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Herbert Spencer Quotes

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

Herbert Spencer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: english
Birth: April 27, 1820 - December 8, 1903

Topics

Progress Civilization Coherent Toward

Grassroots organizing tends to be most available to big campaigns, but it's actually most useful to small ones. You can't win a presidential campaign without going on TV, but you can win a local election simply by organizing your community. NationBuilder levels the playing field.

Community Win Small You Election

Even to this day, when I think about the fact that I'm in this 'Star Wars' world, that I'm a half-brother to Darth Vader and an uncle to Luke Skywalker, it's too hard to wrap my head around.

Day World Think Uncle Hard Head

I never really think too much about my voice.

Voice Think Too Much Never Much Too

The moment a large investor doesn't believe a government will pay back its debt when it says it will, a crisis of confidence could develop. Investors have scant patience for the years of good governance - politically fraught fiscal restructuring, austerity and debt rescheduling - it takes to defuse a sovereign-debt crisis.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Good Patience Confidence Moment Back

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.

John Henry Newman

Selfish Reward Will Virtue Never

The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.

Stephen Ambrose

Buildings Become More Get Our

In New York, we get down. In L.A., everybody's pretty much standing around like they're at a keg stand. You got to get the party started, so I just take my shirt off.

New York Stand You Down Party New

There are many dreams which I never wanna wake up from. Actually, I don't like waking up, full stop. So no matter what the dream is, I just don't wanna wake up and get out of bed.

Rithvik Dhanjani

Dreams Wake Up Dream Stop Matter Up

Fewer than half of all university professors publish as much as one article per year.

Year University Professors Half Than

Being a musician, especially at the major label where you work for so long, it becomes a cycle. Write a record, make a record, tour. It's just this cycle, and I don't think there's any life built into it with time to assimilate what's going on in front of you and what's going on in your head.

Life Work Time Think Long You

As my father taught me, and he drove home that point, he said, 'Just remember something. You don't need to tell anybody how good you are. You show them how good you are.' And he drove that home with me. So I learned early not to brag about how good I was or what I could do but let my game take that away and show them that I could play well enough.

Good Father Home Me Game Remember

Of course there will be disappointments and the way will not always be as I expected it. But if it seemed easy, then that would be the time to worry that I am on the wrong path.

Path Time I Am Worry Easy Wrong

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