The final greatness of the presidency lies in the truth that it is not just an office of incredible power but a breeding ground of indestructible myth.
It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience.
The breeding of shepherd dogs is the breeding of working dogs; and this must always be the aim, or we shall cease to produce shepherd dogs.
He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself
Good manners come, as we say, from good breeding or rather are good breeding; and breeding is acquired by habitual action, in response to habitual stimuli, not by conveying information.
Terminological infelicities have a way of breeding conceptual confusion.
I always take blushing either for a sign of guilt, or of ill breeding.
The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.
An unattended mind is the breeding ground of self-defeat.
Good breeding consists in having no particular mark of any profession, but a general elegance of manners.
The best bet for the horses would be to stop betting on the Derby and other horse races, and to stop breeding, racing and killing thoroughbreds altogether
We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or erect shopping malls and condos; planting groves of a few familiar trees that homeowners and industries prefer.
One of the most disturbing ways that climate change is already playing out is through what ecologists call "mismatch" or "mistiming. " This is the process whereby warming causes animals to fall out of step with a critical food source, particularly at breeding times, when a failure to find enough food can lead to rapid population losses.
Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A genius is precisely a man who defies all schools and rules, who deviates from the traditional roads of routine and opens up new paths through land inaccessible before. A genius is always a teacher, never a pupil; he is always self-made.
The late sixties and early seventies were kind of a breeding ground for exciting new sounds because easy listening and folk were kind of taking over the airwaves. I think it was a natural next step to take that blissful, easy-going sound and strangle the life out of it.
The only method compatible with our notions of civilization and the race is to prevent the breeding of the unfit by sterilization and the deliberate guidance of the mating instinct. [snip] The trend of opinion among eugenists is that we must make marriage more difficult. Certainly no one who is not a desirable parent should be permitted to produce progeny.
Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim.
The breeding we give young people is ordinarily but an additional self-love, by which we make them have a better opinion of themselves.
Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.
