(208 quotes found)
“Anything you can acquire is only another thing you’ll lose.”
Chuck Palahniuk
“Now the way of life that I preach is a habit to be acquired gradually by long and steady repetition. It is the practice of living for the day only, and for the day's work.”
William Osler
“Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.”
Carolyn Heilbrun
“Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.”
Walter Benjamin
“Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge”
Claude Bernard
“The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.”
Charles Sanders Peirce
“If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.”
Frank Gelett Burgess
“Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.”
Sara Teasdale
“I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.”
Mark Twain
“I think the technology Ascend has acquired gives them the lead over existing data networking companies in offering full-featured SS7 technology. Stratus offers SS7 technology on a high-end computer platform, whereas Cisco offers more low-end signaling.”
Christin Armacost
