Top 1200 Acquiring Things Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

When the draft comes and goes, there's a certain set of players you acquire and there's a whole bunch of others you had interest in acquiring. That doesn't die.

Crime, after all, can be a way of establishing identity or acquiring security - at least the magistrate addresses you by name.

The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.

If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.

He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.

Men tend to gain wholeness by acquiring the qualities that are wrongly called feminine.

There is something irreversible about acquiring knowledge; and the simulation of the search for it differs in a most profound way from the reality.

The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.

I was in my late thirties and decided my intention in life had nothing to do with the acquiring of material things, but rather it was now my intention to experience the evolution of my own soul and to grow spiritually. I wanted to come to know the highest truths of life and to express those truths in action, through myself. I wanted to become the grandest version of the greatest idea I ever held about who I am in regards to my relationship with God.

Every budding actor should constantly focus on acquiring his/her skills rather than getting disappointed.

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.

A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.

To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself, and enlarges the sphere of existence.

A lot was happening in A.I. But I also realized it wasn't clear what Salesforce's role in A.I. was. That's when we started acquiring quite a few artificial intelligence companies, maybe a dozen.

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.

I'm in the mode of acquiring knowledge and relationships on the business side and it's paramount that you learn as much as you can and have the best resources.

Before acquiring a project, take the advice of experienced trade pundits in the industry and analyse the risks and business propositions thoroughly.

True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Maturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions.

Negative information is that which, immediately upon acquiring, causes the recipient to know less than he did before.

We are born dead, and we are becoming more and more contented with our condition. We are acquiring the taste for it.

There is no use of simply acquiring titles or amassing wealth if one has no self-respect and scientific knowledge.

WMR is wholly devoted to acquiring and exploiting rights. We're not a production company, and we're not a broadcaster.

Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.

In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.

Acquiring Sunseeker deepens Wanda's international influence and represents an important step forward for the development of the business.

The principal means of acquiring an ardent love of Christ are mental prayer, Communion, mortification, retirement.

Truly wealth, which men spend all their lives in acquiring, is a valueless thing at the last.

Knowledge is the acquiring of facts, understanding is the interpreting of facts, wisdom the application.

Because we are in the world, we are condemned to meaning, and we cannot do or say anything without its acquiring a name in history.

Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.

I believe success is achieved by acquiring and developing talented, respected, and credible individuals, none of which applies to Skip Bayless.

President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

We don't focus as much in schools on educational knowledge which requires thinking and application, as we do on acquiring facts.

Beware of luxury! Beware of acquiring the taste and need for it, under the pretext of providing for the morrow.

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.

Successful people, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession.

Yes; we have a specific procedure which we follow in all cases where the Agency is in contact, for the purposes of acquiring intelligence or whatever the case may be, with an individual.

The cost of acquiring new customers and maintaining those relationships in an online environment versus bricks and mortar is significant.

Every scientist would like to be able to move through research faster, to spend less time and money acquiring material or disseminating it.

The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.

Being a TV comedian, actor, writer, columnist, and all that is quite helpful to me in acquiring wide varieties of knowledge, which is crucial for filmmaking.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge.

He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.

Acquiring Sunseeker deepens Wandas international influence and represents an important step forward for the development of the business.

What is the use of acquiring one's heart's desire if one cannot handle and gloat over it, show it to one's friends, and gather an anthology of envy and admiration?

Germany is prepared to agree to any solemn pact of non-aggression, because she does not think of attacking but only acquiring security.

Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.

I excelled in finding and acquiring secret information that I obtained in brush passes, dead drops, or in meetings in dusty alleys of third world capitals.

There is a way in which all writing is connected. In a second language, for example, a workshop can liberate the students' use of the vocabulary they're acquiring.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

A distinction of property results from that very protection which a free Government gives to unequal faculties of acquiring it.

In light of 50 years of bondage of Eastern Europe, [invading the Soviet Union in 1948 to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons] was probably a reasonable thing to do.

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

I made mistakes. My supporters and I failed to prevent a main like [Mikhail] Saakashvili from acquiring absolute power. I should have criticized him earlier on.

We cannot appreciate the art of any age without first acquiring an equivalent of the experience it depicts.

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.