All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent.
Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights.
I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the court.
I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.
In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference.
The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.
If you take the approach that you want to scrape every last nickel off the table, that'll work one or two times, but after awhile, your reputation will precede you.
Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.
We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good.
Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.
I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's funner that way.
All I can say is that with business and the interest of any party before me, I will consider and apply the law as it is written by Congress and informed by precedent.
We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.
For the earliest period of the history of Israel, all that precedes the building of the temple, not a trace can be found of any sanctuary of exclusive legitimacy.
Since the middle of the 20th century, more has been learnt about the ocean than during all preceding human history; at the same time, more has been lost.
Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.
One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine.
Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.
The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace.
The 21st century will be quite unlike the preceding two centuries, in which power was located in Europe and the U.S., and the rest of the world consisted of mere supplicants and bit players.
