Concepts Quotes · Page 77

“We have become used to obstructionist ideas. In the name of modernisation we are unconsciously hindering the natural flow of life. The…

— Amitav Chowdhury

I cannot accept any concept of God based on the fear of life or the fear of death, or blind faith. I…

— Albert Einstein

Logic leaves us no choice. In that sense, math always involves both invention and discovery: we invent the concepts but discover their…

— Steven Strogatz

One method of destroying a concept is by diluting its meaning. Observe that by ascribing rights to the unborn, i.e., the nonliving,…

— Ayn Rand

The critics try to intellectualize my material. There's no satire involved. Satire is a concept that can only be understood by adults.…

— Andy Kaufman

The concept of what I want to do as an artist has not changed at all. When I was seven years old,…

— Grace Kelly

Everything, however complicated - breaking waves, migrating birds, and tropical forests - is made of atoms and obeys the equations of quantum…

— Martin Rees

There is no "era" of simple, focused, concept-driven identity design. There is only design that grows out of understanding audiences for specific…

— Ivan Chermayeff

If you don't look at things through your concepts, you'll never be bored. Every single thing is unique.

— Anthony de Mello

The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I believe deeply that we must find a new spirituality... in such a way that all people of good will could adhere…

— Dalai Lama

Personally, I do not support the concept of suicide bombings. This is not part of our [syrian] culture. But whether you condemn…

— Bashar al-Assad

The concept of 'talent' is formed under completely abstract criteria, having nothing in common with reality. But the reality is such that…

— Alexander Morozevich

But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your credit is…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Part of the concept of the euro zone was to establish a common market. The banks were going to bank across all…

— Jamie Dimon

I rather incline towards 'conceptualism', in line with my view of colour perception - I don't think that we can represent objects…

— David Papineau

We will have to abandon the philosophy of Democritus and the concept of elementary particles. We should accept instead the concept of…

— Werner Heisenberg

With the subsequent strong support from cybernetics , the concepts of systems thinking and systems theory became integral parts of the established…

— Fritjof Capra

Scripture is not a concept; scripture is a person (John 1:1,14). When you stand before the Word of God, you are not…

— Henry Blackaby

I was just reading some poetry, and it talked about how things start as one thing and change into another, and I…

— Tommy Lee

Concepts create idols of God, of whom only wonder can tell us anything.

— Gregory of Nyssa

The word "art" does not designate the concept of a mere eventuality; it is a concept of rank.

— Martin Heidegger

Precisely because Galilean science is, in the formation of its concepts, the technic of a specific Lebenswelt , it does not and…

— Herbert Marcuse

I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

The biographer who writes the life of his subjects self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.

— Leon Edel