Correct Quotes - page 7

I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the subject. It is due simply to the fact that power, wealth and prestige can only be obtained by the correct application of science. (Derek Barton)
Outstanding American men seem to see power as something you use in order to correct someone who's wrong, to change them, to show them you see more in this situation than the boss does. Outstanding American women, on the other hand, see power as a resource, something you can use to get people together, to gain commitment. View quote
David C. McClelland
The young gentleman is correct," he said. Halt raised an eyebrow. "He may be correct, and he is undoubtedly young. But he's no gentleman." ~Halt and General Sapristi speaking of Will. View quote
John Flanagan
Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface. View quote
James Bryant Conant
Their argument, and I think it's a correct one, is that they'll make more money from the trades and the hardcovers if nobody messes with the creative team. View quote
Mark Millar
Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience. View quote
Ibn Taymiyyah
Logic is justly considered the basis of all other sciences, even if only for the reason that in every argument we employ concepts taken from the field of logic, and that ever correct inference proceeds in accordance with its laws. View quote
Alfred Tarski
A pattern of shared basic assumptions invented, discovered, or developed by a given group as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration that have worked well enough to be considered valid and therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think and feel in relation to those problems. View quote
Edgar H. Schein
Sincerity and the correct use of the voice are the greatest things in the art of acting. View quote
Alla Nazimova
Every day of my life, I feel fat. It's not correct thinking in the natural, normal human being's way of life. View quote
Angie Everhart
I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now. (Ann Beattie)
I finally realized the happy medium, 'honey blonde' was the correct color and line for me. View quote
Ann Sothern
It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct. View quote
Anna Howard Shaw
I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic. View quote
Anurag Kashyap
Everyone must correct his own self; this is something more difficult to cope with, but it is not impossible. View quote
Bhumibol Adulyadej
You can not do what you want to do unless you know the correct technique. The only other way you can learn how to do it is by doing it yourself, which would take twice as long than if you went to school. View quote
Boris Vallejo
True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price. View quote
Bryant H. McGill
I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen. View quote
Buffalo Bill
It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past. View quote
Bela Kun
Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry. View quote
Charles Osgood
I was scared, because I knew that in the political arena, you have to satisfy so many different types of people at once, and I wasn't sure that I could speak for everybody and be politically correct. (Camryn Manheim)
The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct. View quote
Christine Baranski
Low-income taxpayers deserve the same rights as everyone else. It was wrong of the IRS to target low-income taxpayers, and I am please by the decision to correct this unfair practice. View quote
Christopher Dodd
And you know, almost in a perverse way, I wish it had been undue influence because we know how to correct that. We get rid of the people who, in fact, were exercising that. View quote
David Kay
But the most important thing about that story, which is not often told, is that as a result after the Cuban missile crisis, immediate steps were taken to correct our inability to collect on the movement of nuclear material out of the Soviet Union to other places. View quote
David Kay