Form Quotes

• It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Sarcastic, Time

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• Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms.

  Constance Baker Motley

  Different, Action, Complexes

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• Failing to differentiate among employees — and holding on to bottom-tier performers — is actually the cruelest form of management there is.

  Jack Welch

  Management, Holding On, Failing

  “WrittenJack Welch: Create Candor in the Workplace“ by Lisa Vollmer, www.gsb.stanford.edu. April 1, 2005.

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• Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make? What is it that gnaws at you? What are your crucible moments?

  Les Wexner

  Decisions You Make, Crucible, Moments

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• Twenty percent of all input forms filled out by people contain bad data.

  Dennis Ritchie

  Filled Out, Data, People

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• Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been

  Winston Churchill

  Wise, Time, Freedom

  Speech in House of Commons, 11 Nov. 1947

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• We are all born idolaters, and idolatry is good, because it is in the nature of man. Who can get beyond it? Only the perfect man, the God-man. The rest are all idolaters. So long as we see this universe before us, with its forms and shapes, we are all idolaters. This is a gigantic symbol we are worshipping. He who says he is the body is a born idolater.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Men, Long, Perfect

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.510, Manonmani Publishers

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• He who was Shri Rama, whose stream of love flowed with resistless might even to the Chandala (the outcaste); Oh, who ever was engaged in doing good to the world though superhuman by nature, whose renown there is none to equal in the three worlds, Sita's beloved, whose body of Knowledge Supreme was covered by devotion sweet in the form of Sita. (part of A Hymn To Shri Ramakrishna)

  Swami Vivekananda

  Sweet, Hymns, Three

  Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

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• Fearlessness can be its own form of power.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Fearlessness

  "'The End of Global Privacy': Greenwald Talks NSA". Interview with Jon Queally, www.commondreams.org. October 2, 2013.

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• Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.

  Sinclair Lewis

  Courage

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• Many of us do not believe in any form of idolatry; but they have no right to object when others do it.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Believe, Idol Worship, Idolatry

  Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

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• When you sit down to paint or draw, you form yourself into a posture of praise

  Robert Genn

  Attitude, Praise, Paint

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• It is that deep spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Beautiful, Spiritual, Perfect

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Importance of Being Earnest: Revised Edition”, p.18, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• The most effortful forms of slow thinking are those that require you to think fast.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Thinking

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.42, Macmillan

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• This external worship of images has, however, been described in all our Shastras as the lowest of all the low forms of worship. But that does not mean that it is a wrong thing to do.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Mean, Doe, Idol Worship

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1354, Manonmani Publishers

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• What is this universe but name and form?

  Swami Vivekananda

  Names, Universe

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.511, Manonmani Publishers

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• The Indian mythology has a theory of cycles, that all progression is in the form of waves.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Progress, Wave, Theory

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.14, editionNEXT.com

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• All forms are transitory, that is why all religions say, "God has no form".

  Swami Vivekananda

  Transitory

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3496, Manonmani Publishers

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• The soul ... is nameless because it is formless. It will neither go to heaven nor [to hell] any more than it will enter this glass.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Glasses, Heaven, Soul

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.448, Manonmani Publishers

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• The power which works through the formative principles of every religion in every country is manifested in the forms of religion. . .

  Swami Vivekananda

  Country, Principles

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2546, Manonmani Publishers

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• A form comes out of a combination of force and matter.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Matter, Force, Combination

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.126, editionNEXT.com

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• We have none of us seen a form which had not a beginning and will not have an end.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ends

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.168, Advaita Ashrama

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• There cannot be any form unless it is the result of force and matter; and all combinations must dissolve.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Matter, Results, Force

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.447, Manonmani Publishers

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• This is the work of Nâma-Rupa - name and form. Everything that has form, everything that calls up an idea in your mind, is within Maya; for everything that is bound by the laws of time, space, and causation is within Maya.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Law, Names, Ideas

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.570, Manonmani Publishers

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• Everything is present in its cause, in its fine form.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Causes, Fine, Effects

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2215, Manonmani Publishers

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