Quotes about apt
apt emotional passive quiet reaction remain subject testimony
If his reaction to this testimony or this subject is apt to be as emotional as it just was, ... tell him, he should just remain as quiet and passive as possible.
apt case cities creep depend dwelling follow great greatest hence london men naturally others palaces remove
If great cities are naturally apt to remove their seats, I ask, which way? I say, in the case of London it must be westward... If it follow from hence that the palaces of the greatest men will remove westward, it will also naturally follow that the dwelling of others who depend upon them will creep after them. William Petty
apt commit patience ready reap rewards stable strong
An organization that is strong and stable and is ready to commit time, money, and patience will be more apt to reap rewards than the quick-hitting opportunist.
apt candidates changed companies consider days employers example industry looking people regardless strong
Employers are more apt these days to consider candidates from other industries. Pharmaceutical companies are hiring, for example, and they have changed their outlook. They used to want only people with pharmaceutical experience, but now they're looking at people with strong brand-building experience, regardless of what industry they come from.
aptitude attitude direction happens push somebody unfair
There are actually no political aspirations. I think you need to have the right attitude and aptitude for it. I don't think I have the right aptitude for it. I think it is unfair to push somebody in that direction just because my father happens to be a politician. Sonakshi Sinha
apt cells compose desires interests people private regard terrorist
To rationalize their lies, people -- and the governments, churches, or terrorist cells they compose -- are apt to regard their private interests and desires as just.
apt great heap laid papers run signed suffer till
. . . was apt to suffer things to run on till there was a great heap of papers laid before him, so then he signed them a little too precipitately. Gilbert Burnet
apt experience man
In long experience I find that a man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts. Harold MacMillan
apt men secrets trusted vanity
Women, and young men, are very apt to tell what secrets they know, from the vanity of having been trusted Lord Chesterfield
apt aspiration conduct instead lives measure ourselves proof sincerity truth
We are very apt to measure ourselves by our aspiration instead of our performance. But in truth the conduct of our lives is the only proof of the sincerity of our hearts.
apt autumn life morning solemn summer tale taught within
There's not a nook within this solemn pass/ But were an apt confessional for one/ Taught by his summer spent, his autumn gone,/ That life is but a tale of morning grass/ Withered at eve. William Wordsworth
apt green hard involved pain pay spend worked
There's no pain involved when you pay with plastic. But there is some pain when you go out and you have to part with cash. You worked hard for that green stuff, and you aren't as apt to spend it.
aptitude attacks business great political politics took vocation
I had the vocation for politics. What I didn't have was any aptitude for political combat. I took the attacks personally, which is a great mistake. It's never personal: It's just business. It was ever thus. Michael Ignatieff
aptitude attraction possibly
I must have been born with a strong attraction toward, and possibly even an aptitude for, doing things on a small scale.
aptitude genius greater
Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.
apt chance defense disputes disturb entered experience leave ought sour support temper truth
I have never entered into any controversy in defense of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. Disputes are apt to sour one's temper and disturb one's quiet. Benjamin Franklin
apt asia bid discussed following game given massive matter south
We have discussed this matter jointly and we feel that given the massive following for the game in South Asia it is apt we bid jointly for the World Cup. Sharad Pawar
apt art kids might viewing works
Your kids might feel more apt to try some art of their own after viewing contemporary works that are far less intimidating than those of the Old Masters. Lynda Resnick
aptitude academic-work mechanic
I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work. Toby Young
apt people police
And because you're not a police officer, people are more apt to resist.
apt happiness happy honored man ought readily regard rejoice rival sees sit speedily sympathize
A man will speedily sit down and sympathize with a friend's griefs, but if he sees him honored and esteemed, he is apt to regard him as a rival and does not so readily rejoice with him. This ought not to be; without effort, we ought to be happy in our brother's happiness. Charles Spurgeon
aptitude education tailor
You can tailor the education to the aptitude and gifting of the child.
aptitude habit individual
Inherited aptitudes and traits of temperament count for quite as much as length of habituation in deciding what range of habits will come to dominate any individual's scheme of life. Thorstein Veblen
apt believe gift man mean ok small
The man is apt to believe that she's OK with some small gesture. It could mean a small gift or a back rub.
aptitude india seeking
I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it. Mahatma Gandhi
aptitude study educated
No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest- for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. T. S. Eliot