Acquire Quotes

I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training.

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.

We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.

Did I put them in contact with the people to acquire them? Yes. Did I educate them on how to use them properly, and what way, shape, or form, and when, and with what supplements? Yes. Absolutely.

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.

Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not totally.

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

With paper printed books, you have certain freedoms. You can acquire the book anonymously by paying cash, which is the way I always buy books. I never use a credit card. I don't identify to any database when I buy books. Amazon takes away that freedom.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school.

The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.

Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases.

The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true.

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.

But when you get into a situation where you can acquire a proven leader, a proven quality player, an unselfish player, a guy who taken a team to the Super Bowl, I think you do it.

This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire.

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.

Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand.

I'm addicted to laughing. I go to see a lot of comedy shows. I'm addicted to playing really loud and obnoxious rock music in my car. I'm addicted to beautiful clothes and shoes. I just love gorgeous stuff and work hard to acquire pretty things, shiny things. I'm addicted to shiny things!