Plus Quotes

• The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Education, Teacher, Teaching

  Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.124, Univ of California Press

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• If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Quoted in Observer, 15 Jan. 1950

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• Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Education, Character, School

  Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.124, Univ of California Press

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• You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

  Denis Waitley

  Dream, Wild Imagination, Vivid Imagination

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• One line plus one line results in many meanings.

  Josef Albers

  Lines, One Line, Results

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• Il y a dans les hommes plus de choses a'   admirer que de choses a'   me  priser. There are more things to admire in people than to despise.

  Albert Camus

  People, Admirer, Despise

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• Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Wild Imagination, Vivid Imagination

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• Man minus the Machine is a slave; Man plus the Machine is a freeman.

  Henry Ford

  Men, Machines, Slave

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• In effort Happiness idleness life pleasure superstition support trouble work The superstition that all our hours of work are a minus quantity in the happiness of life, and all the hours of idleness are plus ones, is a most ludicrous and pernicious doctrine, and its greatest support comes from our not taking sufficient trouble, not making a real effort, to make work as near pleasure as it can be.

  Arthur Balfour

  Life, Real, Work

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• Whatever goal, man has reached is due to his originality plus his brutality

  Adolf Hitler

  Military, Men, Goal

  Adolf Hitler (1944). “Hitler's Words”

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• I believe we accomplished a lot of good things while I was in office. We maintained a very good working relationship with both Republicans and Democrats during my tenure. Consequently, we had a very high batting average in dealing with Congress on some very controversial issues. Plus, we kept our nation at peace,
  we obeyed the law, and we told the truth.

  Jimmy Carter

  Believe, Law, Issues

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• Qui plussait, plus se tait. French, you know. The more a man knows, the less he talks.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Men, Knows

  Madeleine L'Engle (2012). “A Wrinkle in Time: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition”, p.61, Macmillan

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• Art must take reality by surprise. It takes those moments which are for us merely a moment, plus a moment, plus another moment, and arbitrarily transforms them into a special series of moments held together by a major emotion.

  Francoise Sagan

  Art, Reality, Special

  "Françoise Sagan, The Art of Fiction No. 15". Interview with Blair Fuller and Robert B. Silvers, www.theparisreview.org. Autumn 1956.

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• I call my wife and talk to my children four or five times a day. I've surrounded myself with great people and friends, plus I'm always willing to make amends.

  Richard Patrick

  Children, Wife, People

  "Richard Patrick of Filter". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Real wealth is ideas plus energy.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Inspirational, Real, Ideas

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• In mid-May, the House of Representatives approved the full amount of money that the Veterans Administration said was needed for next year - plus an additional $1 billion increase for veterans' health care.

  Doc Hastings

  Years, House, Care

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• Population growth is straining the Earth's resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing that. That, plus helping women gain political and economic power and safeguarding their reproductive rights.

  Al Gore

  Girl, Rights, Point Break

  "Al Gore, ‘Inconvenient Truth’ Author And Global-Warming Expert, Talks About Change". Interview with Leigh Haber, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 29, 2013.

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• You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Funny, Thinking, America

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• When I get my heart rate up, I get good exercise and I think it's good for a lot of things, plus it's not hurting my hips right now.

  Mike Ditka

  Hurt, Heart, Exercise

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• I live in Connecticut, but eventually I'd like to move back to New Orleans. I grew up there; the pace is a bit slower. Plus, I love crawfish and po'boys.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Moving, Boys, New Orleans

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• Asian food is very easy to like because it hits your mouth very differently than European food does. In European food, there may be two things to hit - maybe sweet and salty, maybe salty-savory, … but Asian kind of works around, plus you have that distinct flavor that’s usually working in Asian food.

  Tom Colicchio

  Sweet, Two, Asian

  "Q&A with Tom Colicchio". Interview with Victorino Matus, www.weeklystandard.com. March 8, 2012.

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• Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.

  Lenny Bruce

  Time, Sarcasm, Thinking

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• I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem like a good idea to me. See? Another plus about America, you can always find some food.

  Elayne Boosler

  Ideas, America, Weight

  "Top 5 Things I’m Thankful for" by Elayne Boosler, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 24, 2010.

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• Botox, trust me I've been tempted - but I resist! Think about what happens to your muscles - and your skin - if you're sick and don't move for a few days.

  Salma Hayek

  Moving, Thinking, Sick

  "Salma Hayek Talks Acne, Depression, & Botox" by Kacy Ray, www.foxnews.com. April 5, 2012.

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• It was hard to get guys to notice me, period, because I was so skinny and all my friends were curvy. Plus, I used to be very nervous in front of guys.

  Tyra Banks

  Guy, Skinny, Nervous

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