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Quotes About Obtaining

Frustration at being unable to get hold of server resources in a timely fashion has led to the phenomenon of shadow IT: developers bypassing IT proper and obtaining resources themselves.
~ Bernard Golden
I needed information. I broke laws to get it. One could easily rationalize what I had done. The case for obtaining that information while giving Edward a touch of comeuppance was certainly compelling. But
~ Harlan Coben
The belief in the immense value of the lady is a psychological effect of the difficulty of obtaining her, and I think it may be laid down that when a man has no difficulty in obtaining a woman, his feeling towards her does not take the form of romantic love.
~ Bertrand Russell
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you.
~ Zebulon Pike
Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and supposed, self-love only puts us upon obtaining and securing it.
~ Joseph Butler
Once it's obtained, it's obtained.
~ Bill Simmons
El Estado jamás presta o da algo a los ciudadanos que previamente no haya obtenido de ellos mismos.
~ Henry Hazlitt
I do not want to miss the opportunity of our obtaining a share in this magnificent African cake.
~ Tim Jeal
You too will seek your fortune, and you must be keen in obtaining it. If here you have learned to dodge a musket ball, there you must learn to elude envy, jealousy, greed, using those same weapons to combat your adversaries, namely, everyone.
~ Umberto Eco
Even among the Japanese themselves, no scientific knowledge of their own history is yet possible; because the means of obtaining that knowledge have not yet been prepared,—though mountains of material have been collected.
~ Lafcadio Hearn
Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.
~ Benjamin Franklin
The requirements to obtain a concealed license are similar and often times stricter than that of obtaining a standard ID card.
~ Bill Flores
Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.
~ Joseph Addison
Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession but securing a portal.
~ Laura Miller
The truth is contentment. Love and marriage are but a means to obtaining it
~ Orhan Pamuk
It's not the having, it's the getting.
~ Charles Spurgeon
Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances. Stealing is not excusable if, for instance, you are in a museum and you decide that a certain painting would look better in your house, and you simply grab the painting and take it there. But if you were very, very hungry, and you had no way of obtaining money, it would be excusable to grab the painting, take it to your house, and eat it.
~ Lemony Snicket
Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances. Stealing is not excusable if, for instance, you are in a museum and you decide that a certain painting would look better in your house, and you simply grab the painting and take it there. But if you were very, very hungry, and you had no way of obtaining money, it might be excusable to grab the painting, take it to your house, and eat it.
~ Lemony Snicket
Where's my money? I'm very angry because I believe I am owed some money which you are preventing me from obtaining
~ Daniel Handler
majority of successful business owners will tell you flat out that obtaining referrals is the most powerful tactic for attracting new customers.
~ Jay Conrad Levinson
One of the problems with setting up any such research programme would undoubtedly be the problem of obtaining informed consent (an essential requirement before any new product can be tested).
~ Unknown
obtaining a first-class education there in the commonplace libel that linked him inextricably to the crucifiers of Christ.
~ Philip Roth
The only secret to being in control is to have it in the beginning. Retaining control is still hard, but obtaining control is virtually impossible.
~ Thomas Bangalter
No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.
~ John Adams