In the form of the oeuvre, the actual circumstances are placed in another dimension where the given reality shows itself as that… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
I have confused ideas of deity, heavily influenced by mind-altering years of reading science fiction, that do not often trouble me, but… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
It is easy to see, though it scarcely needs to be pointed out, since it is involved in the fact that Reason… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
That a country, [England], eminently distinguished for its mechanical and manufacturing ingenuity, should be indifferent to the progress of inquiries which form… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
The longer I live the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
[Albert Camus] positions are sensed. So, naturally, those intellectuals who don't have that experience have difficulty in comprehending it. But I think… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn't need to be reformed -- it needs to be transformed. The… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
It is amazing how little effort most people make to improve control of their attention. If reading a book seems too difficult,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralising invention of man, something apart from real… — Rosalind Franklin Copy Share Image
If we lose a job, we are easily tempted into thoughts like, "Ain't it awful? There aren't any jobs out there. This… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The machinery of destruction is complete, poised on a hair trigger, waiting for the 'button' to be 'pushed' by some misguided or… — Jonathan Schell Copy Share Image
All fear of 'offensive' speech is bourgeois and reactionary. Historically, profane or bawdy language was common in both the upper and the… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Germany doesn't have a Bill of Rights, England doesn't have a Bill of Rights, nobody else has a Bill of Rights. You… — Bernard von NotHaus Copy Share Image
Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fact that cultures are failing all over the world means that they don't know how to operate a society to make… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Never mind that the new Visitors Center in Washington DC cost the taxpayers $621 million. Oh and that was ONLY $550 million… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
In drawing an inference or conclusion from facts proved, regard must always be had to the nature of the particular case, and… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
Every life and every childhood is filled with frustrations; we cannot imagine it otherwise, for even the best mother cannot satisfy all… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Really, doesn´t everything make sense? There are, of course, things from which we more or less recover, although some of them are… — Ernst Junger Copy Share Image
I'm very humbled by the fact that grassroots efforts are rising up all over the country, but particularly in my home state… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
there is no doubt that the garrulous bore is the most maddening creature to be shut up with for any length of… — J. E. Buckrose Copy Share Image
Children are happy because they don't yet have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong." They… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The first film that really knocked me out was Alien by Ridley Scott. This is a great movie because no matter how… — Nicholas Ozeki Copy Share Image
Through skateboarding, I have an open line of communication, some common ground and common ground is big man. That enables me to… — Mike Vallely Copy Share Image
Taking advantage of the method, found by me, of the black staining of the elements of the brain, staining obtained by the… — Camillo Golgi Copy Share Image
Acknowledging and appreciating each others daily victories is one of the most loving things two people can do for each other. So… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
The naturalists have been engaged in thinking about Nature. They have not attended to the fact that they were thinking. The moment… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
What Corrigan wanted was a fully believable God, one you could find in the grime of the everyday...he consoled himself with the… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
The modern mind will accept nothing on authority, but will accept anything on no authority. Say that the Bible or the Pope… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
History is the art of making an argument about the past by telling a story accountable to evidence. In the writing of… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
As artists, we belong to an ancient and holy tribe. We are the carriers of the truth that spirit moves through us… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
It almost seems as though this roiling world is conspiring to test our patience at every turn. In fact, it is. With… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I was largely drinking to forget where I was. When you’re in a place like Vietnam, you get to a point where… — Si Robertson Copy Share Image
The way I make art - the way a lot of people make art - is as an extension of language and… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
Truthiness is tearing apart our country, and I don't mean the argument over who came up with the word. I don't know… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
School success is not predicted by a child's fund of facts or a precocious ability to read as much as by emotional… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
The lack of quality dance music and the fact that here in the United States, house music is not seen as anything… — Frankie Knuckles Copy Share Image
I don't like the fact that we're not creating jobs the way we used to create jobs in Pennsylvania. I lament the… — Tom Wolf Copy Share Image