The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.
I think Canadians are more interested in international events than Americans because it is such a small country, so politics affect it more.
More men are ruined by underestimating the value of money than by overestimating it. Let us, then, abandon the affectation of despising money, and frankly own its value.
I'm developing more stuff in my voice, more Nick Swardson. It's me as myself in a sense and kind of in my voice, no accent no affectation. I'm growing into my own persona.
Emotional roller coasters tend to emphasize the lows, tend to be more affected by the low, by the dip in an emotional roller coaster than when you are at the peak.
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we properly demand of the immigrant even more than this. He must be brought into complete harmony with our ideals and aspirations and cooperate with us for their attainment.
The closer a horror story gets to the truth of things, the more affective it is going to be.
In a general way, anything that affects men is taken more seriously than anything that affects only women.
In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs.
The question Americans should ask is not whether a candidate is affiliated with a particular faith but rather whether that candidate's faith makes it more likely he or she will support policies that align with their values.
The more affiliates I have the more I can sit back and let my brown belt and black belts do the work.
Companies in the East put a lot more emphasis on human relationships, while those from the West focus on the product, the bottom line. Westerners appear to have more of a need for achievement, while in the East there's more need for affiliation.
To abandon affirmative action is to say there is nothing more to be done about discrimination.
There are psychological repercussions to illness and we need a little more help to get through the effects not only on the afflicted but on the family. And I think there's even a place for humor in that.
The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us.
Job was the greatest of all the children of the east, and his afflictions were well-nigh more than he could bear; but even if we imagined them wearing him to death, that would not make his story tragic.
