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To win the trophy of enchanting grace: Ranks of Carnations, to all ladies dear, Of whose sweet taste I write approval here, For these pre-eminent myself I think, As long as you don't overdue the pink. -- Ruth Pitter
The possible ranks higher than the actual. -- Martin Heidegger
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks. -- Stokely Carmichael
He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. -- Sun Tzu
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things. -- Leonardo da Vinci
Money is a strange thing. It ranks with love as our greatest source of joy, and with death as our greatest source of anxiety. -- Joe Moore
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. -- Marcus Aurelius
The country that consistently ranks among the highest in educational achievement is Finland. A rich country, but education is free. Germany, education is free. France, education is free. -- Noam Chomsky
I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university. -- John Keegan
Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization. -- Frederick Reines
The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude. -- Steve Buyer
Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure. -- John C. Maxwell
For the first time ever I was taking the family on the road. We stayed with my in-laws, which on life's list of experiences ranks right below sitting in a tub full of scissors. -- Jeff Foxworthy
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder. -- Simone Weil
Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today's starlets are better dressed and better groomed than ever before, though it is doubtful if they are better actresses. -- Rita Hayworth
Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty. -- Sydney Smith
I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. -- Smedley Butler
My home State of North Carolina ranks 12th in the United States for increased aging population and, according to a national report, 41st in overall health. According to this same report, individuals aged 50+ are the least healthy. -- Howard Coble
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. -- Ambrose Bierce
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. -- Alexandre Dumas
There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers. -- Pat Benatar
American strategic doctrine suggests that Mexico is of second-level importance to the United States. It ranks below Japan and Indonesia, Brazil and India, Egypt and Israel, and European powers including Britain, France, and Germany. This is a grave geopolitical miscalculation. -- Stephen Kinzer
I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. -- Smedley Butler
Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket went into the ranks. Even the sick and foot-sore, who could not keep up in the march, came up as soon as they could find their regiments, and took their places in line of battle, while it was battle, indeed. -- Joshua Chamberlain
Many of those who have paid the ultimate price for freedom have come through the wrestling ranks. We need to honor them and win this decision to have wrestling - the world's oldest sport - remain a part of the most prestigious athletic competition in the world, the Olympics. -- Dan Gable
I remember the '70s constantly being winter in Manchester and the Irish community in Manchester closing ranks because of the IRA bombings in Birmingham and Manchester, and you know the bin-workers' strike, all wrapped up in it... They were violent times. Violence at home and violence at football matches. -- Noel Gallagher
Deep thinking in the ranks leads only to drinking. -- William Overgard
Who included me among the ranks of the human race? -- Joseph Brodsky
He whose ranks are united in purpose will be victorious. -- Sun Tzu
Satisfying curiosity ranks No. 2 in my book behind conquering a fear. -- Scott Carpenter
Akiko Tsuruga ranks as one of the top organists around today. -- Scott Yanow
Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks. -- Ted Kulongoski
Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious. -- Sun Tzu
Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water. -- Bashar al-Assad
money is not everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen -- Zig Ziglar
They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did. -- Jean Rhys
When I rise it will be with the ranks and not from the ranks. -- Eugene V. Debs
Love like Death,, Levels all ranks, and lays the shepherd's crook Beside the scepter -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The helmed Cherubim, And sworded Seraphim, Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd. -- John Milton
Save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they can never love anyone. -- Aimee Mann
You can't be admitted to the ranks of writers of importance unless you have sales. -- James Salter
Life, in all ranks and situations, is an outward occupation, an actual and active work. -- Wilhelm von Humboldt
The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality. -- Tammy Baldwin
Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation. -- Warren G. Bennis
One who scorns the power of intuition will never rise above the ranks of journeyman calculator. -- Albert Einstein
Millions of people are falling out of the middle class into the ranks of the poor. -- Simon Mainwaring
The more tightly packed the group, the greater the need for strict social ranks and orders. -- Brian Herbert
Ninety percent of our managers started in the hourly ranks or started in the lower ranks. -- J. W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr.
