My bitterness is not an abstract substance, it is as solid as a Christmas cake; I can cut it in slices and… — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I don't like videos that explain the song. I like it to be kind of abstract, like a painting. — Shavo Odadjian Copy Share Image
Ethics is not just an abstract intellectual discipline. It is about the conflicts that arise in trying to meet real human needs… — John Ziman Copy Share Image
Movement is expressive. I've never denied that. I don't think there's such a thing as abstract dance. — Merce Cunningham Copy Share Image
Some people in China don't look at freedom of speech as an abstract ideal, but more as a means to an end. — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
Of course, it is the case that conservatism as I envisage it distances itself always from abstract conceptions and tries to find… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to try to discover behind them the only… — Marc Bloch Copy Share Image
Neurologists say that our brains are programmed much more for stories than for abstract ideas. Tales with a little drama are remembered… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
The poetic beauty of Davy's mind never seems to have left him. To that circumstance I would ascribe the distinguishing feature in… — Davies Gilbert Copy Share Image
'Europe '72' was a super influential record full of fantastic songs and amazing experimental musicianship. I always valued both of those aspects… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I have always been resistant to doctrine, and any spirituality I had experienced thus far in my life had been much more… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I am not a follower of Monet. I am not an admirer or follower of De Kooning. I am not an action… — Milton Resnick Copy Share Image
I saw money becoming more and more important everywhere. It's one of the most abstract and important inventions by human beings. At… — Costa-Gavras Copy Share Image
When the most abstract and "useless" disciplines have been cultivated for a time, they are often seized upon as practical tools by… — James R Newman Copy Share Image
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
Yes. The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference. That is why few people find God. They go to church… — Christopher Pike Copy Share Image
We depend on manly characteristics to keep us safe. Every single one of the dead firemen heroes on 9/11 were men. This… — Kate O'Beirne Copy Share Image
You can imagine a different world in which a number of species developed with different genetically determined linguistic systems. It hasn't happened… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the first few pages, Kundera discusses several abstract historical figures: Robespierre, Nietzsche, Hitler. For Eunice's sake, I wanted him to get… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
'Environment' is not an abstract concern, or simply a matter of aesthetics, or of personal taste - although it can and should… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“The buddha-dharma does not invite us to dabble in abstract notions. Rather, the task it presents us with is to attend to… — Steve Hagen Copy Share Image
Indonesian people are living in constant fear, in horror. Often they do not realize it, because this state of mind, this 'living… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
In civilized places idleness, once the prerequisite for abstract thought, poetry, religion, philosophy, and falling in love, has become a character flaw.… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Some physicists describe gravity in terms of ten dimensions all curled up. But those aren't real words-just placeholders, used to refer to… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint. — Adolph Gottlieb Copy Share Image
It's difficult in the abstract to appreciate that those with morally objectionable viewpoints can still be good people. — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
there are virtues which are very well in the abstract, but which, encountered in the flesh, can be a source of extreme… — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
Whoever thought the immediate alternates with the immediate action is not an abstract painter. — Pierre Alechinsky Copy Share Image
We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
Sanctuary cities are a lot like hitchhiking. And the abstract, it feels really good until you feel dead. — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
The body should not just be something you see. It's also the inside of it. It's frightening and abstract and much more… — Jenny Hval Copy Share Image
It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great architecture.… — I. M. Pei Copy Share Image
Everyone who makes films has to be an athlete to a certain degree because cinema does not come from abstract academic thinking;… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Being a father ... I can't help feeling that, by comparison with being a mother, being a father is a rather abstract business. — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
I was never really seeking to play music. I knew I wanted to do it, but I think I wasn't seeking it… — Kevin Morby Copy Share Image
I don't do abstract art because I don't find it as interesting as I do subjects and depictions. — Claes Oldenburg Copy Share Image
The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat. — Howard Berman Copy Share Image
In Calvinism and sectarianism man became more and more transformed into an abstract moral subject, as in Descartes he was considered an… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Christianity becomes just a set of things you believe in. It's almost an intellectual kind of abstract issue. — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
