Adequate

Famous quotes containing the word adequate:

    Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
    William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

    Remorse is cureless—the Disease
    Not even God—can heal—
    For ‘tis His institution—and
    The Adequate of Hell—
    Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists.
    Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)