Imply Quotes: top 99 famous quotes about Imply

Imply Quotes & Sayings

Happy to read and share the best inspirational Imply quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.

To air one's views gratuitously, is to imply that the demand for them is brisk. — William Strunk Jr.

Silence does not always imply consent. Sometimes it simply means that the silent one has opted out of a discussion with idiots. — Lex Allen

Poetry had far better imply things than preach them directly ... in the open pulpit her voice grows hoarse and fails. — F.L. Lucas

Being well known for being well-known did not necessarily imply intelligence. — David Halberstam

For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced. — Arthur Machen

I've decided to give you up, she said.
Dick started - had he said anything to imply that she possessed any part of him? — F Scott Fitzgerald

Contrary to popular belief, the gene-centered theory of evolution does not imply that the point of all human striving is to spread our genes. — Steven Pinker

Selfless giving does not imply giving everything up - it's simply having a good time. — Frederick Lenz

To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems. — Rafael Sabatini

Infirmity and misery do not of necessity imply guilt. — Thomas De Quincey

As a house implies a builder, and a garment a weaver, and a door a carpenter, so does the existence of the Universe imply a Creator. — Luc De Clapiers

That faith be analyzable does not necessarily imply a method for getting by without it ... — Julia Kristeva

Selfless giving does not imply superiority. Selfless giving is about love. — Frederick Lenz

Whether I praise or criticize someone's action, I imply that I am their judge, that I'm engaged in rating them or what they have done. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

How one hates to think of oneself as alone. How one avoids it. It seems to imply rejection or unpopularity. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Happiness and satisfaction always imply some desire fulfilled, some state of pain brought to an end. — Arthur Schopenhauer

When you were a Goth, it was important to at least imply the possibility you might burst into flames in direct sunlight. — Joe Hill

I couldn't bring myself to call him either "Bill," which would signal friendly familiarity, or "Doctor Vogel," which would imply respect. — Frankie Bow

My father had no influence on my political beliefs, and to imply otherwise is wrong and irresponsible. — M.I.A.

That we occasionally violate our own stated moral code does not imply that we are insincere in espousing that code. — Neal Stephenson

A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent. — John P. Kotter

We throw the whole drudgery of creation on one sex, and then imply that no female of any delicacy would initiate any effort in that direction. — George Bernard Shaw

The most painful part of the beatings is the insult which they imply. — Viktor E. Frankl

Expectations imply a future, which doesn't exist. There's only the present. — Mark Tullius

Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry. — Thomas Perry

Only fools imply compliments. The wise man comes right out with it, point-blank. Imply criticism
unless the criticized isn't within earshot. — William Faulkner

If the term discussion has always seemed to me to imply mild warnings of wasted time, workshop sets off a clangorous alarm. — Paul Fussell

We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage. — Audre Lorde

Yet comprehension does not imply belief.
Nor does it mean that those who purvey such beliefs do so for more than ... material
gain. — Christopher Paolini

Most sentimental ideas imply, at bottom, a deep if unacknowledged disrespect. — Jane Jacobs

I'd hate to imply that it's your civic duty to see The House I Live In, but guess what it is. — Ty Burr

What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights. — Tom G. Palmer

I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke every last one of 'em. — Ron White

Her silence wasn't unpleasant, not did it imply resentment or sadness. It was transparent, not dense. It took up almost no space. — Roberto Bolano

Proper distribution does not imply an equal share but an equitable share. Equity is the essence of equality. — Victor Hugo

General intelligence and practical intelligence are "orthogonal": the presence of one doesn't imply the presence of the other. — Malcolm Gladwell

The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe. — Philip Warren Anderson

It is not the same as optimism or wishful thinking, for these imply a denial of reality. — Philip Yancey

I've never made fun of you. Making fun of you would imply that something about you is fun. — Abigail Roux

Visions are answers. Answers imply questions. It — Michael Cunningham

I don't mean to imply that I'm afraid of Death. I'm just not ready to go out on a date with him. — Dean Koontz

Far from marking the outer edge of the solar system, as those schoolroom maps so cavalierly imply, Pluto is barely one-fifty-thousandth of the way. — Bill Bryson

Fear makes people reach for certainty and stability, neither of which guarantee the safety they imply. — Ed Catmull

P.C. is the newspeak that the West uses nowadays to imply, allude to, or insinuate rather than to affirm or maintain. — Pope Benedict XVI

The weakness of my position does not imply a strengthening of yours. — Sigmund Freud

A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face. — Aldous Huxley

There are circumstances in which despair does not imply inactivity. — Edmund Burke

