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In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality.
John Archibald Wheeler

In Psychology we deal with minds and their processes, and leave out of account as far as possible the objects that we get to know by means of them.
Charles D. Broad

In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not.
Paul von Hindenburg

Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got.
Andrew Young

It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account.
Douglas Hofstadter

It appears from Mr. Smith's account that there is no scarcity of buffalo as he penetrated the country.
William Henry Ashley

It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man.
George Crook

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.
Arthur Helps

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.
William Whewell

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Douglas Adams

It is also right that we continue to consult with front line workers and the public to ensure that targets are reasonable and achievable, that measurement regimes are proportionate and that the targets take full account of the other reforms that are under way.
John Hutton

It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks.
James Payn

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
Isaac Asimov

It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.
Matthew Henry

It is not more people that are needed in the world but better people, physically, morally and mentally. This question of raising the quality of our American population must also be taken into account in the question of immigration.
Agnes E. Meyer

It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
Felix Frankfurter

It's the level that allows us each to live our own chosen lives. But I notice not everyone agrees with the primary importance of that level, and I try to account for how they don't.
Robert Nozick

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
Felix Frankfurter

Just because my bank account hasn't swelled astronomically I don't consider myself any less of a success.
Lydia Lunch

Lately, I can't shake the feeling that I've been living a dream for the last 10 years or so; I can't account for most of my 20s, and I have to continually remind myself that certain people are dead now and many of my friends have children.
Chris Ware

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