Top 584 Namely Quotes & Sayings

Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.

By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could be given only by traveling; namely, the strange.

He and I have this... personality conflict. Namely, I think he should get a new one.

Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.

I wish you'd help me look into a more interesting problem - namely, my sanity.

The biblical passage which says of Abraham and the three visiting angels: "And He stood over them under the tree and they did eat" is interpreted by Rabbi Zusya to the effect that man stands above the angels, because he knows something unknown to them, namely, that eating may be hallowed by the eater's intention.... Any natural act, if hallowed, leads to God, and nature needs man for what no angel can perform on it, namely, its hallowing.

Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.

In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.

The white tails of rabbits, according to some theologians, have a purpose, namely to make it easier for sportsmen to shoot them.

And, indeed, this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world; namely, that a righteousness that resides in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth!

Only one absolute certainty is possible to man, namely that at any given moment the feeling which he has exists.

Work with the raw material you have, namely you, and never let up.

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims.

I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing.

There are so many - namely black and brown bodies - who have experienced a different America than what the mainstream American flag symbolizes.

There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers.

I misfired and said some things in the past about people, namely John Mayer. And I didn't have the guts to apologize.

I have always kept one end in view, namely ... to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God.

One realization does dawn upon the death of the second parent, namely that you've now moved into the green room to the River Styx. You're next.

The public man needs but one patron, namely, the lucky moment.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

We have to improve our ability to deliver tangible results, namely sales, not simply awareness or change of attitude among opinion formers.

All science has one aim, namely, to find a theory of nature.

The greatest cost, namely time.

We have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.

It is necessary to mark the greater from the lesser truth: namely the larger and more liberal idea of nature from the comparatively narrow and confined; namely that which addresses itself to the imagination from that which is solely addressed to the eye.

The present non-aristotelian system is based on fundamental negative premises; namely, the complete denial of 'identity.'

We need to add to the three R's, namely Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic, a fourth--- RESPONSIBILITY.

There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty.

I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use of the mother tongue.

We are at the beginning of a new era of immunochemistry, namely the production of "antibody based" molecules.

Few gynecologists recommend to their heterosexual patients the most foolpoof of solutions, namely, misterectomy.

Let it suffice that in the light of these two facts, namely, that the mind is One, and that nature is its correlative, history isto be read and written.

There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.

One man alone had really known the sciences, namely, Robert, Bishop of Lincoln.

I believe in what Max Muller said years ago, namely, that truth needed to be repeated as long as there were men who disbelieved it.

[There is only one possible solution to unrest in the Middle East], namely the annihilation and destruction of the Zionist state.

A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance.

This illustrates an important truth, namely, that the worse your logic, the more interesting the consequences to which it gives rise.

It's obvious that St. Louis has certain advantages compared to other cities: namely, a concentration of financial services.

Machines deprive us of two things which are certainly important ingredients of human happiness, namely, spontaneity and variety.

My personal growth stems from the humility with which I navigate the world, namely with a reverence for all of the knowledge that I've yet to learn but that is out there available to me.

What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.

We can mention only one point (which experience confirms), namely, that next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. No greater commendation than this can be found — at least not by us. After all, the gift of language combined with the gift of song was only given to man to let him know that he should praise God with both word and music, namely, by proclaiming [the Word of God] through music.

We still have a great amount of work to do in social development, including resolving one of the biggest challenges we face in this area, namely, reducing the gap between high-income earners and people, citizens of our country, who are still living on very modest means indeed. But we cannot, of course, adopt the solution used 80 years ago and simply confiscate the riches of some to redistribute among others. We will use completely different means to resolve this problem, namely, we will ensure good economic growth.

One of Love's qualities--namely, Forgiveness.

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.

Life is complex in its expression, involving more than percipience, namely desire, emotion, will, and feeling.

Faith as the state of being ultimately concerned implies love, namely, the desire and urge toward the reunion of the seperated.

Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment.

One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

Somehow we find it hard to sell our values, namely that the rich should plunder the poor.

Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.

He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

I received many offers - namely from Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Milan - but I preferred the tranquillity of playing for Fiorentina.

Death possesses a good deal, of real estate, namely, the graveyard in every town.

Namely I'm a fan of sides like Lyon, Marseille, PSG, but there is no preference. All these clubs, as well as Bordeaux, have a great history.