Quotes about order
order perfect world
In whatever manner God created the world, it would always have been regular and in a certain general order. God, however, has chosen the most perfect, that is to say, the one which is at the same time the simplest in hypothesis and the richest in phenomena. Gottfried Leibniz
order strive endeavor
The larger the mass of collected things, the less will be their usefulness. Therefore, one should not only strive to assemble new goods from everywhere, but one must endeavor to put in the right order those that one already possesses.
order inventory able
The knowledge which we have acquired ought not to resemble a great shop without order, and without an inventory; we ought to know what we possess, and be able to make it serve us in need.
order form small-parts
God makes nothing without order, and everything that forms itself develops imperceptibly out of small parts.
order drug population
Drugs. If they did not exist our governors would have invented them in order to prohibit them and so make much of the population vulnerable to arrest, imprisonment, seizure of property, and so on. Gore Vidal
order years europe
When the white race broke out of Europe 500 years ago, it did many astounding things all over the globe. Inspired by a raging sky-god, the whites were able to pretend that their conquests were in order to bring the One God to everyone, particularly those with older and subtler religions.
order dogma harm
...you will do more harm than good by attempting to supplant old dogmas and customs with new dogmas. It will be the same in the end except that the old is less militant, less dangerous than a new order imposed by enthusiasts.
order way
Religions are manipulated in order to serve those who govern society and not the other way around.
order race romance
Here was the astounding fact: the race did go forward; the race did achieve; and in every way the race grew better. Progress through irrational and astounding blunders, whose outrageousness bedwarfed the wildest cliches of romance, was what Kennaston found everywhere. All this, then, also was foreplanned, just as all happenings at Storisende had been, in his puny romance; and the puppets, here to, moved as they thought of their own volition, but really in order to serve a denouement in which many of them had not any personal part or interest.... James Branch Cabell
order noise harmony
What is noise to the old order is harmony to the new. Jacques Attali
order goal cases
Knowledge is and will be produced in order to be sold, it is and will be consumed in order to be valorised in a new production: in both cases, the goal is exchange Jean-Francois Lyotard
order numbers independence
Caprice, independence and rebellion, which are opposed to the social order, are essential to the good health of an ethnic group. We shall measure the good health of this group by the number of its delinquents. Nothing is more immobilizing than the spirit of deference. Jean Dubuffet
order principles minors
God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could not conceive Himself, if, in order to do it, He required to know His own principle. Giacomo Casanova
order house honor
The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and the republic will endure. Gerald R. Ford
order make-sense wrong-things
It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing. Jim DeMint
order discipline
It is intelligence that brings order, not discipline. Jiddu Krishnamurti
order denial disorder
In the denial of disorder there is order.
order meditation mind
Meditation, then, is a state of mind in which the 'me' is absent. And therefore that very absence brings order.
order patterns conformity
Order cannot possibly be brought about through conformity to a pattern, under any circumstances.
order miracle outrageous
The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it. Gilbert K. Chesterton
order debt benefits
Because Social Security has not contributed to our debt, Americans should be skeptical of any politician who says that benefits Americans have earned must be reduced in order to address our national debt. Hank Johnson
order passing norm
In order to deviate successfully, one has to have at least a passing acquaintance with whatever norm one expects to deviate from. Frank Zappa
order mind body
The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance. Frank Herbert
order raw-materials chaos
Order generally was a product of human activity. Chaos existed as a raw material from which to create order.
order vision world
My vision of a 'new world order' foresees a United Nations with a revitalized peacekeeping function. George H. W. Bush
order people outrage
It is an outrage that people can take other people's lives when they obviously haven't got their own lives in order. George Harrison
order differences long
The difference must be distinguished between worship and respect. Islam orders you to obey and respect, as long as you are not worshiping anything other than God... Islam is a religion of peace. You don't attack. You explain. Hakeem Olajuwon
order insecurity resignation
Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order. Gustav Heinemann
order conquer-the-world brotherhood
See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world. Guru Nanak
order people needs
in McAnally's pub and grill, there aren't any service people. According to Mac, if you can't get up and walk over to pick up your own order, you don't need to be there at all. Jim Butcher
order challenges democracy
The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order. Ibrahim Babangida
order giving too-much
Don't talk about death, I've got too much life to live, To many orders to give. Ice Cube
order people want
What kinds of things and people might learners want to be in contact with in order to learn? Ivan Illich