Precedes Quotations

There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened.

It's a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature.

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

I'm from Texas, and Texas has a reputation that far precedes actual Texas, and it is irritating sometimes.

We are deeply conditioned against unconditionality because we've been told in a thousand different ways that accomplishment always precedes acceptance, that achievement always precedes approval.

The human race is evolving to the realization that what is happening on the level of consciousness both precedes and determines what happens in the world.

Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.

Have you noticed with inflexible necessity of the me to insert itself between the sol which precedes it and the sol which follows it.

His reputation precedes him, as it is wont to do for shady characters. But this year, I've found him remarkably relaxed. I guess he's mellowing now that he's nearing 40.

I think culture precedes politics, and I think the attempts to try and legislate people's behavior... isn't going to be productive until the culture decides what they want to achieve.

Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples.

What is meant here by saying that existence precedes essence? It means that first of all, man exists, turns up, appears on the scene, and, only afterwards, defines himself. ... Not only is man what he conceives himself to be, but he is also only what he wills himself to be after this thrust toward existence.Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

Technological innovation always precedes demand. It's not necessarily what the market wants or is willing to adapt to,

In comics, images are generally impressionistic. Usually, they are rendered with economy in order to facilitate their usefulness as a language. Because experience precedes analysis, the intellectual digestive process is accelerated by the imagery provided by comics.

In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last

Their past precedes them. They've had a great tradition, they've a very good team, hopefully we can do a great job.

Generally this kind of volatility precedes a change in direction.

The common conception is that motivation leads to action, but the reverse is true -- action precedes motivation. You have to ''prime the pump'' and get the juice flowing, which motivates you to work on your goals. Getting momentum going is the most difficult part of the job, and often taking the first step is enough to prompt you to make the best of your day.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pygmy in its proportions when it follows