Relies Quotes

#1. The fact that he relies on facts - says things that are not factual - are going to undermine his campaign.

George W. Bush

#2. When a fully qualified Mahayana disciple relies completely upon a fully qualified Mahayana Spiritual Guide the attainment of enlightenment is easy.

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

#3. The modern Establishment relies on a mantra of 'There Is No Alternative': potential opposition is guarded against by enforcing disbelief in the idea that there is any other viable way of running society.

Owen Jones

#4. [The devil] always sends errors into the world in pairs
pairs of opposites. And he always encourages us to spend a lot of time thinking which is the worse. You see why, of course? He relies on your extra dislike of the one error to draw you gradually into the opposite one.

C.S. Lewis

#5. Acting and making music are quite complementary. Acting relies on someone else's writing and direction; writing music or lyrics doesn't. But they are both creative and personal in completely different ways.

Josephine De La Baume

#6. Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity ... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.

Julia Gillard

#7. Dirk looked at her expressionlessly. Apart from being extremely good-looking in a blondish, willowyish kind of way, she was dressed well in an "I don't care what I wear, just any old thing that's lying around" kind of way that relies on extremely careful about what you leave lying around.

Douglas Adams

#8. Trust your gut. Not your heart, because it's a people pleaser, and not your brain, because it relies too heavily on logic.

Colleen Hoover

#9. The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism.

Tariq Ramadan

#10. Further, it would take one of those impossible coincidences that the Modern Liberal relies on so heavily to explain how it is that the two most religious nations in the Western World - the United States and Israel - are also arguably the world's two most scientifically and technologically advanced.

Evan Sayet

#11. The kind of system Kickstarter uses has been used for hundreds of years. Unlike Medici-style patronage, where the richest people in town give large amounts of money, Kickstarter's system relies on the general public for funding projects, and rewards those backers.

Perry Chen

#12. Bad luck relies on absolutely perfect timing.

Catherynne M Valente

#13. The development of the food industry for both domestic and export markets relies on a regulatory framework that both protects the consumer and assures fair trading practices in food.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

#14. Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising the honors of the world, who relies wholly on himself, whose angular points of character have all been rounded off and polished.

Horace

#15. The director, Antoine Fuqua, relies on small details, which anchor the vigilante-as-saint myth in at least a minimal degree of reality.

David Denby

#16. The best short stories and the most successful jokes have a lot in common. Each form relies on suggestion and economy. Characters have to be drawn in a few deft strokes. There's generally a setup, a reveal, a reversal, and a release.

Geraldine Brooks

#17. The Somebody Else's Problem field is much simpler and more effective, and what's more can be run for over a hundred years on a single torch battery. This is because it relies on people's natural disposition not to see anything they don't want to, weren't expecting, or can't explain.

Douglas Adams

#18. The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.

George Crabbe

#19. Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are, it solely relies on what you think.

Gautama Buddha

#20. So much relies on one person assuming the other is telling the truth. If a person can lie to you about one thing, he can lie about something else.

Meg Rosoff

#21. If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.

Pat Mastelotto

#22. I love scoring. Putting music to picture is a rewarding challenge and one that relies on interpretation of emotion - as in, what is the pivotal feeling in a scene and which character's point of view is driving it at any given moment?

Liz Phair

#23. Dear refuge of my weary soul,
On thee, when sorrows rise,
On thee, when waves of trouble roll,
My fainting hope relies.

Anne Steele

#24. The usefulness of a man or woman of God relies on the ability to remain distinct.

Kevin Thoman

#25. Now it may surprise you to learn that in His efforts to get permanent possession of a soul, He relies on the troughs even more than on the peaks; some of His special favourites have gone through longer and deeper throughs than anyone else.

C.S. Lewis

#26. It only takes around 60 seconds to cast your vote in the polling station. 60 seconds to protect the economy, 60 seconds to protect your jobs, 60 seconds to protect the services your family relies on. A lot is at stake during those 60 seconds.

Ross Kemp

#27. The public properly relies upon FDA classification of drugs as nonprescription as a reflection of the agency's judgment regarding the safety and proper use of a drug without a doctor's prescription.

Loretta Lynch

#28. The body fades. A leader who lasts relies on more.

N.K. Jemisin

#29. The success of the therapy relies on three main factors: the appropriate selection of patients, the accurate placement of the DBS lead in the sensorimotor regions of the target nuclei, and optimal choice of electrical parameters for stimulation.

William J. Marks Jr.

#30. Just before a game, I try to keep a clear mind so that I can focus better. I'm the kind of person who plays fast and relies a lot on intuition, so being at peace with myself is vital. Saying my daily prayers helps me achieve this heightened state of mind.

Viswanathan Anand

#31. The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.

Nancy Pearcey

#32. Everything is perfect.
Everything is fine.
The rules of life are made up.
The rules only exist in your mind.
Of course there may be courtesies
And closures and laws to abide,
But the zeal with which you play
Relies on where YOU draw the line

Jason Mraz

#33. Haitian rice farmers are quite efficient, but they can't compete with U.S. agribusiness that relies on a huge government subsidy, thanks to Ronald Reagan's free market enthusiasms.