I hate the word 'rendering,' as it equates to 'pouring concrete' on ideas that demand continuing dialog. 'Trade secrets' imply hoarding of knowledge. — Chris Jordan

I guess 'joint' would imply two people had ownership, which, thanks Life, is simply no longer the case. — Ann Benjamin

War of aggression, war which does not imply defense of one's country, is a collective crime. — Carlos Saavedra Lamas

I hate it when people imply that people only read because they have nothing better to do. — Jo Walton

All my lyrics are open to interpretation by the individual and imply many different meanings, therefore their relevance is purely subjective. — Ian Curtis

We refuse love, and reject society, in so far as it seems, in our own perverse imagination, to imply some obscure kind of humiliation — Thomas Merton

The state of being lost, he seemed to imply, granted him a kind of freedom. — Galt Niederhoffer

The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. — Carl Sagan

I love to use these phrases - 'with the greatest respect', 'in all modest', 'I humbly submit' - which in fact always imply the complete opposite. — William Boyd

Even if it were true that evolution, or the teaching of evolution, encouraged immorality that would not imply that the theory of evolution was false. — Richard Dawkins

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite. — Thomas Sowell

High yields do not in themselves imply lower quality: the balance of the vine is the crucial point. Casablanca's — Oz Clarke

They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

I don't mean to imply that they were cowards ... , Maurizio said, shrugging, clearly implying that [they] were cowards. — Rachel Hartman

Probation? How amusing. Probation would imply a source of authority. — Kami Garcia

All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities. — Maimonides

Seedy wasn't a fair description for the place, because seeds imply eventual regrowth and renewal. — Jim Butcher

There is no idea that does not carry in itself a possible refutation, no word that does not imply its opposite. — Marcel Proust

Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public. — Benjamin Whichcote

Beckett does not believe in God, though he seems to imply that God has committed an unforgivable sin by not existing. — Anthony Burgess

our material riches unfortunately imply a spiritual, cultural, and moral poverty that are perhaps far greater than we see. — Thomas Merton

The fact I myself do not understand what my paintings mean while I am painting them does not imply that they are meaningless. — Salvador Dali

Unity, I thought, implies the possibility of disunity. Beginnings imply and require endings. — Ann Leckie

The more we use words that in any way imply criticism, the more difficult it is for people to stay connected to the beauty within themselves. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Being a team player should not imply a demand for simple obedience and conformity. — Alfie Kohn

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past. — A.J.P. Taylor

I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all. — Aimee Mullins

You could never prove innocence, not in the match with the man who only had to imply guilt. — David Halberstam

But so often, before words can rise to the mind to imply the ineffable, the ineffable has effed off. — Gregory Maguire

To imply something," Jesse said, "you have to know something. I'm just trying to learn. — Robert B. Parker

Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Berg imply a type of pianist who is intellectual. That's not always associated with female soloists. — Jeffrey Tate

I do not imply that this philosophy of land was always clear to me. It is rather the end result of a life journey. — Aldo Leopold

Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them. — Antony Garrett Lisi

the complexity of society does not imply a planner. — Matt Ridley

Novelisation doesn't imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that. — Denise Mina

Universal silence must be taken to imply the consent of the people. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number. — William Lyon Mackenzie King

Limitations imply possibilities. A problem is a challenge. — Russell Page

What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation. — Albert Camus

The absence of dissent does not necessarily imply acceptance; just tolerance. — Lakshmy Menon Chatterjee

Convictions do not imply reasons. — Margaret Deland

The earth says have a place, be what that place
requires; hear the sound the birds imply
and see as deep as ridges go behind
each other. — William Stafford

Well, you're grown-ups," she said, in a tone of voice that did its best to imply that they weren't, and that even if they were they shouldn't be. — Neil Gaiman

Chivalry does not imply that women are powerless. On the contrary, chivalry is an admission of women's superiority. — Beth Fantaskey

Love does not imply pacifism. — Derrick Jensen

Falling in love with landscapes is what L.A. women do. It doesn't necessarily imply betrothal or marriage. — Kate Braverman

The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic. — Bernard Cornwell

Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain. — Deepak Chopra

Corbyn's words imply a serious lack of moral judgement. Just as all Muslims are not to blame for ISIS, not all Brits are to blame for [Jeremy] Corbyn. — Tzipi Livni

Leaving would imply suitcases and empty drawers, and late birthday cards with ten-dollar bills stuffed inside. — Julie Kagawa

But control does not imply petty interference. — T.R. Fehrenbach

Throw off your grief,' doubters imply, 'and we can all go back to pretending death doesn't exist, or at least is comfortably far away. — Julian Barnes