#mainly

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury. ↗

— John Bright

#knowledge #languages #luxury #mainly

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned. ↗

— Mark Twain

#education #mainly #unlearned

If in any divination the Tenth Card should be a Court Card, it shews that the subject of the divination falls ultimately into the hands of a person represented by that card, and its end depends mainly on him. ↗

— Arthur E. Waite

#card #court #depends #end #falls

Some countries that are close to Europe that already hold Deutschemarks, clearly would automatically hold euros, those are countries in Eastern Europe mainly, a few countries in Africa. ↗

— Robert C. Solomon

#already #automatically #clearly #close #countries

The progress of society is mainly the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the world. ↗

— Rutherford B. Hayes

#improvement #mainly #progress #society #workingmen

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#conscious #less #lives #mainly #mould

I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#get #half #i #i write #into

We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#better #catastrophes #century #cnn #consequence

It horrifies me how much it costs to put on shows now, mainly due to EU regulations. The freedom to be entrepreneurial is no longer there. It's a massive business now. ↗

— Cameron Mackintosh

#costs #due #entrepreneurial #eu #freedom

I once had a lot of hatred, mainly toward my father, an alcoholic. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#father #had #hatred #i #lot