General propositions do not decide concrete cases. The decision will depend on a judgment or intuition more subtle than any articulate major… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
It is easier to compare concrete things in a fictional story with concrete things in real life than it is to compare… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
For the anarchist, freedom is not an abstract philosophical concept, but the vital concrete possibility of every human being to bring to… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
It's not enough to celebrate the ideals that we're built on, liberty and justice and equality for all. Those just can't be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
How badly I want that nameless thing! First there must be an idea, a feeling... Maybe it was an abstract idea that… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
All struggle, all resistance is -- must be -- concrete. And all struggle has a global resonance. If not here, then there.… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
You need a blueprint to build a house because you need to know how far the concrete is going to be poured… — Isaiah Washington Copy Share Image
The road is a word, conceived elsewhere and laid across the country in the wound prepared for it: a word made concrete… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path. — David Antin Copy Share Image
You know, the big Valbowski is a lot like concrete mix. You know? You just get it a little wet, take a… — Val Venis Copy Share Image
I think it's always easier to play parts that you have something concrete that you can relate to. — Hayley Atwell Copy Share Image
That's the dream scenario: when people approach these stressful situations not focused on that concrete outcome but just focused on being there… — Amy Cuddy Copy Share Image
If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Zen values the simple, concrete, living facts of everyday direct personal experience. — James H. Austin Copy Share Image
If flowers want to grow right out of the concrete sidewalk cracks I'm going to bend down to smell them. — David Ignatow Copy Share Image
God is basic Fact. He must not be thought of as a featureless generality. He is the most concrete thing there is. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Manhattan is an island. It is a concrete rock. And on top of that island are trillions of dollars. — Ryan Serhant Copy Share Image
In the West, the spirit is separate from the body. In the East these are things that are very real and concrete. — Li Hongzhi Copy Share Image
We must walk rapidly but not run. We must not be opportunists, nor allow our enthusiasms to make us lose the vision… — Amilcar Cabral Copy Share Image
Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Some people speak and sing and walk and sit and sleep and silence their homesickness, for a long time, and to no… — Herta Muller Copy Share Image
By preaching the doctrine that nothing is to be admired except steel and concrete, one merely makes it a little surer that… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
