(34 quotes found)
“Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.”
Clare Boothe Luce
“In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving to him every day that primary causes, like the objective reality of things, will be hidden from him forever and that he can only know relations”
Claude Bernard
“Even if it's hard to find teachers you don't lessen the requirements just because it's hard to find them.”
Carol Rupe
“It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies.”
Celso Amorim
“This merger would give General Dynamics a permanent monopoly in nuclear submarines and would substantially lessen competition in surface combatants.”
Charles A. James
“Any time you separate economic interest from voting interests, it leads to all kinds of problems. It lessens the accountability. I haven't heard of any good reason for dual-class stock. I think the proposal will strike a chord with a lot of people.”
Charles Elson
“My hope is many of the problems we saw recently hopefully can be alleviated or at least lessened. These aren't just glitches. They can have a profound impact on our elections. We need to do everything in our power to ensure that voters not only are able to vote, but have that vote counted.”
Chris Dodd
“Affordable complementary therapies, such as Diachrome, could make a substantial contribution to lessening the economic burden of diabetes for patients and payers.”
David Nash
“Until we get decent weather as far as lessening of the winds, we're gonna continue to have an above normal mosquito population simply because we can't get our airplanes up in the air.”
Chuck Palmisano
“The data suggest the pace of unemployment's rise is lessening. They don't tell you you'll get a turnaround, but they're encouraging.”
Edward McKelvey