I see ranks ready for battle, stretching out. Five, six horses across, ranks in formation. Endlessly. -- Janet Morris
The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies. -- Seneca the Younger
Homosexuals cannot reproduce-so they must recruit ... and to freshen their ranks they must recruit the youth of America. -- Anita Bryant
Walt Shaub is a dedicated public servant, has come up through the ranks under both Democrats and Republicans. -- Reince Priebus
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. -- Sydney Smith
The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice -- and always has been. -- Mark Twain
There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous. -- Gerrit Smith
L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums. -- Damian Lewis
The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself. -- Rumi
Lack of rule of law is the main reason Pakistan could not join the ranks of progressive nations. -- Imran Khan
I have a cat, the pet that ranks just above a throw pillow in terms of required responsibility. -- Anna Quindlen
History will tell where I stand in the ranks of Bond villains, I have no control over that -- Rick Yune
Young Evangelicals, especially, are breaking ranks with older Evangelicals (over 40) and are more and more leaning towards voting Democratic. -- Tony Campolo
Fatherhood is not an easy assignment, but it ranks among the most imperative ever given, in time or eternity. -- Jeffrey R. Holland
Only the refined and delicate pleasures that spring from research and education can build up barriers between different ranks. -- Madame de Stael
The deceitful misquoting of scientists to suit an anti-scientific agenda ranks among the many unchristian habits of fundamentalist authors. -- Richard Dawkins
The consensus is that climate change ranks along with nuclear warfare as the top two risks facing human civilization. -- Graciela Chichilnisky
Gaily! gaily! close our ranks! Arm! Advance! Hope of France! Gaily! gaily! closed our ranks! Onward! Onward! Gauls and Franks! -- Pierre-Jean de Beranger
An occupation that has no basis in sex-determined gifts can now recruit its ranks from twice as many potential artists. -- Margaret Mead
The ill-informed masses included her own family among their ranks, a family that specialized in being both inconvenient and asinine. -- Gail Carriger
Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward. -- Dmitri Shostakovich
I have heard of 'the dead lying in heaps', but never saw it till this battle. Whole ranks fell together. -- Emory Upton
In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle. -- Jacques Barzun
PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently -- Indra Nooyi
By the time you rise through the ranks, the culture of homogenization has bred the spirit and imagination out of you. -- Ralph Nader
Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world. -- Bruce Barton
Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks. -- Pat Conroy
There are good photographers who might elevate themselves to the ranks of the great simply by burning most of their work. -- Janet Malcolm
..Liberals see racism where it doesn't exist, fabricate it when they can't find it and ignore it within their own ranks. -- Michelle Malkin
A novelist who ranks with Proust , Kafka , Musil and his friend James Joyce as one of the enduring pillars of Modernism. -- Italo Svevo
Did Romeo and Juliet have a ... "relationship"? The term "relationship" ... betokens a chaste egalitarianism leveling different ranks and degrees of attachment. -- Allan Bloom
Liberals see racism where it doesn't exist, fabricate it when they can't find it and ignore it within their own ranks. -- Michelle Malkin
The lust to meet authors ranks low, I think, on the roll of holy appetites; but it is an authentic pang. -- John Updike
More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was commitment that thinned the ranks. -- Charles R. Swindoll
Oakland has now increased its payroll to the point that it now ranks third in the Bay Area among all McDonald's franchises. -- Sandy Alderson
From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment. -- Lee Myung-bak
With so much protection, wouldn't one be able to wander among the undead ranks, taunting them at will with no danger of repercussion? -- Max Brooks
It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's music. -- Jack Valenti
The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. -- Henry Miller
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. -- Alexandre Dumas
I've always watched actors on the red carpet getting drunk and making idiots of themselves and now I'm happy to join their ranks -- Ethan Hawke
All service ranks the same with God,- With God, whose puppets, best and worst, Are we: there is no last nor first. -- Robert Browning
If you go back 150 years you are a reactionary; but if you go back 1000 years, you are in the foremost ranks of progress. -- Isabel Paterson
If you want to join the ranks of the people who changed the game, change yourself and the people around you as well. -- Bebe
What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind. -- Albert Einstein
Every country is renewed out of the unknown ranks and not out of the ranks of those already famous and powerful and in control. -- Woodrow Wilson
However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified. -- Teresa of Avila
In merest prudence men should teach . . . That science ranks as monstrous things Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings-- E'en Angel's wings!--are fictions. -- Henry Austin Dobson
Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy. -- John Herschel
Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that it does. -- Nick Clegg
Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied. -- Plato
Men rise through the ranks because of potential, but women have to prove themselves - while trying to have children and having no family leave. -- Reese Witherspoon
The ranks of society are once again filled with Ambitious Mamas, whose only aim is to see their Darling Daughters married off to Determined Bachelors -- Julia Quinn
In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike. -- Harriet Beecher Stowe
Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view. -- John Milton
Strength of character and inner fortitude, however, are decisive factors. The confidence of the man in the ranks rests upon a man's strength of character. -- Erich von Manstein
Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over the entire situation. -- Bob Schaffer
The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history. -- Lawrence Summers
Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or from cowardice fall behind. -- Plato
Myspace alone has just over 80 million users and ranks as the sixth most popular English language website and the eighth most popular site in the world. -- Mike Fitzpatrick
The U.S. ranks 25th in math and 21st in science. We are woefully behind. The only way to change this situation is through public-private partnerships. -- Klaus Kleinfeld
The Philippines ranks among top off-shoring hubs in the world because of cost competitiveness and, more importantly, our highly trainable, English proficient, IT-enabled management and manpower. -- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
You're always looking to have a unique experience as an actor, and definitely, being punched by a puppet ranks as a singular experience in my career. -- Gillian Jacobs
Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human being, which precedes and out-ranks every other. -- Mary Livermore
To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. -- James Allen
When I started on Wall Street, there was pretty good diversity in those junior ranks. And you know what? It hasn't made it to the top. -- Sallie Krawcheck
To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. -- James Allen
If I found in my own ranks that a certain number of guys wanted to cut my throat, I'd make sure that I cut their throats first. -- Pierre Trudeau
History is littered with people who came up with great ideas and saw others profit from them. You need to make sure you don't join their ranks. -- Joey Reiman
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The United States ranks 14th in the world in education. Even if we subtract Sarah Palin's test scores, it only bumps us to third. Damn you, Finland! -- Christopher Titus

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