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The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.

– Bill CosbyRate it:

The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.

– Florence NightingaleRate it:

The very first resistance that a person often faces before embarking on a journey towards life’s excellence, is from none but one of the friends or family members in his closest circumference.

– Anuj SomanyRate it:

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

– William CobbettRate it:

The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life. . . . The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds -- how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holiday-lives -- and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song

– John BurroughsRate it:

The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life. . . . The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds -- how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holiday-lives -- and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!

– John Burroughs, Birds and Poets, 1887Rate it:

The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike.

– C. S. Lewis, The Poison of Subjectivism (from Christian Reflections; p. 108)Rate it:

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.

– George WashingtonRate it:

The very idea that a Security Control has to be absolutely perfect and fool proof is flawed. The value of a Security control increases as the time and skill needed to exploit it increases.

– Rafay BalochRate it:

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

– Mark TwainRate it:

The very moment you will learn to appreciate what's OUR and leave what's THEIR, the wiser/valuable you become

– STRIKABOERate it:

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common - they don't change their views to fit the facts. They change the facts to fit their views

– The DoctorRate it:

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common - they don't change their views to fit the facts. They change the facts to fit their views

– The DoctorRate it:

The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views...which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.

– Doctor WhoRate it:

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

– Quentin CrispRate it:

The very reason why man get power is so that they may facilitate. Facilitate organizational, team and individual growth. People must celebrate not bemourn the fact that you are in power.

– Reginald GatsiRate it:

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

– PlutarchRate it:

The very valuable time of the humanity often passes with the incredible stupidities and with the local matters not worth a penny!

– Mehmet Murat ildanRate it:

The Vice Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

– Bill VaughanRate it:

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference.

– Fred AllenRate it:

The vices of some men are magnificent.

– Charles LambRate it:

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

– Lady Marguerite BlessingtonRate it:

The vicissitude of life teaches us about our limitations in a world with no guarantees and permanence.

– Janvier Chouteu-ChandoRate it:

The victories in sport stay contextless, unsuitable, and awkward-proud if the state fails to establish first the welfare of a nation that has nothing for a better life.

– Ehsan SehgalRate it:

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