Quotes by Principles If the principle is, "Let's not get lethal substances out to the public", the first one you'd go after is tobacco. The next one you'd go after is alcohol. Way down the list you'd get to cocaine, and sort of invisibly low you'd get to marijuana. Noam Chomsky marijuanaalcoholprinciples In fact, by universal grammar I mean just that system of principles and structures that are the prerequisites for acquisition of language, and to which every language necessarily conforms. Noam Chomsky principlesmeanfacts There are very deep and restrictive principles that determine the nature of human language and are rooted in the specific character of the human mind Noam Chomsky principlesmindcharacter They that are virtuous from principle may receive confidence in every capacity; but they that are so from custom or habit, are capable of trust only in matters of ordinary and settled occurrence. Norm MacDonald principlesordinarymay Many frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices. Norm MacDonald principlespractice I get angry at a principle, not a person. Norman Schwarzkopf angryprinciplespersons I'm grateful for believing in a religion that can naturally adapt to changing times yet uphold timeless values and principles. Nouman Ali Khan gratefulprinciplesbelieve Literature is conscious mythology: as society develops, its mythical stories become structural principles of story-telling, its mythical concepts, sun-gods and the like, become habits of metaphoric thought. In a fully mature literary tradition the writerenters intoa structure of traditional stories and images. Northrop Frye principlesliteraturestories As the capacity to coerce declines, it is natural to turn to control of opinion as the basis for authority and domination - a fundamental principle of government already emphasized by David Hume. Noam Chomsky governmentprinciplesfundamentals Even an evil man can have principleshe can be true to his own evil, which is not always so easy. Norman Mailer principlesevilmen I'd rather be broke and have a whole lot of respect. O.C. raphip-hopprinciples The general principle is that the victors don't look at themselves or concede anything. The defeated typically have to, except when it's beneficial to the powerful for them not to. Noam Chomsky powerfulprincipleslooks There is no principle involved in my holdout. Only money. O. J. Simpson involvedprinciples The basic principle is that the losers have to confess, not the victors. When they do it, it's a crime. When we do it, it's not. And more generally, it's the defeated who are tried, not the victors. Noam Chomsky defeatedloserprinciples Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper. Og Mandino adversitystarsprinciples One of the greatest of all principles is that men can do what they think they can do. Norman Vincent Peale principlesmenthinking Thomas Jefferson, the leading Enlightenment figure in the United States, along with Benjamin Franklin, who took exactly the same view, argued that dependence will lead to "subservience and venality", and will "suffocate the germs of virtue". And remember, by dependence he meant wage labor, which was considered an abomination under classical liberal principles. Noam Chomsky enlightenmentprinciplesviews The crime of liberation theology was that it takes the Gospels seriously. That's unacceptable. The Gospels are radical pacifist material, if you take a look at them . . . Liberation theology, in Brazil particularly, brought the actual Gospel to peasants. They said, let's read what the Gospels say, and try to act on the principles they describe. That was the major crime that set off the Reagan wars of terror. Noam Chomsky principlestryingwar The U.S. - the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that's hardly even a joke. The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan. Noam Chomsky principleslawideas If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it. Noam Chomsky unexpectedtheoryprinciples«7778798081828384858687»
