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Remember, just because Microsoft can do something, doesn't mean you can. Microsoft makes their own gravity. Normal rules don't apply to them.
joel spolsky— "Our .NET Strategy"
It is not a matter of who can give the most but rather the spirit in which one participates in nation- building. And I apply that term to whatever useful exercise one is doing at any given time.
ratu joni madraiwiwi— Opening address to the Leadership Fiji 2006 program, 9 March 2006
You must remember this,
A kiss is still a kiss,
A sigh is just a sigh;
The fundamental things apply,
As time goes by.
— 1931 'As Time Goes By', sung by Dooley Wilson in the film Casablanca (1943).
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
colette— Ch. 9 (Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932))
Censorship, in my opinion, is a stupid and shallow way of approaching the solution to any problem. Though sometimes necessary, as witness a professional and technical secret that may have a bearing upon the welfare and very safety of this country, we should be very careful in the way we apply it, because in censorship always lurks the very great danger of working to the disadvantage of the American nation.
— Associated Press luncheon (24 April 1950), New York City, New York.
To accept anything on trust, to preclude critical application and development, is a grievous sin; and in order to apply and develop, “simple interpretation” is obviously not enough.
— Lenin, Vladimir Ilich (January–March) [1900], "Uncritical Criticism", Collected Works, 3, Marxists, [ ] .
MediaWiki is a useful tool for supporting group collaboration but when we apply it to the academic setting, we need to consider and adapt some features to match the needs of the classroom environment, which requires mandatory collaborative writing.
— Eli B. Cohen (2009). Growing Information Part I. Journal of Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology; Volume 6. p. 61. ISBN 1932886168.
States should practice multilateralism and abandon unilateral actions that adversely affect a democratic and equitable international order, refraining from the threat or use of force. They should apply international law uniformly, abandon overreliance on “positivism” and efforts to circumvent treaty obligations or invent loopholes. As “nature abhors a vacuum” (Spinoza, Ethics), human rights law abhors “legal black holes”
— United Nations General Assembly - Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order [23]
The division created by the English educated scholars who separate the Vedas and the Upanishads from the Puranas and thus make a distinction between the Vedic dharma and the Puranic dharma is a mistake born of ignorance . The Puranas are accepted as an authority on the Hindu dharma because they explain the knowledge contained in the Veda and the Upanishads to the average man, comment upon it, discuss it at great length and endeavour to apply it to the commonplace details of life .
— Sri Aurobindo, in "Sri Aurobindo Writings in Bengali Translated into English".
The remarkable feature of physical laws is that they apply everywhere, whether or not you choose to believe in them. After the laws of physics, everything else is opinion.
neil degrasse tyson— Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
— Psalms XC. 12. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)
De tant comme femmes ont le corps plus delie que les hommes, plus foible et moins habille a plusieurs choses faire, de tant ont elles l'entendement plus a delivre et plus agu ou elles s'appliquent. Just as women's bodies are more delicate than men's, weaker and less able for many things, so, where they apply themselves, their understanding is freer and sharper.
Christine de Pisan— 1405 Le livre de la Cite des Dames, bk.1, ch.27.
Man is not the enemy of man, but through the medium of a false system of Government. Instead, therefore, of exclaiming against the ambition of kings, the exclamation should be directed against the principle of such governments; and instead of seeking to reform the individual, the wisdom of a nation should apply itself to reform the system.
thomas paine— Part 1.7 Conclusion
The acceptance of vertical differentiation with the built-in principle of self-determination must apply on as many levels as possible.
pieter willem botha— Speaking to the House of Assembly on January 28, 1981, as quoted by Andrew Donaldson, Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.
Instead, we try to apply Aesop 's 2,600-year-old equation to opportunities in which we have reasonable confidence as to how many birds are in the bush and when they will emerge (a formulation that my grandsons would probably update to "A girl in a convertible is worth five in the phonebook.").
warren buffett— 2000 Chairman's Letter
For Prudence, is but Experience; which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
thomas hobbes— The First Part, Chapter 13, p. 60
Constantly and, if it be possible, on the occasion of every impression on the soul, apply to it the principles of Physic , of Ethic , and of Dialectic .
marcus aurelius— VIII, 13. (Book VIII)
A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.
ambrose bierce— Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
But I have sinuous shells of pearly hue Within, and they that lustre have imbibed In the sun’s palace-porch, where when unyoked chariot-wheel stands midway in the wave: Shake one, and it awakens; then apply Its polisht lips to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august abodes, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there.
walter savage landor— Walter Savage Landor, Gebir (1798), Book i.
A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm? If he can, then that person is living in a free society. If not, it's a fear society.
— Natan Sharansky, The Case for Democracy, pp. 40–41, 2004, with Ron Dermer.
Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of sex is a matter of simple justice.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower, annual message to the Congress on the State of the Union, January 5, 1956. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956, p. 23. Read before a joint session of Congress by a clerk of the House of Representatives.
Though it is not always of necessity, nor perhaps here, to go upon the original foundation of a right of law, yet I will beg leave to observe, when we apply the maxim, that every man's house is his castle, we mean not to persuade the inhabiter of a poor hut, that it is provided with draw-bridges or portcullises, but only that it is under such sufficient protection as may provide for his security in a more pleasant, or perhaps, a better way that it is fortified by the law.
— Lord Mansfield, Lee v. Gansell (1774), Lofft. 378.
But if one will wholly apply himself to the making of Bows and Arrows, whilst another provides Food, a third builds Huts, a fourth makes Garments, and a fifth Utensils, they not only become useful to one another, but the Callings and Employments themselves will in the same Number of Years receive much greater Improvements, than if all had been promiscuously followed by every one of the Five.
— Bernard de Mandeville (1705) The Fable of the Bees
Before we can apply the tools of anthropology to reconstruct the real history of money, we need to understand what's wrong with the conventional account.
— David Graeber (2011) Debt: The First 5,000 Years. p. 22
Our religion forbids us from killing innocent people such as women and children. This, however, does not apply to women fighters. A woman who puts herself in the same trench with men, gets what they get.
osama bin laden— Osama bin Laden, ABC interview (May 1998).
You cannot Adhere to the Teachings of the Church on Sunday and not apply to the Marketplace
— Archbishop LeRoy Bailey Jr. (1946- ) " He is Lord"- a sermon delivered at w:The First Cathedral (2007)
