Without Quotes

"Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century"

Lewis Mumford, Sociologist

"No collection without compensation"

Jeff Rich, Explorer

"If we did go into a recession, something that's always possible for the U.S. or Europe, we could lower interest rates and expand the money supply without worrying about the price of gold"

Jeffrey Sachs, Economist

"Above all, what socialist, without flushing with shame, maintains he is not a revolutionary? We say: none!"

Johann Most, Revolutionary

"Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions"

E. O. Wilson, Scientist

"After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single house, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the house was completely furnished"

Christopher Columbus, Adventurer

"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground"

Frederick Douglass, Author

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will"

Frederick Douglass, Author

"Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks"

Al Franken, Comedian

"I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one's own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are"

Joseph Stiglitz, Economist

"Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit"

Algernon Sydney, Politician

"If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer. Live and die without prayer, and you will pray long enough when you get to hell"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible"

Alain Prost, Celebrity

"Without needing to be theoretically instructed, consciousness quickly realizes that it is the site of variously contending discourses"

Seamus Heaney, Poet

"When you start out without a record nobody knows you, but if you have a record it's a lot easier"

John Deacon, Musician

"In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed"

Howard Staunton, Celebrity

"If, during the course of the game, it be discovered that any error or illegality has been committed in the moves of the pieces, the moves must be retraced, and the necessary correction made, without penalty"

Howard Staunton, Celebrity

"The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it"

Yoko Ono, Artist

"We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing"

Ernest Holmes, Theologian

"Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training"

Lewis Mumford, Sociologist

"It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless"

Lewis Mumford, Sociologist

"A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life"

Lewis Mumford, Sociologist

"No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude"

Rupert Murdoch, Publisher

"I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place"

Rupert Murdoch, Publisher

"No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat"

Lawrence Durrell, Writer

"I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything"

Lawrence Durrell, Writer

"You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know"

Maxim Gorky, Novelist

"We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve"

Maxwell Maltz, Scientist

"It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt"

E. O. Wilson, Scientist

"It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are"

E. O. Wilson, Scientist

"A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron"

Horace Mann, Educator

"A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them"

Horace Mann, Educator

"You can't hold a man down without staying down with him"

Booker T. Washington, Educator

"At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further reflection led me to doubt whether so insignificant an individual would be noticed without some special introduction"

William Banting, Celebrity

"And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography"

Nicolas Roeg, Director

"The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him"

Claude Levi-Strauss, Scientist

"A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid"

J. R. R. Tolkien, Novelist

"The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice"

Thomas Malthus, Economist

"I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food"

Thomas Malthus, Economist

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