#surely

Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us. ↗

— Francis Wright

#arrive #attentive #authorities #dictum #examine

Surely, serious problems can't be solved just by talking about them. ↗

— Nigel Short

#just #problems #serious #solved #surely

Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there must be a level beyond which profit from news is simply indecent. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#beyond #businesses #indecent #level #must

Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#country #dalton #drudgery #elementary #employed

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul. ↗

— Ernest Dimnet

#architecture #arts #most #slowly #soul

I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.' ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#always #certainly #direct #film #i

Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going down the path we're currently on, we might one day get rid of genetic diseases, but only at the cost of our own humanity. ↗

— Charles Colson

#children #christians #cost #currently #day

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#beautifully #child #commit #having #irrational

Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me. ↗

— Martin Van Creveld

#any #does #help #his #live

If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#argue #ever #facts #fit #here