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When a man's knowledge is not in order the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.

We need to make a greater investment in human intelligence.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create to overcome to endure to transform to love and to be greater than our suffering.

It is the work of fancy to enlarge but of judgment to shorten and contract and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination.

I mean yeah I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.

If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.

Corporations consumers and citizens must begin acting in concert to create a powerful third pillar of social transformation if we hope to meet the social challenges we currently face with equal force. This begins with corporations that choose to alter how they practice capitalism in two ways to serve the greater good.

Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't think it's any greater challenge than teaching 8-year-olds or any other career. In my life I try not to make it more important than it is and I just hope that rubs off on the people around me.

What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?

Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.

My hope is that gays will be running the world because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess we act and think in vain and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply with greater vision with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle.

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.

All philosophies if you ride them home are nonsense but some are greater nonsense than others.

Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?

There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem.

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

The greater the difficulty the more the glory in surmounting it.

For example lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children.