Favors Quotes - Page 23

• If a given combination of trees, mountains, water, and houses, say a landscape, is beautiful, it is not so by itself, but because of me, of my favor, of the idea or feeling I attach to it.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Beautiful, Ideas, Water

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• I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ... because I believe the big problem is not taxes, the big problem is spending.

  Milton Friedman

  Believe, Cutting, Thinking

  "Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and other big government Republicans hijacked the conservative cause". Book by Richard A Viguerie, p. 46, 2006.

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• The best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we'll ever get paid back appropriately.

  Seth Godin

  Paid

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• The two main ideas that run through all of my writing, whether it be literary criticism or political polemic are these: I am strong in favor of liberty and I hate fraud.

  H. L. Mencken

  Running, Strong, Hate

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• How do we get America back to work? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the answer. You are not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility.

  Ted Cruz

  Responsibility, Thinking, Government

  "Video: Ted Cruz Tells The Story Of America". Ted Cruz's speech at 2012 Republican National Convention, hotair.com. August 28, 2012.

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• Be patient with yourself. Be gentle with yourself. Know that all things are working in your favor. If you take one step toward the light of Spirit, Spirit will take five steps on your behalf.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Light, Steps, Spirit

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from May 15, 2016

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• It is not possible to be in favor of justice for some people and not be in favor of justice for all people.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Justice For All, People, Justice

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• Valid criticism does you a favor.

  Carl Sagan

  Criticism, Doe

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.57, Ballantine Books

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• Home is the center of my being where I can hear the voice that says: 'You are my Beloved, on you my favor rests' - the same voice that gave life to the first Adam and spoke to Jesus, the second Adam; the same voice that speaks to all the children of God and sets them free to live in the midst of a dark world while remaining in the light.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Children, Home

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming”, p.37, Image

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• Wealth is no mark of God’s favor. Poverty is no mark of God’s displeasure.

  J. C. Ryle

  Poverty, Wealth, Mark

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.317, Editora Dracaena

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• Do your kids a favor: Love your spouse.

  Jim Burns

  Love You, Kids, Spouse

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• When our deepest desire is not the things of God, or a favor from God, but God Himself, we cross a threshold.

  Max Lucado

  Desire, Crosses, Threshold

  FaceBook post by Max Lucado from May 21, 2012

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• Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations.

  James L. Buckley

  Running, Temptation, Soul

  James L Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.90, Encounter Books

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• As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Technique, Growing, Merit

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• La fortuna juega a favor de una mente preparada

  Louis Pasteur

  Fortuna

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• I don’t know of a better argument in favor of farming with horses than trying to start an old tractor in the winter time.

  Gene Logsdon

  Horse, Winter, Trying

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• We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Littles, Sometimes, Providence

  Oliver Goldsmith (1845). “The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale”, p.2

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• A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You may cause more trouble by refusing a bribe than by accepting it.

  Chinua Achebe

  Men, May, Noise

  Chinua Achebe (2011). “No Longer at Ease”, p.90, Anchor

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• So today, we call upon the world leaders to change their strategic policies in favor of peace and prosperity. We call upon the world leaders that all of these deals must protect women and children’s rights. A deal that goes against the rights of women is unacceptable.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Children, Rights, Leader

  "Malala Yousafzai: 'Our books and our pens are the most powerful weapons'". www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2013.

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• This clash is an absurdity because on one hand there is much scientific proof in favor of evolution, which appears as a reality that we must see and which enriches our understanding of life and being as such.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Reality, Hands, Understanding

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• Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system of appeals that pervades American jurisprudence amounts to a legalistic wheel of fortune, a game of
  chance, somewhat fixed in the favor of the criminal, that the participants play interminably.

  Truman Capote

  Years, Games, Play

  1965 In Cold Blood, ch.4.

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• I have never favored a Social Security retirement age of 70 nor do I favor one of 68.

  Howard Dean

  Retirement, Age, Social

  "Dean Misspeaks About Social Security Retirement Age". Interview with Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. August 7, 2003.

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• The present is passed over in the race for the future; the here is neglected in favor of the there. Enjoy the moment, even if it means merely a walk in the country.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Country, Mean, Race

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh (2010). “Gift from the Sea”, p.124, Random House

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• A real gold standard is thoroughly consistent with [classical] liberal principles and I, for one, am entirely in favor of measures promoting its development.

  Milton Friedman

  Real, Gold, Principles

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• Liberalism Has Nearly Destroyed Black America, And Now It’s Time For Black America To Return The Favor.

  Elbert Guillory

  America, Black, Return

  "State Senator Who Slammed ‘Government Plantation’ in Moving Video Is Back — And You’ll Want to Hear About His New Role". Video Statement, www.theblaze.com. August 6, 2013.

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