Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. – The Bible John 16:7
Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly. – Arthur Erickson
Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out. – Frederick Douglass
Unfortunately, in collective bargaining one party or the other too often tries to gain an advantage – a bargain, like buying something in a store for less than it is worth. – Charles E. Wilson
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. – Francis Quarles
The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage of by the capitalist, is obvious. – Edward Carpenter
In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard – the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues. – Carl Bernstein
The advantage of the consumer businesses is they tend to be much broader-based, much larger number of customers, that tend to over time be a lot more predictable. The advantage of the enterprise companies is they are not as subject to consumer trend, fad, behavior. – Marc Andreesen
The advantage that hospitals have over other institutions is that hospitals are community-based. You can’t outsource your work; you can’t move your emergency department to Pakistan. – Mark Shields
We can prevent unfair advantage, and we can avoid the destabilizing effect that high frequency trading can have. – Eric Schneiderman
For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains. – Neil deGrasse Tyson
One advantage to having a kid on the spectrum: they tend to be rule followers. Socially, things are harder for them than most kids. – Claire Scovell LaZebnik
One of the big things I’ve learned is that there’s an advantage to regular low-intensity activity. – Dan Buettner
Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage. – Dana Goodyear
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage – he won’t encounter many rivals. – Georg C. Lichtenberg
Romney still enjoys the Republicans’ traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that. – Mara Liasson
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion. – Demosthenes