Quotes by Practice The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had eroded trust and to deprive the people of Baltimore of the rights and the protections guaranteed to every American. Al Sharpton practicerightslaw Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate. One doesn't need a university diploma to realize that the ruler is oppressive and corrupt. On the other hand, to eradicate illiteracy requires that we elect a fair and efficient political regime. Alaa Al Aswany politicalpracticehands Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice. Alain de Botton violincontentmentpractice The problem isn't so much finding good ideas (there is no shortage) as embedding the ones we have into everyday practice. Alain de Botton everydaypracticeideas Unnatural to expect that learning to be happy should be any easier than, say, learning to play the violin or require any less practice. Alain de Botton violinpracticeplay I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not. Alain Prost weekendpracticewinning To tell the truth, girls are no longer the way they used to be. They play gangsters, nowadays, just like boys. They organize rackets. They plan holdups and practice karate. They will rape defenseless adolescents. They wear pants... Life has become impossible. Alain Robbe-Grillet girlpracticeboys Improvements in lending practices driven by information technology have enabled lenders to reach out to households with previously unrecognized borrowing capacities. Alan Greenspan informationtechnologypractice There is nothing like practice. Alan Hovhaness practice I made it, Ma - Carnegie Hall. And I didn't have to practice. Alan King carnegiepracticemade With science, ideas can germinate within a bed of theory, form, and practice that assists their growth... But we as gardeners, must beware... for some seeds are the seeds of ruin... and the most iridescent blooms are often the most dangerous Alan Moore growthpracticeideas The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions. Alan Paton practicechristiancountry Programming is a skill best acquired by practice and example rather than from books. Alan Turing skillspracticebook Zen is really extraordinarily simple as long as one doesn't try to be cute about it or beat around the bush! Zen is simply the sensation and the clear understanding ... that there is behind the multiplicity of events and creatures in this universe simply one energy -- and it appears as you, and everything is it. The practice of Zen is to understand that one energy so as to "feel it in your bones. Alan Watts simplepracticecute Breathing is important in the practice of meditation because it is the faculty in us that is simultaneously voluntary and involuntary. You can feel that you are breathing, and equally you can feel that it is breathing you. So it is a sort of bridge between the voluntary world and the involuntary world — a place where they are one. Alan Watts breathingbridgespractice It is only by participation in a rational, practice-based community that one becomes rational. Alasdair MacIntyre participationcommunitypractice For a man who loves power, competition from the gods is annoying. I have done away with that. I have proven to these illusory godsthat a man, if he has the will, can practice, without any apprenticeship, their ridiculous trade. Albert Camus powerpracticemen Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. Albert Camus generositypracticeorder Moreover, most people, assuming they had not altogether abandoned religious observances, or did not combine them naively with a thoroughly immoral way of living, had replace normal religious practice by more or less extravagant superstitions. Albert Camus religiouspracticepeople If we examine the accomplishments of man in his most advanced endeavors, in theory and in practice, we find that the cell has done all this long before him, with greater resourcefulness and much greater efficiency. Albert Claude cellspracticemen«1234567891011»
