Values Quotes - Page 34

• Traditional American values: Genocide, aggression, conformity, emotional repression, hypocrisy, and the worship of comfort and consumer goods.

  George Carlin

  Emotional, Hypocrisy, Comfort

  George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion

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• There is in life only one moment and in eternity only one. It is so brief that it is represented by the fleeting of a luminous mote through the thin ray of sunlight - and it is visible but a fraction of a second. The moments that preceded it have been lived, are forgotten and are without value; the moments that have not been lived have no existence and will have no value except in the moment that each shall be lived. While you are asleep you are dead; and whether you stay dead an hour or a billion years the time to you is the same.

  Mark Twain

  Years, Rays, Fleeting

  Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine (1971). “Mark Twain's notebook”, Scholarly Pr

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• Just as the value of a house lies in its location, The value of a mind lies in its depth, The value of giving lies in the presence of a generous spirit, The value of words lies in their reliability.

  Laozi

  Lying, Generous Spirit, Giving

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• Value equals benefits received for burdens endured.

  Leonard L. Berry

  Benefits, Burden

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• Intrinsic value follows meaning follows form follows economics follows function follows more economics follows market research.

  Erik Adigard

  Research, Follow Me, Economics

  "A Conversation About The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly". Interview moderated by Chee Pearlman, www.wired.com. January 1, 2001.

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• Civilization will reach maturity only when it learns to value diversity of character and of ideas.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Character, Maturity, Civilization

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• Being constantly in the public eye gives me a special responsibility, particularly that of using the impact of photographs to transmit a message, to sensitize the word to an important cause, to defend certain values.

  Princess Diana

  Eye, Responsibility, Impact

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• I felt the calling to serve my country. My parents came to the United States from Mexico and Colombia, and this country treated them well. It gave my sisters and me the opportunity to get an education and succeed. I wanted to repay my country for how they treated my family and ensure that our values and freedom are intact for future generations.

  Ruben Gallego

  Country, Opportunity, Parent

  "Congress at War". www.politico.com. July, 2015.

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• Russia's increased Arctic presence. The Arctic has vast natural resources and security value, and Russia is drastically increasing its footprint in the region.

  Don Young

  Russia, Footprint, Natural

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• Scientific discovery is not valuable unless it has commercial value.

  John A. McDougall

  Discovery, Valuable, Scientific Discovery

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• Principles are the territory. Values are maps.

  Stephen Covey

  Principles, Maps, Territory

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• Of the four project development variables - scope, cost, time and quality - quality isn't really a free variable. The only possible values are "excellent" and "insanely excellent", depending on whether lives are at stake.

  Kent Beck

  Quality, Cost, Development

  Kent Beck (2000). “Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change”, p.38, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• Now it is usual-but not to say normal-for people to interest themselves primarily in means, without noticing that means exist only in relation to ends and that, in accepting certain means, they unconsciously accept the ends that make them so. In other words, they accept whatever philosophy happens to be embodied in the values and institutions of a particular civilation.

  Georges Canguilhem

  Philosophy, Mean, People

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• To have a free, peaceful and prosperous world we must be ever stronger particularly in the spiritual things....It is American belief in decency and justice and progress and the value of individual liberty because of the rights conferred on each of us by our Creator that willcarry us through.... There must be something in the heart as well as the head.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Spiritual, Heart, Rights

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• I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living.... Interventions have greater value and impact today than if they are delayed.

  Chuck Feeney

  Thinking, Impact, Giving

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• It is crucial that civil liberties in this country be preserved, otherwise the terrorists will win the battle against American values without firing another shot.

  Russ Feingold

  Country, Winning, Liberty

  "Bush Discussing War With Congress". www.foxnews.com. October 10, 2001.

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• That's probably one of my biggest gripes with the Internet - that it settles for mediocrity and disinformation, which puts all information on the same level. Everything has the same value, whether it's Albert Einstein speaking, or yoohoo27@msn.com.

  Harlan Ellison

  Mediocrity, Levels, Information

  "Harlan Ellison, Part Two". Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 08, 2008.

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• I grew up in a very artistic, cultured home, but without any kind of spirituality. My parents were secular materialists, so I saw art as having an alternate value.

  Daniel Pinchbeck

  Art, Home, Parent

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The value of content seems to get higher as the number of distribution pipes increases. The more distribution companies that want to be the top choice of consumers, the more they will pay for the content.

  Wyc Grousbeck

  Numbers, Choices, Getting High

  "NBA Owner Reflects on a Changing Landscape". Interview with Sharon Terlep, www.wsj.com. October 25, 2015.

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• The water trading mechanism where there are transparent trades of water allocations is one that is good for us to learn from because it does allow for the marketplace to procure water for the highest and most efficient uses with the highest value in agriculture. And that might be a good model for us.

  Marc Levine

  Agriculture, Water, Doe

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• What I value most in new music today is strangeness, oddity. Passion. And humor. I listen to a lot of hip-hop because it combines so many things like that.

  Carrie Brownstein

  Passion, Oddities, Hip Hop

  "Carrie Brownstein Discusses Her Memoir". Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. October 27, 2015.

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• The reason I invest in technology is it's the only work humans do that actually is creative. All other types of economic activity are just moving money from one pool to another, whereas technology is what allows us to create value out of thin air.

  D.A. Wallach

  Moving, Technology, Air

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In every domain of art, a work that corresponds to the need of its day carries a message of social and cultural value. It is the artist who crystallizes his age ... who fixes his time in history.

  Edgard Varese

  Art, Age, Needs

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• When you place a high value on truth, you have to think for yourself.

  Cornel West

  Thinking, Think For Yourself

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2010

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• Before we choose our tools and technology, we must choose our dreams and values, for some technologies serve them, while others make them more unobtainable.

  Marilyn Ferguson

  Dream, Technology, Tools

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