Acquiring knowledge doesn't bring power into your life, until you apply what you have learned. Votes: 3
Shannon L. AlderAcquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative. Votes: 3
Mordecai Wyatt JohnsonHumanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons. Votes: 1
R. Buckminster FullerNext to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. Votes: 1
Charles Caleb ColtonSome debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them. Votes: 1
Ogden NashNo man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonPeople acquiring a second language have the best chance for success through reading. Votes: 0
Stephen D. KrashenMen tend to gain wholeness by acquiring the qualities that are wrongly called feminine. Votes: 0
Gloria SteinemBuying a bicycle is a momentous event, akin to marriage: you are acquiring a partner. Votes: 0
Dervla MurphySlowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective. Votes: 0
Paul BiyaMaturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions. Votes: 0
Susan MaushartI want to weigh less, not through diet and exercise, but by acquiring a faulty scale. Votes: 0
Jarod KintzForget about acquiring new people. If you service your audience they will get you new fans. Votes: 0
Bob LefsetzThe passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls. Votes: 0
Francois FenelonI think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge. Votes: 0
William GlasserAt one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. Life is totally about losing everything. Votes: 0
Mike TysonEffective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings. Votes: 0
D. A. CarsonHe, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteTruly wealth, which men spend all their lives in acquiring, is a valueless thing at the last. Votes: 0
H. Rider HaggardThere are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little. Votes: 0
Jackie French KollerSome debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them Votes: 0
Ogden NashI think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge. Votes: 5 William Glasser
How was she to tie herself to a man without permitting him to imprison her? And was there some means of acquiring things without those things possessing her? Votes: 3 Clarice Lispector