Equipment Quotes - Page 7

• Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling the most unforgiving routes with minimal equipment, in the boldest style imaginable.

  Jon Krakauer

  Style, Important, Mountain

  FaceBook post by Jon Krakauer from Nov 14, 2012

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• ...human beings are a species splendid in their array of moral equipment, tragic in their propensity to misuse it, and pathetic in their ignorance of the misuse.

  Robert Wright

  Ignorance, Moral, Misuse

  Robert Wright (2010). “The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology”, p.21, Vintage

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• Students present themselves...like a succession of CDs whose shimmering surface gives no clue to their contents without the equipment to play them.

  John Updike

  Cds, Play, Giving

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• A cloak of invisibility? This is a highly sensitive piece of field equipment. What does he think? Some warlock pulled it out of his armpit?

  Eoin Colfer

  Thinking, Doe, Pieces

  Eoin Colfer (2008). “Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony”, Miramax

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• Even though you're not equipped, keep searching: equipment isn't necessary on the way to the Lord.

  Rumi

  Way, Lord

  Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.116, Shambhala Publications

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• Equipment's the biggest change. And the guys have been getting bigger, stronger, more athletic - so the game has become more of a track meet instead of a tennis match, in a sense.

  John McEnroe

  Games, Track, Tennis

  "Why Does America Suck at Tennis?". Interview with Daniel Riley, www.gq.com. August 29, 2011.

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• A lot of companies have lots of assets tied up in plant and equipment. Well, is it old plant, or is it new plant?

  Walter Schloss

  Investing, Plant, Assets

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• The risk of an investment is described by both the probability and the potential amount of loss. The risk of an investment-the probability of an adverse outcome-is partly inherent in its very nature. A dollar spent on biotechnology research is a riskier investment than a dollar used to purchase utility equipment. The former has both a greater probability of loss and a greater percentage of the investment at stake.

  Seth Klarman

  Loss, Risk, Dollars

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• Although man is not armed by nature nor is naturally swiftest in flight, yet he has something better by far—reason. For by the possession of this function he exceeds the beasts to such a degree that he subdues. … You see, therefore, how much the gift of reason surpasses mere physical equipment.

  Adelard of Bath

  Men, Degrees, Flight

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• Sometimes I feel ashamed at my lack of interest in all the new techniques of modern filmmaking, but I prefer to work with as little equipment as possible. If I have a good lens and a steady camera, that's all I need.

  Sven Nykvist

  Needs, Littles, Technique

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• It's important to remember when you start doing things like attacking hospitals through the internet, when you start attacking things like internet exchange points, when something goes wrong, people can die. If a hospital's infrastructure is affected, lifesaving equipment turns off.

  Edward Snowden

  People, Important, Remember

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There's absolutely no excuse for throwing a piece of equipment on an umpire or any player. You can argue your point and at times may accidentally bump an umpire, but to consciously throw a piece of equipment at someone is unforgivable.

  Brad Ausmus

  Player, Umpires, Bumps

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• While we were never able to provide 100 percent certainty regarding the disposition of Iraq's proscribed weaponry, we did ascertain a 90-95 percent level of verified disarmament. This figure takes into account the destruction or dismantling of every major factory associated with prohibited weapons manufacture, all significant items of production equipment, and the majority of the weapons and agent produced by Iraq.

  Scott Ritter

  Iraq, Agents, Levels

  "Is Iraq a True Threat to the US?". Boston Globe, July 2002.

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• Vulgarity is a necessary part of a complete author's equipment; and the clown is sometimes the best part of the circus.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Vulgarity Is, Circus, Sometimes

  "London Music in 1888-89 as Heard by Corno Di Bassetto: (later Known as Bernard Shaw) with Some Further Autobiographical Particulars". Book by Bernard Shaw, 1917.

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• The lord giveth and most women piss it away. Perhaps this is why they lack the equipment to aim.

  Paula Wall

  Lord, Aim

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• Schlepping all of the equipment is the part I hate more than anything.

  John Abercrombie

  Inspirational, Hate, I Hate

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• Electronic equipment replaces neither Eyes, Hands, nor Heart.

  Wolfgang Weingart

  Heart, Eye, Hands

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• I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness.

  Orson Welles

  Politician

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Artists of my generation were not educated. We were not given the equipment because it was generally believed to be irrelevant.

  Eric Fischl

  Education, Artist, Generations

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• Because of the cumbersome nature of filmmaking, it's only recently that it has become available to the masses, with digital equipment and laptop computers. You can now actually make a pretty serviceable movie for very little money by yourself.

  John Landis

  Littles, Laptops, Digital

  Source: collider.com

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• When spring is here the sketcher begins to look over his equipment and relishes in anticipation the soothing hours he will spend in the open, warmed by the sun, fanned by the breeze, charmed by the manifold delights of nature.

  Walter J. Phillips

  Spring, Looks, Delight

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• The United States has been ambiguous on the current situation in Nepal. They have not actually come out very strongly in terms of pushing the king to take measures on the detentions or abuses by the army. China continues to provide military equipment.

  Irene Khan

  Kings, Military, Army

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• Nobody is going to invest a fortune into good orchard land, all the farming equipment necessary, the fertilizer, the seedlings, the nonstop Herculean work effort needed to grow apples, then bring them to the fruit stand for people to take home for free.

  Ted Nugent

  Home, Land, Apples

  "Ted Nugent Interview: Our First American Rock and Roll President?". Interview with Ray Shasho, www.classicrockmusicwriter.com. August 4, 2013.

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• I do have a website that's updated regularly. It's a great way for potential clients to check out my work anonymously. As most of my web visitors would be interested in my work, not my history, the equipment I use, my "philosophy", etc., it's my work that's predominantly featured on the site.

  John Keltonic

  Philosophy, Would Be, Use

  "A Conversation With Prolific Music Composer & Producer John Keltonic". Interview with Norm Goldman, www.bookpleasures.com. July 21, 2015.

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• There is no such thing as good enough. You, your team, and your equipment must be the best. That is how you will win victories.

  Gene Kranz

  Team, Winning, Victory

  Gene Kranz (2009). “Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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