Tendency Quotes

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness.

I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish at saying no, and b) be pushed by some kind of Protestant work ethic.

Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come from nowhere and he has a tendency to say them at exactly the time when they most undermine the conservative agenda.

There's a tendency, when you're directing yourself, not to give the performance as much care, because you feel like there's too much focus on yourself, or that all these people are just standing around setting everything up, waiting for you.

The tendency of everyone is to evolve.

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out.

I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory.

I have a tendency to evolve into William Shatner, with my big fat face.

If I'm within reach and can be helpful, I have a tendency to say 'Yes.' It's hard to say 'No.'

I think I have a tendency to look at things subjectively rather than objectively when I reflect on my experience.

There has always been a tendency to classify children almost as a distinct species.

The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.

The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world.

It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.

Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth.

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.

I'm constantly having to be vigilant with a depressive tendency, an addictive tendency.

There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the harder it is to find some common ground to make some progress that would give people confidence that you got it more right than wrong.

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science.

I have a tendency to sabotage relationships; I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts.

I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them.

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.

The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening.

When a poll is really, really out of whack with what I want to happen, I do have a tendency to disregard it.

You know, I am against lynching and lynching is a tendency of the people.

Man could not stay there forever. He was bound to spread to new regions, partly because of his innate migratory tendency and partly because of Nature's stern urgency.

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.