Profound Quotes · Page 9

Most 'profound truths' are just timely ideas.

— Walter Darby Bannard

A man of independent judgment is a man of profound self-esteem.

— Ayn Rand

I don't believe virginity is common as it used to be.

— Don Williams

James Clerk Maxwell's [work is the] most profound and the most fruitful ...

— Albert Einstein

“Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We are developing things that could go wrong in a profound way

— Seán O'Heigeartaigh

What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound.

— Richard Pryor

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

— Lynn Johnston

“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

People look back on those days through a thick veil of nostalgia, but life was hard if you were anything other than…

— Jon Hamm

We have this thing as human beings: we have a profound need for story. That's what kids need.

— Kate DiCamillo

... in the history of the human mind there has never been a useful thought or a profound truth that has not…

— Madame de Stael

It's a fairly accurate portrait of me at eighteen, minus a few quirks like reckless driving and eating binges. It's accurate but…

— Susanna Kaysen

No one is shallow and vulgar forever; sooner or later the whole species likes to be profound.

— Carol Bly

I do believe very strongly that all of us and all of the other things in the context of our planet with…

— Kiefer Sutherland

“We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The purpose of Yoga is to facilitate the profound inner relaxation that accompanies fearlessness. The release from fear is what finally precipitates…

— Erich Schiffmann

[The blame for the future 'plight of civilization] must rest on scientific men, equally with others, for being incapable of accepting the…

— Frederick Soddy

There is a profound hypocrisy - and deep historical ignorance - when Europeans complain about the problems posed by the ethnic and…

— Martin Jacques

As a boy, the very words 'Liberty Bell' and 'Independence Hall' fired my imagination and made a profound and lasting impression on…

— Chiang Kai-shek

I have many friends and family members who have served (or are currently serving) in our nation's Armed Forces. I have such…

— Karl Malone

And so was Luria, whose words now came back to me: ‘A man does not consist of memory alone. He has feeling,…

— Oliver Sacks

The purpose of history is to explain the present - to say why the world around us is the way it is.…

— Michael Crichton

I want to have enough space to, I don't know, think thoughts. I mean, I just - I don't know that I'm…

— David Plotz

If humankind - from humble farmers in the fields and toiling workers in the cities to teachers, people of independent means, those…

— Camille Flammarion

Then I speak to her in a language she has never heard, I speak to her in Spanish, in the tongue of…

— Pablo Neruda

I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is…

— Charles Darwin

Sanity and enlightenment...I've been reading a new book Dogen's Genjo Koan: Three Commentaries, and it contains a commentary on Genjo Koan by…

— Brad Warner

Most inexperienced cooks believe, mistakenly, that a fine cake is less challenging to produce than a fine souffle or mousse. I know,…

— Julia Glass

Story is morally neutral. It can express profound truth or propaganda. The two greatest political storytellers of the 20th Century were Winston…

— Robert McKee

Time, we know, is relative. You can travel light years through the stars and back, and if you do it at the…

— Douglas Adams

Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being alone... Each by…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.

— James Russell Lowell

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

— John Ruskin

All profound truths startle you in the first announcement.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

“Explaining many profound dharmas is easy; living them is hard.”

— Adept Godrakpa

Selfless acts are a source of profound meaning for your self and your life.

— Ron Kaufman

Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.

— Robin Lim

Lonely is the night when you find yourself alone.

— Billy Squier

So, are we equals? Until he answer is yes, we must never stop asking.

— Daniel Craig