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Dispense Quotes

Dispense quotes here cover very different kinds of letting go: trusting information freely under censorship, philosophy showing how to dispense with an old concept without losing its benefit, and whether a justice system can realistically dispense forgiveness the way a priest might.

These dispense quotes cover letting go in different forms, from philosophy dispensing with old concepts to whether justice can Better dispense forgiveness.

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

Quotes by A. J. Liebling

It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with it.

Quotes by Willard Van Orman Quine

I'm a product of a military dictatorship. Under a dictatorship, you cannot trust information or dispense it freely because of censorship. So Brazilians become very flexible in the use of metaphors. They learn to communicate with double meanings.

Quotes by Vik Muniz

It wouldn't sit easily on one's conscience that you had been warned and there could be danger, but nevertheless you went ahead and said let's dispense these drugs.

Quotes by Thabo Mbeki

Afford Quotes

I'm honest and fair, but I don't dispense false kindness.

Quotes by Steve Easterbrook

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

Quotes by Robert M. Parker, Jr.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that,...

P. T. Barnum

The universal utilization of water power and its long-distance transmission will supply every household with cheap power and will dispense with the necessity of burning fuel. The struggle for existence being lessened, there should be development along ideal rather than...

Quotes by Nikola Tesla

Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.

Quotes by Nancy Grace

Ascetic Quotes

Reality television is to television what marble and gold are to real estate. The point is to dispense with the idea of taste. It's all id. The more unrestrained the better. We all know that 'reality' in reality television is...

Quotes by Michael Wolff

Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of...

Quotes by Lawrence G. Lovasik

We had better dispense with the personification of evil, because it leads, all too easily, to the most dangerous kind of war: religious war.

Quotes by Konrad Lorenz

Limited points of view let the writer dispense - and the reader gather - information from various corners of the story. It all becomes a kind of dance, with the writer guiding the reader through the various twists and turns....

Quotes by Jonathan Evison

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.

Quotes by John Lothrop Motley

Believe Quotes

While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.

Quotes by John B. S. Haldane

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

Quotes by Jerry Pournelle

To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

Quotes by Henri Poincare

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

Quotes by George Sand

Belief demands that you dispense with illusion after illusion, while contemporary common sense requires continual, fluffy pretending - pretending that might as well be systematic, it's so thoroughly incentivised by our culture.

Quotes by Francis Spufford

Better Quotes

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.

Quotes by Frances Burney

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is trusting information difficult under a dictatorship?
One quote explains that under a dictatorship, censorship makes it hard to dispense information freely, pushing people toward flexible, metaphor-heavy communication instead.
Can philosophy help you dispense with old ideas?
Yes. One quote notes that philosophy's real value lies in showing how to dispense with a concept without losing the benefit it once provided.
How did early thinkers imagine water power changing daily life?
One quote predicted that widespread water power and long-distance transmission would let every household dispense with burning fuel altogether.
Can a justice system truly dispense forgiveness?
One quote argues it can't, noting that justice systems aren't built to dispense forgiveness the way a priest or spiritual advisor might.
What other quotes pair well with dispense quotes?
See our Believe quotes collection for more on trust and letting go.

Continue with Believe quotes on trust, and Afford quotes on what we can and cannot do without.