Accounts Quotes - Page 17

• Religion, after all, is nothing but an hypothesis framed to account for what is evidentially unaccounted for.

  H. L. Mencken

  Framed, Hypothesis

  "The American Mercury" Magazine, February 1926.

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• Maps of Time attempts to assemble a coherent and accessible account of origins, a modern creation myth.

  David Christian

  Maps, Creation, Modern

  David Christian (2011). “Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History”, p.2, Univ of California Press

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• In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to what we know and, where we aren't absolutely sure, what might be most likely to have happened, within the generally accepted rules of evidence and sources.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Writing, Trying, Narrative

  "Reliving the fall of Sparta". Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. December 22, 2011.

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• If, anywhere, brethren of a particular religious belief have been excluded from this Degree [18° Knight Rose Croix], it merely shows how gravely the purposes and plan of Masonry may be misunderstood. For whenever the door of any Degree is closed against him who believes in one God and the soul's immortality, on account of the other tenets of his faith, that Degree is Masonry no longer.

  Albert Pike

  Religious, Believe, Doors

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• I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about empirical data, they too can think of what hypotheses and theories might account for that data. So there's a continuity between philosophy and science in that way.

  Robert Nozick

  Philosophy, Thinking, Data

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• Witches is being sold as an account of the Belvoir scandals, but in truth, Tracy Borman has written a thorough and beautifully researched social history of the early 1600s, taking in everything from folk medicine to James I's sex life.

  Bella Bathurst

  Sex, Medicine, Scandal

  "Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction by Tracy Borman - review" by Bella Bathurst, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2013.

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• The theory I'm putting forward here is that storytelling is a genetic characteristic in the sense that early human hunters who were able to organize events into stories were more successful than hunters who weren't—and this success translated directly into reproductive success. In other words, hunters who were storytellers tended to be better represented in the gene pool than hunters who weren't, which (incidentally) accounts for the fact that storytelling isn't just found here and there among human cultures, it's found universally.

  Daniel Quinn

  Successful, Events, Here And There

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• How to make money from Facebook and Twitter: (1) Go to 'Account Settings' (2) Click 'Deactivate your account' (3) Go back to work!

  Papa CJ

  Making Money, Back To Work, Clicks

  FaceBook post by Papa CJ from May 04, 2013

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• Perhaps there will be prattlers who, although completely ignorant of mathematics, nevertheless take it upon themselves to pass judgment on mathematical questions, and on account of some passage in Scripture, badly distorted to their purpose, will dare to censure and assail what I have presented here.

  Nicolaus Copernicus

  God, Faith, Hope

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• The Japanese couldn't have been all bad during World War II. Look at all the movies Hollywood was able to make on account of them. The Indians weren't the only bad guys. Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire.

  Pat Morita

  War, History, Guy

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• Someday each one of us will have to account to our Savior, Jesus Christ, for what we have done with His name.

  Mervyn B. Arnold

  Jesus, Names, Done

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• Master the web and you will master your universe - and your (on-line) bank account.

  Jeffrey Gitomer

  Lines, Bank Accounts, Masters

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• It is impossible to understand history, international politics, the world economy, religions, philosophy, or ‘patterns of culture’ without taking geography into account.

  Kenneth C. Davis

  Philosophy, Patterns, Culture

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• I quote the late Ed Murow. ... He said: 'Look, people listen to me when they want an eyewitness account. 'They think I'm a pretty good reporter. But when it comes to my opinions, mine are not worth anymore than the guy at the end of the bar.' And I believe that about myself.

  Dan Rather

  Believe, Thinking, People

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• Bean-counting government bureaucrats are free to take race, ethnicity and gender into account when doling out public funds to non-white-male contractors. But God help law enforcement officers, air marshals and border agents who try to use those same factors to combat terrorism and protect American lives.

  Michelle Malkin

  White, Race, Government

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• [T]aking the Third into account does not bring us into the position of pragmatic consideration, of comparing different Others; the task is rather to learn to distinguish between false conflicts and the true conflict. For example, today's conflict between Western liberalism and religious fundamentalism is a false one, since it is based on the exclusion of the third term which is its truth: the Leftist emancipatory position.

  Slavoj Žižek

  Religious, Example, Doe

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• A delightful, intelligent read. Jim Zirin's sparkling account of life in the Second Circuit's famed MOTHER COURT is informative, riveting, accessible, and uplifting.  It would be criminal not to read this book.

  Linda Fairstein

  Uplifting, Mother, Book

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• But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries.

  Martin Feldstein

  Country, Moving, Adverse Effects

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• But success and failure are of no account. They are God's concern, not mine.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Failure, Concern, Mines

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.271, Vintage

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• I don't have a Twitter account. I don't go to fan club gatherings. I'm not one of those actors who spends a lot of time engaging with the audience.

  Jane Elliott

  Clubs, Fans, Gathering

  "Jane Elliot Dishes Her Role as General Hospital's Queen of Mean". Interview with Michael Logan, www.tvguide.com. May 15, 2012.

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• Life is a bank account, there are no withdrawals without first putting something in.

  Ray Torres

  Withdrawal, Firsts, Life Is

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• An engaging, blow-by-blow account of the infancy of the Obama presidency. . . . Manna for political junkies. . . . Thoroughly researched . . . humanizes a figure considered periodically out-of-touch even by some of his admirers.

  Carlo Wolff

  Blow, Political, Admirer

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• Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Praise

  Michel de Montaigne “Annotated Essays of Michel de Montaigne with English Grammar Exercises: by Michel de Montaigne (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, Powell Publications, LLC

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• Respectability, n. The offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Bank Accounts, Liaison, Offspring

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.183, 谷月社

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• Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.

  Mark Twain

  Principles, Election Time, Seasons

  Mark Twain (2008). “Mark Twain's Speeches: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.123, ReadHowYouWant.com

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