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Merely to have survived is not an index of excellence. — Anthony Hecht

Deformity of the heart I call
The worst deformity of all;
For what is form, or what is face,
But the soul's index, or its case? — Charles Caleb Colton

A very civilized thing, glass - almost an index of civilization. When civilization retreats, it leaves behind broken glass. — John Derbyshire

He rubbed his feet back and forth on the library carpet and when she walked by, he touched her with the tip of his index finger — Jonathan Goldstein

How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tail! — Alexander Pope

I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs. — Mary Wesley

Most investors would be better off in an index fund. — Peter Lynch

"Now you can trade the S&P 500 Index in real time" was the slogan in the newspapers for the first ETF. What kind of nut would do that? — John C. Bogle

That which seems to be wealth may in verity be only the gilded index of far reaching ruin — John Ruskin

If a book has no index or good table of contents, it is very useful to make one as you are reading it. — Isaac

There is no index of character so sure as the voice. — Benjamin Disraeli

I have always believed that hair is a very sure index of character. — Katharine Tynan

The Glycemic Index is one the best tools for fat loss. It measures how quickly foods breakdown into sugar in your bloodstream. — Al Sears

The man who publishes a book without an index ought to be damned 10 miles beyond hell, where the Devil himself cannot get for stinging nettles. — John Baynes

Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and can be cured by will power are always an index of how much is not understood about a disease. — Susan Sontag

Never index your own book. — Kurt Vonnegut

Neither a pathology nor an index as such of moral default, stupidity is nonetheless linked to the most dangerous failures of human endeavor. — Avital Ronell

An index is a great leveller. — George Bernard Shaw

As a quiet salute to Beavis and Butthead, I held up my index finger and thumb in an "L"-the international sign for loser. — Michael Moore

Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age. — Babette Deutsch

The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need to be. — Louis De Bernieres

A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. — Tobias Smollett

Photography Cannot Record Abstract Ideas (Title of a 16x20 inch photograph depicting an index card on which that phrase is handwritten.) — Mel Bochner

If I were in charge of the government, I would index the minimum wage to inflation, so that way, everybody knows what they can count on. — Fred DeLuca

There is no index of character as sure as the voice. — Benjamin Disraeli

Is the diameter of your index finger equal to or greater than the diameter of a super absorbency tampon? — Julie Cross

The best way to own common stocks is through an index fund. — Warren Buffett

He shook his head and said, "No, He just went up," pointing his index finger to the ceiling of the room. — Neal Pylant

The health of a community is an almost unfailing index of its morals. — James Martineau

A great nose may be an index
Of a great soul — Edmond Rostand

Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index. — Julie Burchill

I'm a very tactile learner, so I need analog index cards, moving them all about, trying out various sequences for the book's architecture. — Joshua Mohr

I wish you would add an index rerum, that when the reader recollects any incident he may easily find it. — Samuel Johnson

Language is the chief means and index of a nation's progress. — Swami Vivekananda

The amount of chiaroscuro an idea harbors is the only index of its profundity. — Emile M. Cioran

The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity — Abraham Joshua Heschel

Prices of semicolons, plot devices, prologues and inciting incidents continued to fall yesterday, lopping twenty points off the TomJones Index. — Jasper Fforde

Exile as a mode of genius no longer exists; in place of Joyce we have the fragments of work appearing in Index on Censorship. — Nadine Gordimer

Building a portfolio around index funds isn't really settling for the average. It's just refusing to believe in magic. — Bethany McLean

Never pay attention to any price-weighted index. — Kenneth L. Fisher

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The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work. — Brian Eno

Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been prepared with the help of a computer. — Donald Knuth

Before I could say anything, Jamie began writing giant letters over the words with his index finger.
F-U-C-K Y-O-U.
My sentiments exactly. — Michelle Hodkin

Mr. Gonzalez watched Mr. Zalatimo probing his long index finger high into one of his nostrils. What would this one do? His feet tingled with fear. — John Kennedy Toole

Music" - he smiled his glorious smile and raised his index finger - "music speaks for the soul because words are too small. — Dennis Lehane

With me and my girl, I'm number one - and she's the index finger. We're the same, but I go where she points. — Jarod Kintz

His face was the true index of his mind. — Voltaire

The world is a great volume, and man the index of that book; even in the body of man, you may turn to the whole world. — John Donne

Most of the mutual fund investments I have are index funds, approximately 75%. — Charles R. Schwab

Almost unbidden, he released the safety, and his index finger slid inside the guard. — Jonathan L. Howard

If you don't find it in the index, look very carefully through the entire catalogue. — Sears, Roebuck And Co.

