Favourable And Unfavourable Quotes & Sayings

It struck me that favourable variations would tend to be preserved and unfavourable ones tend to be destroyed — Charles Darwin

The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable. — Zubin Mehta

Spiders' webs only have to be large enough to catch flies. — Neil Gaiman

Even worthwhile endeavors need evaluation in order to determine if they have become distractions from the best goals. — Quentin L. Cook

I've always understood money; it's not a big mystical thing to me. — Jack Nicholson

Nevertheless, if we contemplate a society with a somewhat stable wage-unit, with national characteristics which determine the propensity to consume and the preference for liquidity, and with a monetary system which rigidly links the quantity of money to the stock of the precious metals, it will be essential for the maintenance of prosperity that the authorities should pay close attention to the state of the balance of trade. For a favourable balance, provided it is not too large, will prove extremely stimulating; whilst an unfavourable balance may soon produce a state of persistent depression. — John Maynard Keynes

When you understand that [in reality] the bitter fruit [unfavourable result] is sweet and the sweet fruit [favourable result] is bitter, then you will go to moksha [the ultimate liberation]! — Dada Bhagwan

The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavourable. Favourable conditions never come. — C.S. Lewis

Other people may not have had high expectations for me ... but I had high expectations for myself. — Shannon Miller

I think his team are mirroring Stuart Pearce as the player he was.
(on Manchester City) — Alex Ferguson

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness. — Alfred North Whitehead

Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that. — Tony Benn

Why couldn't we just lose ourselves in the fire again? When passion was enough, and the questions didn't matter. — Alyxandra Harvey

Wind is renewable. Turbines are not. — Ozzie Zehner

Nothing can be more real, or concern us more, than our own sentiments of pleasure and uneasiness; and if these be favourable to virtue and unfavourable to vice, no more can be requisite to the regulation of our conduct and behavior. — David Hume