfood What is constitutive is the action that divides madness, and not the science elaborated once this division is made. Michel Foucault divisionmadnessaction Is it not better to remain in suspense than to entangle yourself in the many errors that the human fancy has produced? Is it not better to suspend your convictions than to get mixed up in these seditious and quarrelsome divisions? Michel de Montaigne suspensedivisionerrors One of the many possible divisions of human beings is into those who make and those who use. Nan Fairbrother divisionhumansuse choice in any sphere is a peril, the basic division of peoples is of those who believe in choice and those who mistrust it. Nayantara Sahgal divisionchoicesbelieve«1234567891011»
