A wide range of quotations are necessary for the repertoire of a well-rounded speaker. Quotations are able to illustrate in a few words what is difficult to explain in many.
The remarkable thing about the human mind is its range of limitations.
When one looks at the ocean, they can only see that part of it which comes within their range of vision; so it is with the truth.
I've already discovered how to hold myself within range.
An artist must pass judgment only on what he understands; his range is limited as that of any other specialist. . . Anyone who says that the artist's field is all answers and no questions has neither.
One reader is better than another in proportion as he is able of a greater range of activity in reading and exerts more effort.
Why does everyone take for granted that we don't learn to grow arms, but rather, are designed to grow arms? Similarly, we should conclude that in the case of the development of moral systems; there's a biological endowment which in effect requires us to develop a system of moral judgment and a theory of justice, if you like, that in fact has detailed applicability over an enormous range.
In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.
Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of government by pressure groups. Its methods range from mere social courtesies and cocktail-party or luncheon "friendships" to favors, threats, bribes, blackmail.
Authors and publishers want fair compensation and a means of protecting content through digital rights management. Vendors and technology companies want new markets for e-book reading devices and other hardware. End-users most of all want a wide range and generous amount of high-quality content for free or at reasonable costs. Like end-users, libraries want quality, quantity, economy, and variety as well as flexible business models.
The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want to go on and on over the next ridge and over the one beyond. The call is that of a wilderness known only to a few. . . This last American wilderness must remain sacrosanct.
A theory is the more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its premises, the more different are the kinds of things it relates and the more extended the range of its applicability.
There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived the great range of life.
That’s the key to new and good ideas; they come from having a very broad and multidisciplinary range of interests.
I'd like to widen my education. I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.
The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.
If there's any object in human experience that's a precedent for what a computer should be like, it's a musical instrument: a device where you can explore a huge range of possibilities through an interface that connects your mind and your body, allowing you to be emotionally authentic and expressive.
I bought my first electric car in 1970. Its top speed was 15 mph and it had just a 15 mile range - it was essentially a golf cart with a windshield wiper and a horn.
My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs - in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence.
There is a tremendous range of children with a PDD label.