Characteristics Quotes

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

Overall, the challenge of leadership is both moral and one of developing the characteristics that make us respected by one another.

The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary that every soul should be rightly and thoroughly instructed in regard to its nature and general characteristics.

It is no accident that I made Cartoon Town a simple little village - in many ways it mirrored my home town. And, yes, many of my puppet characters took on some of the more eccentric characteristics of people I knew there.

Species can be recognized by their morphological characteristics and songs.

I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty.

People always try to separate the good from the bad in Clinton and say that, if he had not done certain things, he would have been a great president. But you can't do that. Those were his major characteristics.

An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.

A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.

The children are taught more of the meanest state in Europe than of the country they are born and bred in, despite the singularity of its characteristics, the interest of its history, the rapidity of its advance, and the stupendous promise of its future.

The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics.

In other words, we are interested in the anatomical and mental characteristics of men living under the same biological, geographical, and social environment, and as determined by their past.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

The talent for discovering the unique and marketable characteristics of a product and service is a designer's most valuable asset.

The distinguishing characteristics of mind are of a subjective sort; we know them only from the contents of our own consciousness.

The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution.

Turkey, unlike chicken, has very elegant characteristics. It has more of a cache than chicken. Turkey is a delicacy, so it should be presented in such a way.

After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and infusing characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture in modern buildings.

Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.

In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli.

The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.

I demonstrated the characteristics of experimental fever. It appears after an incubation period which is never less than five days. It follows the same pattern as natural fever in man, but is of shorter duration and less pronounced.

When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities.

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.

But I'll try to immerse myself in as many of the formal characteristics of site as possible in the landscape.

In 1963 and later papers, I pointed out that the special market characteristics of medical care and medical insurance could be explained by reference to differences in information among the parties involved.