To me, all human behavior is unpredictable and, considering man's frailty... and... the ramshackle universe he functions in, it's... all irrational. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
the sad end he met in Afghanistan was more accurately a function of his stubborn idealism--his insistence on trying to do the… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
In England, we have a curious institution called the Church of England. Its strength has always been in the fact that on… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
Forests, beyond offering us their plainly utilitarian wealth, have to perform vast physiological functions in the great economy of nature, by contributing… — Ferdinand von Mueller Copy Share Image
Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
What interests us about the past is at least partly a function of what bothers us or makes us curious in the… — Adam Garfinkle Copy Share Image
Reason exercises merely the function of preserving order, is, so to say, the police in the region of art. In life it… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
No longer do we accept the 'sublimation model' according to which 'the function of art is to sublimate or transform experience, raising… — Rosalind E. Krauss Copy Share Image
I see no reason in morality, why literature should not have as one of its intentions the arousing of thoughts of lust.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Why does the mind habitually deny or resist the Now? Because it cannot function and remain in control without time, which is… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Interviewer: Have you ever considered writing nonfiction? Mary Doria Russell: Oh, honey, I did! Let's see...There was "A Reconsideration of the Evidence… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously… — Asa Gray Copy Share Image
The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should… — Alexander Sutherland Neill Copy Share Image
Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
My sleep is very important, and I have to have at least eight hours every night in order to function properly the… — Olly Murs Copy Share Image
Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoidance of displeasure, but the dream-states also serve to provide a positive… — Karl Abraham Copy Share Image
To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most… — John Drinkwater Copy Share Image
We function in a pack mentality. This is our tribe. And this is how we are exploited - sold a bill of… — Joey Skaggs Copy Share Image
Neurobiological research has shown that in people with chronic PTSD, both stress hormone secretion and areas of the brain connected to memory… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Being healthy is a complete lifestyle for me. It allows my brain to function at a very high degree so I can… — Derrick Rose Copy Share Image
Capitalism has taught us that markets are always more efficient than hierarchical managerial coordination. But in a situation where those three conditions… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
To transform breakdowns into breakthroughs is the whole function of a master. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In the United Kingdom, for example, the sheer overwhelming dominance of London makes it extremely for provincial cities to develop more than… — Peter Dicken Copy Share Image
I have to go on writing because I wouldn't be able to go on without writing. It is the only function that… — Farley Mowat Copy Share Image
In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A balanced diet and physical activity are vital to academic performance. A healthy diet has a direct link to increased cognitive function… — Matt Cartwright Copy Share Image
There is a huge body of evidence to support the notion that me and the police were put on this earth to… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
We never really see time. We see only clocks. If you say this object moves, what you really mean is that this… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
Women need to be in key operational roles where they run businesses in the organization. Sometimes when organizations focus on leadership diversity,… — Gracia Martore Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best function of parenthood is to teach the young creature to love with safety, so that it may be able… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
An immune system of enormous complexity is present in all vertebrate animals. When we place a population of lymphocytes from such an… — Niels Kaj Jerne Copy Share Image
Doing things like playing music, something that's so natural and basic to human function, running around in nature, eating delicious food. These… — Ezra Miller Copy Share Image
The poem is not only the point of origin for all the language and narrative arts, the poem returns us to the… — Ron Silliman Copy Share Image
All over China, parents tell their children to stop complaining and to finish their quadratic equations and trigonometric functions because there are… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
You can drive.” When he raised an eyebrow, she said, "I've had enough contact with human males to realize you seem to… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
Women are always complaining about men's fascination with breasts. But what if men were absolutely indifferent to breasts? What would women do… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
My dad would give me $10, which is a lot of money when you're 9, to sing at church, on tables at… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
