Qualities

Famous quotes containing the word qualities:

    “Man is by nature a pragmatic materialist, a mechanic, a lover of gadgets and gadgetry; and these are qualities that characterize the “establishment” which regulates modern society: pragmatism, materialism, mechanization, and gadgetry. Woman, on the other hand, is a practical idealist, a humanitarian with a strong sense of noblesse oblige, an altruist rather than a capitalist.”
    —Elizabeth Gould Davis (b. 1910)

    “I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good sense and energy are the qualities required.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

    “Whether a man hides his bad qualities and vices or confesses them openly, his vanity wants to gain an advantage by it in both cases: just note how subtly he distinguishes between those he will hide his bad qualities from and those he will face honestly and candidly.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)