Best 264 quotes in «relation quotes» category

But Loki's relations with Svadilfari were such that a while later he gave birth to a colt.

Consider frequently the connection of all things in the universe and their relation to one another. For things are somehow implicated with one another, and all in a way friendly to one another.

Certainly the Government has tried to handle the matter of our relations with the rest of the Continent in a very sensitive manner.

Donald Trump said that he thinks he can get along very, very well with Vladimir Putin and have very, very good relations with Russia. I'm sure he can, if he is willing to turn away from our NATO allies and reconsider whether Eastern Ukraine is really part of the country, and do whatever he can to accommodate Mr. Putin's views.

Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.

Building confidence and constructive relations between Sudan and South Sudan is urgent

Do mathematics have a relation to reality or are they only a mathematical symbol?

Everybody knows that fanaticism is religion caricatured; bears, indeed, about the same relation to it that a monkey bears to a man; yet, with many, contempt of fanaticism is received as a sure sign of hostility to religion.

Every desire has a relation to madness.

Everything about art has become problematic; its inner life, its relation to society, even its right to exist.

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

Engaging Iran won't guarantee improved U.S.-Iranian relations or a more stable Gulf region. But not engaging means more of the same.

Every relation to mankind, of hate or scorn or neglect, is full of vexation and torment.

Foreign relations is an open book-- generally a checkbook.

Faith is our relation not to what we possess but to what possesses us.

For many decades my relations with my parents constituted unfinished business. I had dealt with them through sheer avoidance and guilt.

God has given us enough wisdom to make improvements in our relations.

... God is going to judge righteously... . what did each one do in relation to what he or she knew to be right of wrong?

For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.

God's relation to spirits is not like that of a craftsman to his work, but also like that of a prince to his subjects.

Human relations, I mess them up, and they let me down.

Human thinking depends on metaphor. We understand new and complex things in relation to the things we already know... once you pick a metaphor it will guide your thinking.

Good human relations not only bring great personal rewards but are essential to the success of any enterprise.

I am faithful up to the point of death. It's the only thing I respect. I never abandon anyone. I'm not talking about sexual relations. I'm faithful in my friendship, my admiration.

I am a person who is inclined to define relations between individuals based on principles.

I am very happy that he [Pope Fransis] did clarify this [marriage defenition], because the other situations can be partnership, can be relations, but certainly not marriage.

His smile bore the same relation to a real smile as false teeth do to real teeth.

I did not have textual relations with that server.

I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time - never. These allegations are false.

I don't really feel my poems are mine at all. I didn't create them out of nothing. I owe them to my relations with other people.

I entirely approve the measures proposed by you in relation to the Marines who are lately captives in Tripoli. Therefore execute them.

If a manager spends more than 10 percent of his time on "human relations" the group is probably too large.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

If theological ideas prove to have a value for concrete life, they will be true, for pragmatism, in the sense of being good for so much. How much more they are true, will depend entirely on their relations to the other truths that also have to be acknowledged.

I have no wealthy or popular relations to recommend me.

I love pensioners. My closest relations are pensioners.

I have known the Indians intimately - known them in their private relations - I think I understand the Indian character pretty well.

In almost every place where we find totems we also find a law against persons of the same totem having sexual relations with one another and consequently against their marrying. This, then, is 'exogamy', an institution related to totemism.

I'm very interested in the evolution of technology, and it's really the idea of artificial life which intrigues me, more than just intelligence - a new, evolving life form arising within our datasphere and coming into living relation with humanity.

India seeks friendly relations but without compromising on its interests.

In our depths, I think we all feel very small in relation to the greater universe and God.

International relations bears more than a slight resemblance to the mafia.

In thought I am living wholly with Theo and Vincent, oh, the infinitely delicate, tender and lovely [quality] of that relation[ship].

INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.

In all great civilizations, garden discourses have belonged to larger discourses about beauty, the good life, the relation of humankind to nature, and so on.

In its broadest term, religion says that there is an unseen order, and that our supreme good lies in rightful relations to it.

In relations with other nations, there is neither right nor wrong; there is only strength and weakness.

In the beginning of college I wanted to be an English major, but then I became interested in international relations.

I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.

I think that if you have a sense of the sacredness of nature and of human relations, I think you will be uplifted in some sort of spiritual elevation.