The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.

“Conception is the beginning of human life. From the time that an ovum is fertilized a new life begins that is neither that of…

— Declaration on Procured Abortion Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 1974

Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends…

— Jay Leno

“Take sex, for instance.' 'What do you want me to do with it?' 'Try to be serious for a moment. Take the sex life…

— John Mortimer

Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions…

— Dorothea Lange

Most conservatives - by which I mean normal people - have little conception of the aggressive and revolutionary force that confronts them. It is…

— Tom Bethell

I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.…

— Stanley Milgram

For the utilitarian, there is a fact of the matter about the good (the general happiness, or whatever conception of the good the utilitarian…

— Allen W. Wood

I rejoice that the reign of Christ is such, while it thrills the soul with emotions, and opens before the highest intellect the most…

— Matthew Simpson

The fight against syphilis demands a fight against prostitution, against prejudices, old habits, against previous conceptions, general views among them not least the false…

— Adolf Hitler

Our modern conception of the universe is so foreign to what even scientists generally believed a mere century ago that it is a tribute…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

Of Rhetoric various definitions have been given by different writers; who, however, seem not so much to have disagreed in their conceptions of the…

— Richard Whately

Music comes from the heart and returns to the heart... music is spontaneous, impulsive expression... its range is without limit... music is forever growing...…

— Leopold Stokowski

The oppressed without hope are mysteriously quiet. When the conception of change is beyond the limits of the possible, there are no words to…

— Sheila Rowbotham

“For Republicans, life begins at conception but ends at birth.”

— J.Adam Snyder

[Joseph] Stalin closes the exposition of these [Leon Trotsky] ideas with the words, "Such are in general the characteristic features of [Vladimir] Lenin's conception…

— Leon Trotsky