I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite… — Halton Arp Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that more and more people are coming to the conclusion that the ballot box is no longer an… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
Buddhist epistemologists do argue that rational analysis leads to the conclusion that rational analysis cannot give us infallible access to truth, including… — Jay L. Garfield Copy Share Image
I would not draw definitive conclusions from that. If we look at South and North Korea, it is pretty hard to believe… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don't are ladies. This is, however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
“I put complains aside and replace each of them with trials and to my surprise, some things I see as difficult were… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been. . .by… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Life offers its wisdom generously. Everything teaches. Not everyone learns. Life asks of us the same thing we have been asked in… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Our ultimate analysis of space leads us not to a "here" and a "there," but to an extension such as that which… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
I concluded that an active sexual relationship between two people of the same sex might therefore reflect the love of God in… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
Why don't we want our children to learn to do mathematics? Is it that we don't trust them, that we think it's… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
A willingness to vocalize feelings. How important it is to be willing to voice one's thoughts and feelings. Yes, how important it… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
Here's how the court put it, and all judges agreed to this. The court said: "There exists and obligation to pursue in… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
From Christ on down to Edison, the men who have achieved most have been those who met with the most stubborn forms… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
I run because long after my footprints fade away, maybe I will have inspired a few to reject the easy path, hit… — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
God often delays the conclusion of a holy endeavor so that those involved in it might merit its grace by the length… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
What makes a free thinker is not his beliefs, but the way in which he holds them. If he holds them because… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Also, and this may sound naïve, but since my early days in journalism, I've felt that getting as close as possible to… — Sheri Fink Copy Share Image
It turns out most of the conclusions that I've come to in life have equally valid contradictions. I think it's true you… — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
He had a better mind and a more rigorous temperament than me; he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows… — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Copy Share Image
I think two different people can read one of my books and come away with completely different opinions on the subject. I… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
The book Manufacturing Consent, which I co-authored with Edward Herman, begins with a description of the structure and institutional setting of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If our previous analyses are correct, they all point to the same conclusion, that metaphysical adventures are doomed to fail when their… — Etienne Gilson Copy Share Image
My final conclusion after 40 years or more in this business is that the unofficial policy of the World Health Organization and… — Archie Kalokerinos Copy Share Image
Ordinarily logic is divided into the examination of ideas, judgments, arguments, and methods. The two latter are generally reduced to judgments, that… — Andre-Marie Ampere Copy Share Image
You never build the perfect building. Only Allah is perfect. Life is such. You make decisions on conclusions, then some guy invents… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
When I examine the conclusion [on experiments with the electric light bulb experiments published in the Herald] which everyone acquainted with the… — Henry Morton Stanley Copy Share Image
[On George H.W. Bush:] A man who wishes to lead the Western world should be able to find the right words, string… — Mary McGrory Copy Share Image
The first time I received an award, I was very surprised. I did not know whether to accept it or not. But… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
"Who are we to say what is right and what is wrong?" is the common refrain under the doctrine of pure pluralism.… — Benjamin Hart Copy Share Image
He sees such a desperate rapaciousness prevail; such a disregard to equity, such contempt of order, such stupid blindness to future consequences,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Zen wants us to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
He didn’t know where the thought had come from, or what strange corner of his brain had come to that conclusion, because… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Tell me a country that is doing well and has a great leader? You look at the nuclear weapons all over the… — Robert Downey, Sr Copy Share Image
Read from a distant star, the majuscule script of our earthly existence would perhaps lead to the conclusion that the earth was… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that the modern interpretation of the Declaration of Independence is something like this: I am as… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Manga is virtual. Manga is sentiment. Manga is resistance. Manga is bizarre. Manga is pathos. Manga is destruction. Manga is arrogance. Manga… — Osamu Tezuka Copy Share Image