Idealism does not represent a superfluous expression of emotion, but in truth it has been, is, and will be, the premise for… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The all-round liberally educated man, from Palaeolithic times to the time when the earth shall become a cold cinder, will always be… — Henry Fairfield Osborn Copy Share Image
The men began to trade tales of atrocities, first stories they had heard, then those they'd witnessed, and finally the things that… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Why does philosophy use concepts and why does faith use symbols if both try to express the same ultimate? The answer, of… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Sexual integrity means honestly recognizing our own impulses and desires and honoring them, whether or not we choose to act on them.… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
I do think that animated films have the ability to touch you someplace. There is something about live action movies that is… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
What is passion? It is surely the becoming of a person. Are we not, for most of our lives, marking time? Most… — John Boorman Copy Share Image
“He sank back into his black-and-white world, his immobile world of inanimate drawings that had been granted the secret of motion, his… — Steven Millhauser Copy Share Image
“By 19oo, anybody could end up "a 'Nobody,"' plodding down the "many paths leading to the Land of 'Nowhere."' Failure had become… — Scott A. Sandage Copy Share Image
It is true that the path of human destiny cannot but appal him who surveys a section of it. But he will… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
By exposing the multiplicity, the facticity, the repetition and stereotype at the heart of every aesthetic gesture, photography deconstructs the possibility of… — Rosalind E. Krauss Copy Share Image
Faith is a quality of being: of being in touch with oneself, with life, and with the universe. It is a sense… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
She had never realized any love save love as passion. Such love, though it expends itself in generosity and thoughtfulness, though it… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
The inferiority of photographs to the best works of artists, so far as resemblance is concerned, lies in their catching no more… — Francis Galton Copy Share Image
There's something artistic about skating. A psychologist could tell you exactly why that is, but I think there's something much more expressive… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
I have always sought to be understood and, while I was taken to task by critics or colleagues, I thought they were… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The expression "following suit" is a curious one, because it has nothing to do with walking behind a matching set of clothing.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The whole machinery of our intelligence, our general ideas and laws, fixed and external objects, principles, persons, and gods, are so many… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
When she set Shane’s glass of Coke down in front of him, she did it with probably a little too much emphasis;… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
S&M is just a set of practices that get classified as a single category, when more accurately they are a part of… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
Most of us have learned to be dispassionate about evil, to look it in the face and find, as often as not,… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
He said he "admired our courage" but didn't want to see us do anything to "damage our promising futures." He felt "proud… — Jordan Sonnenblick Copy Share Image
You could double the number of synaptic connections in a very simple neurocircuit as a result of experience and learning. The reason… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
Euphonic and harmonious expressions, forcible and just expressions, profound and comprehensive expressions, and especially apt and witty expressions, each have their specific… — Charles Simmons Copy Share Image
You don't believe it because you don't understand," he said hoarsely. "Prosper was different. He wasn't like other people. He might have… — Catherine Jinks Copy Share Image
Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes' chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the… — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
Plant genetic resources are seldom 'raw materials'; they are the expression of the current wisdom of farmers who have played a highly… — Melaku Worede Copy Share Image
Do you remember when Marilyn Monroe died? Everybody stopped work, and you could see all that day the same expressions on their… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
“Playing God is actually the highest expression of human nature. The urges to improve ourselves, to master our environment, and to set… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
Anger is generally seen as an unwelcome presence in our midst, however natural it may be. Although each person, and each society,… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
I started to understand that for me, art was no longer about self-expression but about creative engagement with the world. I started… — Ayad Akhtar Copy Share Image
Must you know that yours will be the “better” picture before you pick up the brush and paint? Can it not simply… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
You must realize that the true desire to express affection can be motivated by things other than true love… In short, one… — Bruce C. Hafen Copy Share Image
The cynic makes fun of all earnestness; he makes fun of everything and everyone who feels that something can be done. .… — George Edgar Vincent Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to translate verbally and well at the same time; for the Latin (a most severe and compendious language)… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The phrase 'I just turn on my monkey and it makes me feel good' sounds very dirty, but I can't explain why.… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image