There are several kinds of truths, and it is customary to place in the first order mathematical truths, which are, however, only… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
Schinkel was not arbitrary in his use of historical modes but rather eclectic in the best sense of the word. He could… — Karl Friedrich Schinkel Copy Share Image
Afghanistan's borders are arbitrary, drawn to meet 19th-century political needs rather than to respect ethnic or religious patterns. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Our Press and our schools cultivate Chauvinism, militarism, dogmatism, conformism and ignorance. The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different. — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a new type of financial… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns… — Gerald Heaney Copy Share Image
I don't believe that Freedom of Information laws, which have arbitrary time periods or broad blanket exemptions, meet the level of transparency… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
Atheism may be defined as the mental attitude which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason and aims at establishing a lifestyle and… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
A doctor is not criticized for describing the manifestations and symptoms of an illness, even though the symptoms may be disgusting. I… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
..where effective competition can be created, it is a better way of guiding individual efforts than any other... regards competition as superior… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
There could be constitutional problems with executive detention if it is seen to be arbitrary. I didn't actually say that the NSW… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Aside from that reservation, a fictive tale even has the advantage of manifesting symbolic necessity more purely to the extent that we… — Jacques Lacan Copy Share Image
If you don't believe there's some organising principle, or somebody up in the sky pulling the strings, then it can be very… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I use color in a completely arbitrary way in order to express myself powerfully. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
When will the arbitrary be granted the place it deserves in the formation of works and ideas? — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
We made the song a big part of the story [Sausage Party ] itself, in that it's kind of their prayer that… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Even government by the consent of the governed, as in our own Constitution, must be limited in its power to act against… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
No story has a beginning, and no story has an end. Beginnings and endings may be conceived to serve a purpose, to… — Caitlín R. Kiernan Copy Share Image
Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
The recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards. — William Proxmire Copy Share Image
It is because the cosmos is meaningless that we must secure our individual illusions of values, direction, and interest by upholding the… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours. — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