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine. — Tertullian

Large-caps were safe in 1996, '97, '98. Everybody was buying index funds and Nifty Fifty funds. As long as money was pouring in, it was great. — Louis Navellier

Speech is the index of the mind. — Seneca The Younger

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife. — Cyril Connolly

The Roman Catholic Index of Prohibited Books, a list that came to include almost every significant work of post-medieval Western philosophy. — David Hume

Of all the parts of your body, be most vigilant over your index finger, for it is blame-thirsty. A pointed finger is a victim's logo. — Joseph Brodsky

I don't drink much soda; I don't buy Big Gulps, and my body mass index is right where it should be. — Casey Neistat

many companies rank low on the customer satisfaction index because their employees are discouraged, disillusioned, and uninspired. — Carmine Gallo

The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed. — Mo Ibrahim

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve. — Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Number 402, your name is Will Barrent. Age 27, blood type O-L3, Index JX-221-R. Guilty of murder. — Robert Sheckley

The Patrician could read," said Spelter. "Not if you cut off his index finger," said Carding. — Terry Pratchett

Index investing outperforms active management year after year. — Jim Rogers

It's 2006, why are they still using the index finger? — Karl Pilkington

We mustn't imagine that our feeling of being close to God is a true index of the reality. — N. T. Wright

Aarne-Thompson-Uther index — Marina Warner

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back. — Abigail Van Buren

Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index. — Natalie Merchant

There is nothing like widespread poverty to boost a country's equality index. — Bob Tyrrell

There was no single index case. It all began, and ended, too fast for that sort of record keeping to endure. — Mira Grant

Women, as most susceptible, are the best index of the coming hour. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The guns on the walls that surround the prison accurately, though unwittingly, index the true character of the penitentiary in our day. — Eugene V. Debs

The average investor does significantly worse than a simple index ... It's literally because of the way our brains are wired. — James O'Shaughnessy

Oi, mate," he said, jabbing his thick index finger square in the center of Richard's chest. "No need to get grabby, is there? — Stacia Kane

I am a huge, huge, huge fan of index funds. They are the investor's best friend and Wall Street's worst nightmare. — Jonathan Clements

By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals. — Warren Buffett

Sig idly stuck her index finger in her cup of steaming-hot coffee and stirred it. I couldn't decide it it was mildly erotic or mildly disgusting. — Elliott James

A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index. — Oliver Goldsmith

The key aspect of an index fund is that many of them, not all of them, but many of them are extremely cheap. — William J. Bernstein

Discipline is an index to doctrine. — Tertullian

Ha! Good luck, lady!" Gustav laughed and tapped his thick index finger against his temple. "No one knows what goes on inside this head. Not even me. — Christopher Healy

I like to do matrices. One option per line, different facets for each column. Salary, location, happiness index, failure index, and all that. — Marissa Mayer

Direct costs per student, compared with an economy-wide cost index — William G. Bowen

Index funds eliminate the risks of individual stocks, market sectors, and manager selection. Only stock market risk remains. — John C. Bogle

Ease of being an entrepreneur index, we would — Brink Lindsey

Our prayers may be an index of how small and self-centered our world is. — D. A. Carson

One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index. — Lafcadio Hearn

If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

For 'Never Knowing,' I outlined it and then blocked it out on my office wall with index cards, but things still happened organically. — Chevy Stevens

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness. — Lupe Fiasco

Index funds do not trade from security to security and, thus, they tend to avoid capital gains taxes. — Burton Malkiel

Dress is an index of your contents. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

I am the proud indentured servant of a brilliant art adviser who may or may not have purposely stapled my index finger to a manila folder — Sloane Crosley

The Philadelphia Feds manufacturers report for September revealed that despite a sharp slowdown, its prices paid index surged 257 points. — Peter Schiff

Lick my finger so I can scan your table of contents- fuck the index- I yearn to ride your story line. — Brandi L. Bates

Nothing is inherently tasty or repulsive - it depends on your needs. Deliciousness is simply an index of usefulness. — David Eagleman

La Griffe, "The Claw." Simple and small. The index finger goes through the hole near the blade. Favored by climbers and boaters. — David Morrell