Mother Nature's ruthless to the weak, but isn't arbitrary cruel or negative. Mother Nature saves aggression for extreme situations, and instead uses… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Charities are really good. To a certain extent, the ones you pick are arbitrary. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers and deceivers of our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
"Pieces" almost always appear 'as parts' in whole processes. ... To sever a "'part" from the organized whole in which it occurs-whether… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
Considered logically this concept is not identical with the totality of sense impressions referred to; but it is an arbitrary creation of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
[C]ensorship in any form is the opening wedge for fascism, since it places arbitrary and unwarranted power in the hands of individuals. — Jack Parsons Copy Share Image
We have a long history of snapshot photography that appeared to many to be more arbitrary and idiosyncratic than much of the… — Fred Ritchin Copy Share Image
Personally, I believe “Young Adult” to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
No genuine choice is ever simply a matter of the arbitrary exercise of will. Take your choice of lunch today. You can't… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Her searches after knowledge were arbitrary and without context. It was as if she were shining a small flashlight of curiosity into… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Speech, originally, was the device whereby Man learned, imperfectly, to transmit the thoughts and emotions of his mind. By setting up arbitrary… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
When our thoughts look real, we live in a world of suffering. When they look subjective, we live in a world of… — Michael Neill Copy Share Image
All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule. — Emily Greene Balch Copy Share Image
When you have trouble with things—whether it's figuring out whether to push or pull a door or the arbitrary vagaries of the… — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
People are, by and large, quite poor at judging correct absolute values but are astute about determining relative values. Psychologists call this… — Michael Mauboussin Copy Share Image
This, then, is freedom in the external life of man-that he is independent of the arbitrary power of his fellows. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Exclusion of just one class of citizens from receiving a marriage license based upon the perceived 'threat' they pose to the marital… — Terence C. Kern Copy Share Image
success in L.A. is completely arbitrary. One day you're the brilliant genius of life, the next day people act like there's a… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The director's in charge of every single decision [in film]. It's a dictatorship.It's a benevolent dictatorship, but it's true. It's every single… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Current government regulation interferes with honest voluntary exchanges by imposing arbitrary terms and requiring tons of paperwork disclosing information no one wants… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
The reason it's worth standing up for punctuation is not that it's an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness - pushing us at intervals close to… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image