rely Quotes
Daily selection of quotes about rely.
“The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.”
- Rene Descartes
“A good designer must rely on experience, on precise, logic thinking and on pedantic exactness. No magic will do.”
- Niklaus Wirth
“If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government.”
- Harry Browne
“As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.”
- Jim DeMint
“Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.”
- Epictetus
“Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.”
- George Jean Nathan
“Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.”
- Bryant H. McGill
“The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.”
- Rene Descartes
“So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing.”
- Kurt Loder
“Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.”
- George Jean Nathan