Noam Chomsky

#34. A short story relies on those values that make poetry and jazz what they are: tension, rhythms, inner beat, into unforeseen within foreseen parameters

Julio Cortazar

#35. no matter how objectionable the character of a paper may be, it is always a trifle better than the patrons on whom it relies for its support.

Edward L. Bernays

#36. I was made acutely aware how far superior an education that stresses independent action and personal responsibility is to one that relies on drill, external authority and ambition.

Albert Einstein

#37. Miracles' rely on their observer's ignorance. 'Perfection' relies on the observer's failure to notice the observed's defects.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#38. Over the last 25 years, the American free enterprise system created the most diverse video programming on earth with the best value for the customer. It is disappointing that the updated report relies on assumptions that are not in line with the reality of the marketplace.

Kyle E. McSlarrow

#39. Happiness often relies on one character trait:
self-discipline.

Charles F. Glassman

#40. American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.

Joseph Nye

#41. He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea.

Horace

#42. I thought I could rely on the plot in the novel and fill in the colour between the lines, but I made a mistake with that assumption. It was really, really hard because you pull a few things apart and then you realise how everything relies on everything else and it can all fall apart.

Ben Affleck

#43. Force-backed humanitarianism, which relies on rational influence over events in other countries, may have been a more feasible project in the bipolar era of the Cold War, with its relatively defined and stable web of alliances and proxies.

Pankaj Mishra

#44. The wretch condemn'd with life to part,
Still, still on hope relies;
And every pang that rends the heart
Bids expectation rise.

Oliver Goldsmith

#45. He relies on no one person. This gives him safety in some ways but makes him vulnerable in others. "I don't trust people either," I say once our food arrives. "I don't want to be sucked into people's drama or feel like I owe anyone." "Do

Bijou Hunter

#46. Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.

Mason Cooley

#47. Unlike sciences, literature as art relies on societal acceptance of a certain vocabulary.

Jimenez Lai

#48. Saving faith is resting faith, the trust which relies entirely on the Savior.

John Stott

#49. Melodrama is something that is created ... I don't seen a melodramatic episode of '90210' or any show that relies on that and think, 'Oh, that's life. That's how I experience it.'

Peter Horton

#50. Our happiness relies more on hope, faith and our inner values than on anything outside ourselves.

Angela Burt-Murray

#51. Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but that it is our culture and the presidency and anything that relies on television.

Val Kilmer

#52. The public relies on the advice of doctors and leading researchers. The public has a right to know about financial relationships between those doctors and the drug companies who make the pharmaceuticals prescribed by doctors.

Chuck Grassley

#53. The standpoint of the man who relies on religious experience for capturing Reality must always remain individual and incommunicable.

Muhammad Iqbal

#54. A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.

Imran Khan

#55. Moreover, a Republic trusting to her own forces, is with greater difficulty than one which relies on foreign arms brought to yield obedience to a single citizen. Rome and Sparta remained for ages armed and free. The Swiss are at once the best armed and the freest people in the world.

Niccolo Machiavelli

#56. It is one of the aims of linguistics to define itself, to recognise what belongs within its domain. In those cases where it relies upon psychology, it will do so indirectly, remaining independent.

Ferdinand De Saussure

#57. No other tissue in the body relies solely on glucose for energy except the testes. (This is why men occasionally experience a battle for resources between their brains and their glands.)

Daniel J. Levitin

#58. Merlin is really at the forefront, in that regard. We get a glimpse into the dark, Machiavellian corridors of power. I like the fact that, although he has powers, his powers are almost in his political guile as much as what he relies on, in darker forces.

Joseph Fiennes

#59. The world relies upon, and America must rely upon, a strong military.

Mitt Romney

#60. An experienced witch does not rely on karma. She relies on magickal justice.

Dacha Avelin

#61. Beirut's "hopelessness relies upon its resilience. There are those who praise the courage of its people, their valour amid despair, but it is this very capacity for survival, for eternal renewal, that is Beirut's tragedy.

Steven Salaita

#62. Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them, he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president.

Eliot Spitzer

#63. We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry.

Francis Chan

#64. The don't-ask-don't-tell approach to plot and character that 'The Hurt Locker' relies on to set itself in motion doesn't offend me politically. It offends me as a storyteller.

Jonathan Dee

#65. Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Miguel De Unamuno

#66. The body fades. A leader who would last relies on more.

N.K. Jemisin

#67. A prince may be seen happy today and ruined tomorrow without having shown any chance in his character. For the prince who relies entirely on fortune is lost when it changes ...

Neil Jordan

#68. It seems odd that a place so remarkably agrarian could have produced the prophecies and theologies upon which the entire world now relies.

Brandon Sanderson

#69. Effective policing relies on the police having the confidence of the communities they serve, and this consultation gives the public an opportunity to contribute to the values and standards they expect of police officers.

Hazel Blears

#70. The best timed joke or the best timed phrase comes at spontaneous moments and just relies on me as the host to be very quick, and that's what I do.

