Quotes by Precedent Society likes to file you away, put you in this or that category. And I never fit any category. Maybe that's why I was left out of a lot of things, or why my work was not really understood, because there was no precedent for it. Agnes Denes precedent fit likes There's no precedent for women philosophers and there's no precedence for most of the things I did. Agnes Denes precedence philosopher precedent Is not Precedent indeed a King of men? A Word from the Psalmist. Algernon Charles Swinburne precedent kings men Stability means respecting precedents. Arlen Specter stability precedent mean We have the precedent of Collin Powell ten years ago, when he showed the evidence, it was false, and it was forged. Bashar al-Assad evidence precedent years The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents. Belva Ann Lockwood precedent generations glory The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew. Claude Debussy aeroplanes precedent century The only thing that can be safely predicted is that sometime soon your organization will be challenged to change in ways for which it has no precedent. Gary Hamel precedent organization way Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand. George Washington precedent government hands Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent. Glen Cook precedent cynicism historical It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing. Howard Carter precedent vision sight Everything I write has a precedent in truth. Ian Fleming precedent writing It's only now that I realize that behaviour always has a context and precedents, it's what you do rather than what you are, although we often never recognise that context or understand what these precedents are. Irvine Welsh precedent realizing behaviour Precedents once established are so much positive power. James Madison precedent That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it. Madame de Stael precedent past Don’t let the urgent take precedent over the important. Michael Hyatt urgent precedent important The mark of mediocrity is to look for precedent. Norman Mailer precedent mediocrity looks When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it. Owen Hart precedent belts kind You shouldn't reward me for endangering your life, you know. Think of the precedent you're setting. Rainbow Rowell precedent rewards thinking Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure. Sallust precedent government 12»
