Psychoanalysis is an attempt to examine a person's self-justifications. Hence it can be undertaken only with the patient's cooperation and can succeed… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
These days, however, the main problem comes from the right - from conservatives who, unlike most economists, really do think that the… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I want to say that nobody accuses their parents of abusing them without justification to do that. I didn't just make it… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
“it would be perfectly proper to regard the Sacraments in the sense of Luther as a kind of acted sermons calculated to… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
“But once you allow yourself to think that there are some people, because of their race, their color, or religion, who are… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
The usual justification for eating extra meals is that it keeps the metabolism 'revved up' so that weight loss is easier. There… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists - whatever else they might be - might also be… — William Blum Copy Share Image
No one can understand Paris and its history who does not understand that its fierceness is the balance and justification of its… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
We live in a world of terrorism where evil acts are being regularly perpetrated in the name of your faith. And because… — Andrew Robb Copy Share Image
Violence, less and less embarrassed by the limits imposed by centuries of lawfulness, is brazenly and victoriously striding across the whole world,… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
There are multiple descriptions of the same real world situation. The only justification for language is to empower yourself. If the verbal… — Moshe Feldenkrais Copy Share Image
She poured out Swann's tea, inquired "Lemon or cream?" and, on his answering "Cream, please," said to him with a laugh: "A… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Was it not most meet that a woman should first see the risen Saviour? She was first in the transgression; let her… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The 'realist' conception of continuing old-fashioned 'balance of power' politics may have been well founded in the past, but it is inconsistent… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
Martin Luther described the doctrine of justification by faith as the article of faith that decides whether the church is standing or… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
I've become more forgiving, even though I have no patience at all for denial, justification of wrong, rationalization. I've become virtually a… — Joshua Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
If you want to study one of these strange organisms, you had better have a good justification. It's not good to study… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Deductivism in mathematical literature and inductivism in scientific papers are simply the postures we choose to be seen in when the curtain… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justification of our instincts. That's where music… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Sympathy for the enemy -- a weakness of police and armies alike. Most perilous are the unconscious sympathies directing you to preserve… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
A serf-supporting and self-respecting democracy can plead no justification for the existence of child labor, no economic reason for chiseling workers' wages… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“A major reason, I believe, is this: It does not sit comfortably with a person to affirm, and try to live, the… — Esther Lightcap Meek Copy Share Image
I can see no justification whatever for the attitude which refuses on purely a priori grounds to accept action at a distance… — Percy Williams Bridgman Copy Share Image
“A justified person dies and rises in Christ, and so is delivered from sin, death and domination of flesh. Justification is, to… — Peter Leithart Copy Share Image
“We cry down the law in respect of justification, but we set it up as a rule of sanctification. The law sends… — Samuel Bolton Copy Share Image
Since 9/11, the Bush administration has used that tragic event as a justification to rip up our constitution and our civil liberties.… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
The sole justification of teaching, of the school itself, is that the student comes out of it able to do something he… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
Every man, therefore, who expects justification by works, must see to it, not that he is better than other men, or that… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The line between faith and fanaticism is a constantly shifting one,” Dr. Poblocki said. “When does belief become justification? When does right… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Happiness not only needs no justification, but it is also the only final test of whether what I am doing is right… — Marion Milner Copy Share Image
I really believed that anything at all was worth writing about if you cared about it enough, and that the best and… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I made one great mistake in my life-when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made but… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Each additional day together is a gift. The end of the day means the end of hostilities, the recognition that the underlying… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Science offers no brief for the telekinetic powers of Darth Vader and hardly any greater justification for the faster-than-light travel that makes… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
Force when aggressively applied is "violence" and is, therefore, morally unjustifiable, but when it is used in the furtherance of a legitimate… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
The Bible puts forth a strong case for no free will and that's a real problem you know, because the justification for… — Vincent Bugliosi Copy Share Image
Under the interlocking regimes of neoliberal power, violence appears so arbitrary and thoughtless that it lacks the need for any justification, let… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Make no mistake: Homosexuals' human right must be protected. It is bigoted to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation or… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
The early Stones were adolescent rockers. They were self-conscious in an obvious and unpretentious way. And they were committed to a musical… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
