The greatest threat to civility - and ultimately civilization - is an excess of certitude. The world is much menaced just now… — George Will Copy Share Image
Death, in the Eastern tradition, was only a passage. What wasn't clear ... was toward what place, what reality, that passage led. — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
The vision that we laid out in 2004 was designed, at best, for a 10-year period. And it was pretty clear that… — Rahul Gandhi Copy Share Image
"We don't take sufficient time to meditate." I get up early in the morning...five o'clock, when my mind and spirit are clear… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
It is impossible to make a clear cut between science, religion, and art. The whole is never equal simply to the sum… — Max Planck Copy Share Image
What of miniature boats constructed of birch bark and fallen leaves, launched onto cold water clear as air? How many fleets were… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
Do you wake up as I do, having forgotten what it is that hurts or where, until you move? There is a… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I have to be clear with myself and very conscious of what I am trying to say. Misunderstandings will always take place;… — Jose Padilha Copy Share Image
We pretend that the debate about genetically modified crops is a debate about science when the reality is, actually, that the science… — Mark Walport Copy Share Image
As I’d observed, it was clear that Rose was willing to do anything and fight anyone to protect her friend. I admired… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Television remains an incredible tool when it comes to ensure the best promo, but one thing was always clear to me, I… — Kelly Rowland Copy Share Image
Nobody's ever gonna hold [ Lena Dunham] accountable. She's a liberal and she's a woman and so she's doubly indemnified against any… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
My purpose in public address and in speech is really encapsulated in three C's: clear, concise, correct. No overblowing rhetoric or anything… — Bob Sheppard Copy Share Image
I felt like the script [of "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore"] was so clear. It was sort of… — Melanie Lynskey Copy Share Image
It's clear that there has to be some play between the vitality of invention in economic life and some regulation of it,… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
I think there's no question that, even though we may not have the evidence as Richard (Perle) says, that there have been… — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
Normally I am clear beforehand about which single proposal in a binary choice I am going to vote for. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
I believe you have constructive accidents en route through a novel only because you have mapped a clear way. If you have… — John Irving Copy Share Image
When the Irish nun said to me, "Speak your name loud and clear so that all the boys and girls can hear… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
And if you're not going to have a clear health threat, you don't want to panic people. — William Scranton Copy Share Image
Take any movie from 'Khamoshi' to 'Black,' I was always clear about my subjects. — Sanjay Leela Bhansali Copy Share Image
Adoption was something that was always under my skin, that I knew would be a part of my life, and, when I… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
There is something I like about talking to journalists that really goes beyond promotion because you aren't just talking to the journalist,… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
I pray for meaning. I pray for the limits of reality to become clear. For a world – and a type of… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
When one deals with urban issues, one never deals with clear black-and-white issues; they're all trade-offs. Important urban issues present conflicting values. — Cesar Pelli Copy Share Image
No, I absolutely do not support defunding the police. But it's clear we have been investing too much in force and need… — Jaime Harrison Copy Share Image
Basically, if the mind stays in the present, it's impossible to worry. Upon careful consideration, it becomes clear that human beings are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Now individual consciousness, as typified in human beings, has great advantages and great disadvantages. Individuality means a narrowing, and narrowness can be… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
He just stood there, looking at me, as if I had actually changed before his eyes. But this was the girl I'd… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Only--but this is rare-- When a beloved hand is laid in ours, When, jaded with the rush and glare Of the interminable… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Seeking fortunes in America led to Germany losing people, and the American continent received many people whose contributions are particularly clear in… — Julius Streicher Copy Share Image
The hybridoma technology was a by-product of basic research. Its success in practical applications is to a large extent the result of… — Cesar Milstein Copy Share Image
The goodness or badness, justice or injustice, of laws varies of necessity with the constitution of states. This, however, is clear, that… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Since, then, there is no objection to the mobility of the Earth, I think it must now be considered whether several motions… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
Still, no one finally knows what a poet is supposed either to be or to do. Especially in this country, one takes… — Robert Creeley Copy Share Image
I ate breakfast in the kitchen by candle-light, and then drove the five miles to the station through the most glorious October… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
I journal a lot for nobody but myself. Just to get my thoughts out and to clear my mind. That's very therapeutic… — Lili Reinhart Copy Share Image