Maximum Quotes - page 10

The Systems engineering method recognizes each system is an integrated whole even though composed of diverse, specialized structures and sub-functions. It further recognizes that any system has a number of objectives and that the balance between them may differ widely from system to system. The methods seek to optimize the overall system functions according to the weighted objectives and to achieve maximum compatibility of its parts. (Harold Chestnut)
Shaw said that three years as a theatre critic was the maximum before insanity set in - the implication being that anyone who lasted longer than that was too dull to be unbalanced by his nightly ordeal. View quote
Clive James
An army should always be so distributed that its parts can aid each other and combine to produce the maximum possible concentration of force at one place, while the minimum force necessary is used elsewhere to prepare the success of the concentration. View quote
B. H. Liddell Hart
This bounded terminal speed will be called the maximum that such a heavy body can naturally attain through the air. View quote
Galileo Galilei
The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. View quote
William Booth
Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom. View quote
John R. Bolton
Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness. View quote
Billy Corgan
The arrow of time doesn't move forward forever. There's a phase in the history of the universe where you go from low entropy to high entropy. But then, once you reach the locally maximum entropy you can get to, there's no more arrow of time. View quote
Sean M. Carroll
God created the family to provide the maximum love and support and morality and example that one can imagine. View quote
Jerry Falwell
Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order. View quote
Barry Goldwater
It is right that people should have a statuary right to holidays and a maximum working week. It is right that part-time workers should have the same equality when it comes to hourly rates. (John Reid)
The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing. View quote
Michael Gove
I cannot write in Minsk. Firstly, I have a cold apartment. I will die there with my sick lungs soon. Because the presidential decree introduced the maximum temperature in Minsk... He [Lukashenka] does not need Bykau. He has a close-knit and strong cohort of own writers, who write his biographies. They write about him, describe his life. And it's enough for Lukashenka. He does not perceive anything else. The things that Lukashenko is doing are aimed at the complete elimination of the sovereignty of Belarus. He completely enslaves the people. View quote
Vasil Bykaŭ
It is the duty of the government to guarantee maximum security, and this is not an easy task. View quote
Yitzhak Rabin
Real travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other way of discovering surprises and marvels, which, as I see it, is the only good reason for not staying at home. View quote
Alan Watts
I've always been an unselfish guy, and that's the only way I know how to play on the court and I try to play to the maximum of my ability - not only for myself but for my teammates. View quote
LeBron James
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting - in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard - reaching for the highest that is in us - becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. View quote
Zig Ziglar
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming. View quote
Michael Phelps
If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know. View quote
Mario Vargas Llosa
You have an impeccable argument if you said that Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo are food capitals. They have a maximum amount of great stuff to eat in the smallest areas. View quote
Anthony Bourdain
The reality is that zero defects in products plus zero pollution plus zero risk on the job is equivalent to maximum growth of government plus zero economic growth plus runaway inflation. (Dixie Lee Ray)
Maximum difficulty isn't the same as optimal difficulty. View quote
Alfie Kohn
Success is... knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. View quote
John C. Maxwell
A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space. View quote
Clarence Stein
When you engage in systematic, purposeful action, using and stretching your abilities to the maximum, you cannot help but feel positive and confident abut yourself. View quote
Brian Tracy