In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings.
Ernst Lubitsch

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
Salvador Dali

In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day.
Robert B. Laughlin

In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons.
John Charles Polanyi

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.
Carolyn Heilbrun

It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.
Arnold H. Glasgow

It's definitely going to be harder than it sounds to acquire millions of users in the U.S. It's going to be a lot of work, and you can't make light of that.
Michael King

Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.
Garry Trudeau

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.
Alfred North Whitehead

Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases.
Jared Diamond

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
Aristotle

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.
Anwar Sadat

My greatest fear is the Iranians acquire a nuclear weapon and give it to a terrorist organization. And there is a real threat of them doing that.
John McCain

Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
William Lyon Phelps

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.
Hugh Mackay

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.
Stendhal

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
Henri B. Stendhal

Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
James J. Corbett

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
Nathaniel Branden