Degree

Famous quotes containing the word degree:

    “It is open to question whether the highly individualized characters we find in Shakespeare are perhaps not detrimental to the dramatic effect. The human being disappears to the same degree as the individual emerges.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.”
    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

    “As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain circumspection and distrust, so there are qualities in human nature which justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)