Steve Harvey

#71. I tend to work on the principle that much humour relies on cognitive dissonance - on the foreground not matching the background, on the protagonist's response to a situation being inappropriate, and so on.

Charles Stross

#72. [A] resistance that dispenses with consolations is always stronger than one which relies on them.

Perry Anderson

#73. The authority of a belief imposed by religion surely destroys the discovery of reality.One relies on authority because one is afraid to stand alone.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#74. O friendship! thou fond soother of the human breast, to thee we fly in every calamity; to thee the wretched seek for succor; on thee the care-tired son of misery fondly relies; from thy kind assistance the unfortunate always hopes relief, and may be sure of
disappointment.

Oliver Goldsmith

#75. You don't need to have Asperger's to feel bewildered in a culture that relies so heavily on inconsequential chit-chat to grease the wheels of day-to-day life.

Lynn Coady

#76. [I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; whichwould be a rational reliance if honesty were to be bought with money, and if wisdom were hereditary.

Thomas Jefferson

#77. Even though writing articles relies completely on truth, you still must tell an interesting story. You can't worry about people knowing who you are and whether or not they want to read your stories.

Kimberly Willis Holt

#78. Never make a Christ out of your faith, nor think of as if it were the independent source of your salvation. Our life is found in "looking unto Jesus," not in looking to our own faith. By faith all things become possible to us; yet the power is not in the faith, but in the God upon whom faith relies.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#79. Contrary to the popular notion that only creationism relies on the supernatural, evolutionism must as well, since the probabilities of random formation of life are so tiny as to require a 'miracle' for spontaneous generation tantamount to a theological argument.

Chandra Wickramasinghe

#80. Poetry, unlike music, is a meta-art, and relies upon non-physical structures for the production of its effects. In its case, the medium is syntax, grammar and logical continuity, which together form the carrier-wave of plain sense within which its deeper meanings are broadcast.

Don Paterson

#81. Just as we rely on Israel as a continual source of inspiration and renewal, Israel relies on us.

Lynn Schusterman

#82. A true Lutheran relies on God's Word and would not worry about it even if the whole world mocked and despised him for it. He does not consider the world an authority in religious matters. He rests his faith on higher authority:

C.F.W. Walther

#83. I understand the need to convince others you're okay before you can
believe
it yourself. I understand you can never really believe it
yourself,
but everything in your body relies on you trying anyway.

Darshana Suresh

#84. Of course, if you have thought up to now that an actor relies merely on inspiration you will have to change your mind. Talent without work is nothing more than raw unfinished material.

Constantin Stanislavski

#85. Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

Malcolm Gladwell

#86. The most powerful weapon known is the weapon of blessing. Therefore, a clever person relies on it. He wins with peace, not with war.

Laozi

#87. A German firm called Friendsurance relies on people forming their own groups, which apply peer pressure to keep claims and costs lower. The result is refunded premiums for customers and profit for the company.

John Gerzema

#88. Girls don't go for guys who do magic. If a guy relies on sad shit like that it means he's got no game.

Katie McGarry

#89. If you created a place in air where they're breathing and running around in, and then they speak in that fictional milieu, it's perfectly authenticated because the whole world relies on you, who've made it possible.

Fred D'Aguiar

#90. The United States need to be focusing more on creating a more secure, more reliable, more robust, and more trusted internet, not one that's weaker, not one that relies on this systemic model of exploiting every vulnerability, every threat out there.

Edward Snowden

#91. The wage earner relies upon the ventures of confident and contented capital. This failing him, his condition is without alleviation, for he can neither prey on the misfortune of others nor hoard his labor.

Grover Cleveland

#92. A theology that does not build on the past ignores our debt to history and naively overlooks the fact that the present is conditioned by history. A theology that relies upon the past evades the demands of the present.

Greg Nichols

#93. Do I think the West End relies too heavily on star names? Yes, I do, and it can result in miscasting and sub-standard stuff. Not always, but occasionally.

Tobias Menzies

#94. I call this the Relativistic Weekend Effect. We live in the present, but our happiness relies heavily on the future. Our mood is as much expectation as experience.

Hugh Howey

#95. The Web critic relies on his or her readers for attentiveness and approval.

Lee Siegel

#96. Self-acceptance should not be confused with an over-vaulting aggrandisement of self over others. That individual's exaggerated positive view of self relies upon a comparison with others - they sustain their own positive self-view, relatively, by maintaining a negative view of others.

Dave Mearns

#97. The brain is unreliable. It relies on lies.

Brian Spellman

#98. Rose, the moon is incredible. Everything down on Earth relies on it. Rats jump for it. Tides rush out from it. Humans kiss under it. Without it there'd be nothing down there worth the light. And that just happened by chance -trillions of odd against it- one bit of stardust meets another bit of dust.

Gareth Roberts

#99. We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment.

Earl Blumenauer

#100. Every writer scrounges for inspiration in different places, and there's no shame in raiding the headlines. It's necessary, in fact, when attempting contemporary satire. Sharp-edged humor relies on topical reference points.

Carl Hiaasen