Quotes by Principles It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind. Matthew Simpson principlesmindfeelings What I've learnt is when you walk into a family argument and people tell you it's about principle don't get involved. There is more to life than principles. Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman argumentprinciplespeople In principle, any abstraction of the object is allowed which has a sufficiently strong creative power behind it. Max Beckmann strongcreativeprinciples If you're too sloppy, then you never get reproducible results, then you never get reproducible results, and then you never can draw any conclusions; but if you are just a little sloppy, then when you see something startling, you nail it down. So I called it the "Principle of Limited Sloppiness". Max Delbruck sloppinessnailsprinciples Although the formulations of science now offer the most advanced knowledge of nature, men continue to use obsolete forms of thought long discarded by scientific theory. In so far as these obsolete forms are superfluous for science, the fact that they persist violated the principle of the economy of thought, that characteristic trait of the bourgeois temper. Max Horkheimer principlesmenlong I have a simple principle for the conduct of life- never to resist an adequate temptation. Max Lerner principlessimpletemptation A jay hasnt got any more principle than a Congressman. A jay will lie, a jay will steal, a jay will deceive, a jay will betray; and four times out of five, a jay will go back on his solemnest promise. Mark Twain principleslyingpromise Principles-and I have in mind such principles as states' rights or national sovereignty or the free market or pacifism-have a way of drying up while the sap of life goes flowing in another direction. Max Lerner principlesrightsmind The organization of ofices follows the principle of hierarchy ... each lower office is under the control and supervision of a higher one Max Weber officeorganizationprinciples You cannot have a theory without principles. Principles is another name for prejudices. Mark Twain prejudiceprinciplesnames We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles. Mark Twain protectionindividualityprinciples Antagonistic cooperation is the principle of all markets and many marriages. Mason Cooley cooperationmarriageprinciples Israel has the mentality of a small Kibbutz. Kibbutz is kind of like a small village that - actually there aren't many Kibbutz left in Israel - but it was something that was based on socialism and based on a principle that everyone is working for the Kibbutz and the Kibbutz is one. Meital Dohan small-villagesisraelprinciples If the popular thing to do is to say you have to ban flag burning, even if it ultimately means we're compromising a core principle of who we are as a republic, I don't think Donald Trump really thinks that that deeply into it. Megyn Kelly principlesmeanthinking No one really wants to follow you per se. They really don’t. They want to know that, by following you, they are really following a higher principle, a transcendent truth. In spiritual followership, people want to know whether they are being led and influenced by God. Mel Lawrenz principlesspiritualpeople In our faith we follow in someone's steps. In our faith we leave footprints to guide others. It's the principle of discipleship Max Lucado principleschristiansteps Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse. Maya Angelou reverseprinciplesinspirational I am skeptical in principle, gullible in practice. Mason Cooley gullibleprinciplespractice I started out in a kid’s backyard playing touch football and I never abandoned the principle when I got to the pros: if they can’t touch you, they can’t tackle you. Mercury Morris principlesfootballkids The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence. Mercy Otis Warren independenceunited-statesprinciples«6970717273747576777879»
