Intense Quotes · Page 22

Class is rarely talked about in the United States; nowhere is there a more intense silence about the reality of class differences…

— Bell Hooks

Still the most intense pleasure's but a splinter of ice on the gallons of lava that gush from my cracked heart.

— Matthew Sharpe

This kind of intense loyalty, then, became the well-spring of the IBM spirit, the family spirit as it was called.

— Thomas Watson

In the film industry you work very long hours, and making a film is a very intense process.

— Emma Watson

Creativity is neither the product of neurosis nor simple talent, but an intense courageous encounter with the Gods.

— Rollo May

There is a need for subjects who find intense pleasure in commodification of violence and a culture of cruelty.

— Henry Giroux

It was a combination of an intense interest in children's literature, which I've always had, and the feeling that I'd just have…

— Penelope Lively

Leading a human life is a full-time occupation, to which everyone devotes decades of intense concern.

— Thomas Nagel

And the relationships that happen become so intense, deep, involved and complex and really hard to say goodbye to. The hardest part…

— Genevieve Gorder

I did want to become a novelist, but the program at Waseda was pretty intense in terms of language requirements - two…

— Hirokazu Koreeda

What makes me unusually intense is that I personalize the pain of war, the pain of children being killed, the pain of…

— Newt Gingrich

When we were on acid, we would go into the woods, because there was less chance that you would run into an…

— Mitch Hedberg

This severe, ascetic music, calm and horizontal as the line of the ocean, monotonous by virtue of its serenity, anti-sensuous, and yet…

— Charles Gounod

I find that God by any name can be reduced to this sense of the eternal Presence. It defines being, and I…

— Elizabeth Clare Prophet

Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity…

— Nick Rahall

I grew up with the idea of the cyborg and the robot, but at the same time I felt this intense disconnection…

— Aaron Koblin

“Kasha didn't say a word as we ate. She sat with her back to us, staring at a mountain range far in…

— D.J. MacHale

I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe But there is something…

— Edmund Hillary

Stubborn selfishness leads otherwise good people to fight over herds, patches of sand, and strippings of milk. All this results from what…

— Neal A. Maxwell

However intense my experience, I am conscious of the presence and criticism of a part of me, which, as it were, is…

— Henry David Thoreau

One might say the computer is being used to program the child. In my vision, the child programs the computer, and in…

— Seymour Papert

The very dull truth is that writing love scenes is the same as writing other scenes - your job is to be…

— Madeline Miller

The difference between men and women is inalienable. It is not a political fact, subject to cultural definition and redefinition, but a…

— Anne Truitt

Insults from an adolescent daughter are more painful, because they are seen as coming not from a child who lashes out impulsively,who…

— Terri E Apter

A regular workout for me is 30 minutes of intense cardio followed by lifting weights.

— Nina Agdal

Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention detectors.

— Keith Henson

Nostalgia is the aching realization that you can't go back again. The longing, no matter how intense, can never be met.

— R. C. Sproul, Jr

“t felt like stepping into a spa, or a dream, or a memory she hadn’t known she missed.”

— D.L. Maddox

I think Gotye is really dope. The music that I enjoy listening to isn't as intense as my music is.

— B.o.B

When you have an intense game, you're going to have arguments. I have no problem with it. I think it's healthy.

— Scott Brooks

I played with the youth national team, I played in some CONCACAF games, and it's always physical; it's always intense.

— Christian Pulisic

My wheelhouse is intense characters who have a certain sympathetic streak and also a sense of humor.

— Billy Bob Thornton

[Clayton Kershaw ] is intense. He's a competitor.He's extremely fun to play behind.

— Chase Utley

A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.

— Karl Abraham

People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or intense social pressure and isolation from friends…

— Keith Henson

I love you," I said in a low, intense voice. "I will always love you, no matter what happens now.

— Stephenie Meyer

Nothing can last forever. There isn't any memory, no matter how intense, that doesn't fade out at last.

— Juan Rulfo

The regulatory systems in place disincentive innovation. It's intense to fight the red tape.

— Travis Kalanick

Coming back to Dinosaur Jr. and actually writing songs for the band was really intense for me.

— Lou Barlow

The main characteristics of romantic love are craving: an intense craving to be with a particular person, not just sexually, but emotionally.

— Helen Fisher