Activity Quotes · Page 82

We see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those which live…

— Carroll Quigley

Creativity has nothing to do with any activity in particular - with painting, poetry, dancing, singing. It has nothing to do with…

— Rajneesh

Whoever accepts the higher mission of art and comes nearer and nearer to it through his creative activity, will then go on…

— Paul Brunton

Paul followed Jesus by living as He lived. And how did he do that? Through activities and ways of living that would…

— Dallas Willard

Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are threatened by human activities which lack a commitment to…

— Dalai Lama

The authentic and pure values, truth, beauty, and goodness, in the activity of a human being are the result of one and…

— Simone Weil

Sexual behavior in our species goes through three characteristic phases: pair formation, precopulatory activity, and copulation, usually but not always in that…

— Desmond Morris

One of the more popular activities was “Talk-O-Matic”. Five people at a time could write messages, and read each other's messages, on…

— Guy Consolmagno

No economic activity was more irrepressible [in the 14th century] than the investment and lending at interest of money; it was the…

— Barbara Tuchman

Just in proportion as a man becomes good, divine, Christ-like, he passes out of the region of theorizing, of system-building, and hireling…

— Horace Mann

On the occasions when I have pondered over men's various activities, the dangers and worries they are exposed to at Court or…

— Blaise Pascal

The Arab world is full of corruption, in the time of the dictatorships and in the time of anarchy. This corruption is…

— Hassan Blasim

All men are equal and free: society by nature, and destination, is therefore autonomous and ungovernable. If the sphere of activity of…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime.

— Jennifer Lee

I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't…

— Jim Wallis

Man is always something more than what he knows of himself. He is not what he is simply once and for all,…

— Karl Jaspers

A man who sets out to justify his existence and his activities has to distinguish two different questions. The first is whether…

— G. H. Hardy

My recent activities have been concentrated on criticism on and actions against Japan's and worldwide plutonium programs, since it is, as I…

— Jinzaburo Takagi

Machines help us do things more quickly and efficiently, but they can also destroy some community activities. Machines can also throw the…

— Jean Vanier

We must support as much as possible the child's desires for activity; not wait on him, but educate him to be independent.

— Maria Montessori

Here's what consent is at Ohio State. After you and your partner decide that you're gonna make out or have sex, you…

— Rush Limbaugh

The voting station was like a block and a half from my house, so me and my parents just walked on over…

— Bridgit Mendler

Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness:…

— Matthieu Ricard

What's the number-one thing people do on the Web? They read. Words and numbers are the raw material from which the vast…

— Gerry McGovern

I'm not a stickler for truth. To me, lying in poetry is much more fun. I'm against lying in life, in principle,…

— Charles Simic