Preponderant Means Quotes & Sayings

I think, as a child, there weren't dreams. I can't recall as a child having some ultimate dream and thinking that it was possible. — Misty Copeland

Whenever Congress was in session, we were in Washington. So four months out of the year we were in Tennessee and the rest of the time in Arlington, which is where my mom grew up. Then, of course, in 1992 we moved into the vice president's house in D.C. I was 15 then. — Kristin Gore

I'm a huge hip hop fan going way back, like, back to '83. I had my Gemini mixer listening to Run-DMC and Kurtis Blow. — Adam McKay

Compilers resemble gluttonous eaters who devour excessive quantities of healthy food just to excrete them as refuse. — Franz Grillparzer

The first reason for the preponderant influence of those Evangelicals who define themselves as advocates of Religious Right theological and political ideologies is that they have both the financial means and technological know-how to make widespread use of modern electronic forms of communication. — Tony Campolo

Weaken a bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your zeal to avoid it. Then divert your mind to some good habit and steadily cultivate it until it becomes a dependable part of you. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't stand the thought of them changing? Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't see clearly? — Jodi Picoult

A lecturer often makes you feel dumb at one end and numb at the other. — Evan Esar

You can't depend on people who just let things happen — Tove Jansson

I was disquieted to realize that he had ceased to call me anything at all. That seemed impossible, but your children generally use your name when they want something, if only attention, and Kevin was loath to beseech me for so much as a turned head. — Lionel Shriver