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Operations Quotes - Page 2

They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass of the society.

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, J.R. Pole (2005). “The Federalist”, p.311, Hackett Publishing

The profession of music is lacking in horse sense, not only because the commonplace variety of horse is absent from its operations, but because parts of the horse are noticeably present.

Harry Partch, Thomas McGeary (2000). “Bitter Music: Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions, and Librettos”, p.174, University of Illinois Press

There's a preoccupation with memory and the operation of memory and a rather rapacious interest in history.

"'I'm not a historian but I can get obsessively interested in the past'". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2001.

I'm the computer operator for Operation Rescue National.

"An Interview with Norma McCorvey, the 'Roe' of Roe vs. Wade". Interview with Fr. Frank Pavone, www.priestsforlife.org. January 1, 1997.

Ulcerative colitis can be cured by the operation, but you cannot cure Crohn's disease.

"Mary Ann Mobley: going public about a private disease". Saturday Evening Post Interview with Cory SerVaas, January 1, 1994.

... mathematics is the science of skillful operations with concepts and rules invented just for this purpose.

Eugene Paul Wigner (2012). “Philosophical Reflections and Syntheses”, p.536, Springer Science & Business Media

I just don't like the idea of having an operation to hold up the ageing process.

"Demi Moore: I'm a natural woman". www.mirror.co.uk. August 30, 2009.

Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.

"Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

Civilization is a work of peaceful co-operation.

Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist”, p.292, VM eBooks

Music is edifying, for from time to time it sets the soul in operation.

Pierre Boulez, Jean-Jacques Nattiez, John Cage, Robert Samuels (1995). “The Boulez-Cage Correspondence”, p.38, Cambridge University Press