Degree

Famous quotes containing the word degree:

    The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    The degree to which the child-rearing professionals continue to be out of touch with reality is astounding. For example, a widely read manual on breast-feeding, devotes fewer than two pages to the working mother.
    Sylvia Ann Hewitt (20th century)

    It is a secret from nobody that the famous random event is most likely to arise from those parts of the world where the old adage “There is no alternative to victory” retains a high degree of plausibility.
    Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)