Rely Quotes - Page 29

• As a result of the Left's sympathetic views of pacifism and because almost no welfare state can afford a strong military, European countries rely on America to fight the world's evil, and even to defend them

  Dennis Prager

  Country, Strong, Military

  Dennis Prager (2012). “Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph”, p.43, Harper Collins

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• Liberals lost touch with working-class Americans because they never had to have a conversation about values with those voters; they could just rely on the courts to impose their views.

  David Brooks

  Class, Views, Voters

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• Further, it would take one of those impossible coincidences that the Modern Liberal relies on so heavily to explain how it is that the two most religious nations in the Western World - the United States and Israel - are also arguably the world's two most scientifically and technologically advanced.

  Evan Sayet

  Religious, Israel, Two

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• I don't think there is anyone who needs God's help as much as I do. Sometimes I feel so helpless and weak. I think that is why God uses me. Because I cannot depend on my own strength, I rely on Him twenty-four hours a day.

  Mother Teresa

  Faith, Thinking, Twenties

  Mother Teresa (2016). “No Greater Love, Commemorative Edition”, p.3, New World Library

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• Technology is usually there to let some process go on hidden in the background. For us on 'MythBusters,' we're always trying to make the process apparent. So, we have learned to try and never rely on a technological solution when an analogue one is in front of us.

  Adam Savage

  Technology, Always Trying, Goes On

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• That's the problem with belief: If you rely on it too heavily, you have a lot of picking up to do after you find out you were wrong.

  Craig Lancaster

  Belief, Problem, Ifs

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• To produce things and to rear them,
  To produce, but not to take possession of them,
  To act, but not to rely on one's own ability,
  To lead them, but not to master them -
  This is called profound and secret virtue.

  Laozi

  Happiness, Character, Profound

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• Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of its filling a vacuum, it makes one. If it satisfies one want, it doubles and trebles that want another way. That was a true proverb of the wise man, rely upon it; Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Money, Men

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• Every organization of men, be it social or political, ultimately relies on man's capacity for making promises and keeping them.

  Hannah Arendt

  Men, Organization, Political

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• The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter rarely relies without disadvantage solely upon the images which his inner eye presents to him; nature gives him his forms, study governs his combinations of them.

  Hermann Ebbinghaus

  Writing, Eye, Voice

  Hermann Ebbinghaus “Memory”, Рипол Классик

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• I now rely on a scanner, which reproduces the passages I want to cite, and then I keep my own comments on those books in a separate file so that I will never confuse the two again.

  Doris Kearns Goodwin

  Book, Two, Want

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• And rely on Him with 100 percent of your faith for 100 percent of your life throughout 100 percent of your tomorrows. He will give you a peace no thief can ever steal.

  David Jeremiah

  Giving, Thieves, Tomorrow

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• Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

  Kindness, Sometimes, Praise

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• I was a student, and as such you generally rely on prior models of how to make art, but these were not satisfying. Then I discovered in photos what had been missing in paintings; namely that they make a terrific variety of statements and have great substance. That is what I wanted to convey to paintings and apply to it.

  Gerhard Richter

  Art, Missing, Technique

  Gerhard Richter, Dietmar Elger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2009). “Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• I rely on regular chiropractic care to keep in shape for my strenuous type of acting and singing.

  Liza Minnelli

  Chiropractic Care, Singing, Acting

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• It is one of the aims of linguistics to define itself, to recognise what belongs within its domain. In those cases where it relies upon psychology, it will do so indirectly, remaining independent.

  Ferdinand de Saussure

  Independent, Rely Upon, Psychology

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• I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.

  Barbara Mertz

  Beautiful, Nice, Hero

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• You can't rely just on talent to win.

  Scott Young

  Winning, Effort, Talent

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• Most national correspondents will tell you they rely on stringers and researchers and interns and clerks and news assistants.

  Rick Bragg

  Clerks, News, Assistants

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• The development of the food industry for both domestic and export markets relies on a regulatory framework that both protects the consumer and assures fair trading practices in food.

  Gro Harlem Brundtland

  Practice, Development, Framework

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• In a system where the cost of care is hidden by taxes levied on your income, property, and business activities, it is no wonder why so many Americans rely on Medicaid to pay their long term care.

  Michael C. Burgess

  Long, Pay, Income

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• I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

  Patricia Clarkson

  Directors, Actors

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• I wanted something that had the feel of a complete band and a variety of instrument. Apart from doing the album for musical satisfaction, I felt it was an important statement for other women - showing you don't have to rely on other people to do things for you.

  Danielle Dax

  People, Musical, Important

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• The public relies on the advice of doctors and leading researchers. The public has a right to know about financial relationships between those doctors and the drug companies who make the pharmaceuticals prescribed by doctors.

  Chuck Grassley

  Doctors, Advice, Drug

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• Do not rely on unplanned music; it comes out as though it were planned, but planned by someone you cross the street to avoid.

  Robert Ashley

  Crosses, Streets

  Robert Ashley's liner notes to "Automatic Writing", August 18, 1996.

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