“For me, fantasy must be about something, otherwise it's foolishness... ultimately it must be about human beings, it must be about the… — George Clayton Johnson Copy Share Image
Fame is a very unnatural human condition. When you stop to realize that Abraham Lincoln was probably never seen by more than… — Chevy Chase Copy Share Image
Except in extreme cases of biochemical imbalance, giving over your brain to chemical tinkering is the ultimate act of nihilism. It amounts… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Degas was obsessed by the art of classical ballet, because to him it said something about the human condition. He was not… — John Berger Copy Share Image
“Here is one of the great truths of the human condition: when you need Stayfree Maxi Pads to absorb the expectorants produced… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“By freeze-framing the image of our lifestyle, by stopping our mental clock at times and letting time flow, 'psychological' time can replace… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“That is one of the conceptions most difficult for stupid people to grasp. They always suppose some ponderable alteration will make the… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
...failure is a human condition, not victory over odds; for each Hellen Keller who triumphs, there are tens of millions who fail,… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is a deep-seated reluctance to face up to the gravity of sin which has led to its omission from the… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
“Bad horror stories concern themselves with six ways to kill a vampire, and graphic accounts of how the rats ate Billy's genitalia.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
The Theatre of the Absurd has renounced arguing about the absurdity of the human condition; it merely presents it in being -… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
“Language is our identity tool and by using experience, observation, and imagination, we each discover the words that give voice to our… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“When we think of fear, we think of a 'fear of' something. Far more daunting is the challenge of how to conduct… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
“I haven't re-read Kafka for forty years. I had a second read-through when first teaching English at the University of Warwick in… — Rick Gekoski Copy Share Image
Now the work of art also represents a state of final equilibrium, of accomplished order and maximum relative entropy, and there are… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
“History reminds us of the inherent weakness in the human condition and the very real possibility that our fellow human beings are… — John Fea Copy Share Image
I believe that the Jews have made a contribution to the human condition out of all proportion to their numbers: I believe… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
I believe in the American theatre. I believe in its power to inform about the human condition, its power to heal ...… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
What freedom does a starving man have?" The answer is that starvation is a tragic human condition- perhaps more tragic than loss… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I've always been very keen on Pascal, and what I'm most keen on in Pascal is his emphasis upon human wretchedness. He… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“[He] believed both love and hate to be irrelevant. To him, they were "impediments of the human condition," and, in his words… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
We tend to set up success in Christian work as our purpose, but our purpose should be to display the glory of… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“No, I mean, this is a problem that most people have. A problem of the human condition. We get ahold of some… — Phillip DePoy Copy Share Image
The human condition is better improved by altering detrimental circumstances and personal perspectives than by trying to alter personal outlooks, while ignoring… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
“When thinking harshly on the human condition, as I so often do, my antidote is to think gently on libraries, for if… — Howard Norman Copy Share Image
I think music is a lifting force, I think love is the lifting force in the human condition. I think you see… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
“To hold two ideas that contradict each other is to flirt with absurdity, and humans are creatures who spend their lives trying… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“We writers constantly try to build up our own confidence by getting published, making sales, winning prizes, joining cliques or proclaiming theories.… — Boria Sax Copy Share Image
“Howlett speculated that the human cannabinoid system evolved to help us endure (and selectively forget) the routine slings and arrows of life… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
[...] We have to realize that this wound [of loneliness] is inherent in the human condition and that what we have to… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
It's very much an exploration of the human condition and how different people react and respond to their lives. And what they… — Sean Mahon Copy Share Image
Television production is so insane. There's so many moving parts and flying pieces and you're desperate to make it cohesive and artistic… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Art is the lens through which I experience the world. Art is the medium to present the human condition... love, fear, bewilderment,… — Alton Tobey Copy Share Image
I think that if there's one key insight science can bring to fiction, it's that fiction - the study of the human… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Flowers are not symbols of power. Flowers are too brief, too frail, to elicit much hope of eternity. In truth, flowers are… — Sharman Apt Russell Copy Share Image
I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs… — Glenn Hughes Copy Share Image
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