No author, I think, is deserving of much censure for vanity if, taking down one of his ten-year-old books, he exclaims: "Great heavens, did I write as well as that then?" for the implication always is that one does not write any longer so well and few are so envious as to censure the complacencies of an extinct volcano.
ford madox fordWhen virtue is pictured as innocence and innocence equated with childlikeness, the implication is obviously that knowledge and experience are no longer media of goodness, but have become in themselves contaminating. This is a very despairing outlook, in its way as black as Augustine's original sin, for it supposes that original goodness will in all likelihood be defiled…It surrenders the attempt to represent virtue in a mature phase.
marina warnerI am pleased to see from the laughter on the Ministerial benches that there is no implication on their part to take Sir Oswald Mosley too seriously. It can easily be seen to-day that this idea of a dictator is gradually falling down.
clement attleeWhat gives me concern in so much of the comment is the implication that the people of Hong Kong have to be given a reward, like children, for being good last year, and bribed, like children, into being good next year. I myself repudiate this paternalistic, indeed colonialist, attitude as a gross insult to our people
john james cowperthwaiteThe truly awesome intellectuals in our history have not merely made discoveries; they have woven variegated, but firm, tapestries of comprehensive coverage. The tapestries have various fates: Most burn or unravel in the footsteps of time and the fires of later discovery. But their glory lies in their integrity as unified structures of great complexity and broad implication.
stephen jay gouldWhatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of thy being, and of that which is incident to it.
marcus aureliusThe practical implication is that one's goal is to live each moment with freedom, honesty and responsibility.
rollo mayI suppose the implication of that is the president and the vice president and myself and Colin Powell just fell off a turnip truck to take these jobs.
Donald RumsfeldSince liberalism has become a kind of official party line, we have been enjoined against saying things about races, religions or national groups, for after all, there is no categorical statement without its implication of value, and values begin divisions among men. We must not define, subsume, or judge; we must rather rest on the periphery and display “sensibility toward the cultural expressions of all lands and peoples.” This is a process of emasculation.
richard weaverI know of no case where by implication of law the duty of clearing himself from an imputed fraud rests on the defendant.
The implication of game theory, which is also the implication of the third image, is, however, that the freedom of choice of any one state is limited by the actions of the others.
The game laws are already sufficiently oppressive, and therefore ought not to be extended by implication.
Joseph ChittyThe overriding crucial implication of the structural adjustment policies was that the villagers would have to fend for themselves in all conceivable respects.
Lars rudebeckThe ultimate goal is a comprehensive classification of what is very likely a single language family. The implications of such a classification for the origin and history of our species would, of course, be very great.
Joseph H. GreenbergThe emphasis of study upon a particular aspect of music is in itself ideological because it contains implications about the music's value.
God bless all the precious little examples and all their cascading implications; without these gems, these tiny acorns bearing the blueprints of oak trees, essayists would be out of business.
stephen jay gouldWe are trying to understand the implications of quantum mechanics. The subject is very old, but we are still learning.
leonard mandelThe iPhone brand is in worse shape than I thought was even possible. And the implications of that are huge. The iPhone is in deep trouble.
eric s. raymondIt's not very often a federal judge does a 180 degree turn in a case and dissolves an order. But we're very pleased the judge recognized the constitutional implications in this prior restraint.
The emphasis of study upon a particular aspect of music is in itself ideological because it contains implications about the music's value.
Isolated incidents have lateral, lasting implications.
Katherine RyanI've always been motivated to innovate where the implications are significant.
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