We need to be skeptical of utopianists who offer unreliable totalistic visions of other worlds and strive to take us there. We… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Citizens often think of a state's interests in terms of the promotion of ideals such as democracy, a particular way of life,… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Even if man's hunger and thirst and his sexual strivings are completely satisfied, 'he' is not satisfied. In contrast to the animal… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
It does seem that a fantasy, working out in its own terms, stretching you beyond the normal concerns of your own life,… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
From the days of biplanes and silk scarves, the aviator has been the archetype of masculine glamour. Aviators have personified national ideals,… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
The art schools seem to be trying to turn people out as "professional." But I don't know what the word "professional" means… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
When Things Fall Apart” and I quote “Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Today, we stand as a united country and are much closer to the ideals set forth in our Constitution that all men… — Jim Ryun Copy Share Image
Let the Bible be the Bible. It's not about science. It's not accurate history. It is a grab bag of religious fantasies… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity, purity, generosity; prayer gives us strength to rise up… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The moment you introduce difference into a museum, then the privileged space is contested, and under the most ideal circumstances what all… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
In my father's time - he was in college during many transitions in the late 1930s - they had great institutional loyalties...… — Whit Stillman Copy Share Image
Please believe in THE POWER OF ONE. One person can make an enormous difference in the world. One person - actually, one… — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
The idea of beauty which man creates for himself imprints itself on his whole attire, crumples or stiffens his dress, rounds off… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
An ideal is an unselfish aspiration. Its purpose is the general welfare not only of this but of future generations. It is… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
In a world where so much seems to be hidden by the smoke of falsity and moral degeneration, we Americans must grasp… — Manton S. Eddy Copy Share Image
I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
My very clear vision for the ideal Roomba is one you never see and you never touch. Our research priorities are explicitly… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
The ideal of having a real job that you risk your soul in and make good or be damned, belongs to the… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
I question and soul-search constantly into myself to be as certain as I can that I am fulfilling the true meaning of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists… — Samuel Ullman Copy Share Image
The message of the United States is not nuclear power. The message of the United States is a spiritual message. It is… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
It is not truly realistic or scientific to take short views, to sacrifice the future to immediate pressure, to ignore facts and… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The only religion that can satisfy today's ideal is a religion that will give consecration to life, and direction to human endeavor,… — Sterling M. McMurrin Copy Share Image
Between whom there is hearty truth, there is love; and in proportion to our truthfulness and confidence in one another, our lives… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In… — Maurice Saatchi Copy Share Image
“He throws Cinna's gloves at my feet. "I've changed my mind. I don't want anything they made in the Capitol." And he's… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Science, in its ultimate ideal, consists of a set of propositions arranged in a hierarchy, the lowest level of the hierarchy being… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Having Alexei Ratmansky create a new Romeo and Juliet for The National Ballet of Canada to mark our 60th anniversary is a… — Karen Kain Copy Share Image
The Rule of 150 says that congregants of a rapidly expanding church, or the members of a social club, or anyone in… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I tell my students one of the most important things they need to know is when they are at their best, creatively.… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
We ought, all of us, to realize each other in this intense, pathetic, and important way. If you say that this is… — William James Copy Share Image
The Hellenistic world was international to a degree, polyglot and inspired by many religious faiths. ...the Greek ideals were pagan and the… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
T isnt necessary to know exactly how your ideal life will look; you only have to know what feels better and what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ideal of faith in ourselves is of the greatest help to us. If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man must cast out of himself everything which separates him from God. He must will to live the divine life, and he… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
My characteristics [of Ideal Black Man.] aren't as specific. I'm more general. I'm more like, I have to be able to talk… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
“The fictitious characters of movies undermine our personal relationships with others. we are constantly under pressure to fit into the mould created… — Awdhesh Singh Copy Share Image
When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to. We feel… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image