Much of American wealth is an illusion which is being secretly gnawed away and much of it will be completely wiped out… — Howard Ruff Copy Share Image
Now you see. We are all fugitives. We have always been fugitives from the void. Whatever comfort, whatever power we gain from… — A.A. Attanasio Copy Share Image
The idea of you is a part of my mind; you influence my likes and dislikes, all my tastes, hundreds of times… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion. — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I learnt that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
“It seems true that believers have little money in their pocket and that rich have little faith in God. God and money… — Awdhesh Singh Copy Share Image
We are the fingertips of blind illusion, You are the absolute Cause of causes. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Something I tried to hold onto, to touch if only for a moment, but it slipped away from me like the air,… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Cause I rely on my illusions, to keep me warm at night. I've denied in my capacity to love, and I am… — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
The langour of Youth - how unique and quintessential it is! How quickly, how irrecoverably, lost! The zest, the generous affections, the… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
What's important to me is that [photographs] have the appearance of being documents of what goes on. I like the illusion of… — Larry Sultan Copy Share Image
Nothing must be left to chance in a magical performance. Everything conducive to enhancing the mystery of the illusions must be arranged… — David Devant Copy Share Image
What’s so bad about addiction? I can’t remember. Isn’t it something about giving up your freedom? Isn’t freedom an illusion? — Jeffrey Steingarten Copy Share Image
Illusion starts between the ears. If the person doing illusion doesn't believe it, then the audience doesn't believe it. Seeing the picture… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
“As usual, small towns like this were full of those who needed entertainment and whilst money was difficult to earn, the philosophy… — Christopher Byford Copy Share Image
Overconfidence is a powerful source of illusions, primarily determined by the quality and coherence of the story that you can construct, not… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“But for all of that life-shaping power, race is a mirage, which doesn’t lessen its force. We are what we see ourselves… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
The stories that unfold in the space of a writer's study, the objects chosen to watch over a desk, the books selected… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
If we venture beyond the pale of Scripture, we are...exposed to all the illusions of imagination and enthusiasm. — John Newton Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Grand Illusion,' I was making it up as we went along. I wrote this stuff and tried to do… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
“The illusion that humans possess free will is compounded by the inherent randomness of the universe. Chaos disguised as freedom of choice...” — Henry Lindell Copy Share Image
No, there is now no circumstance known in which it can be affirmed that microscopic beings came into the world without germs,… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
This craving for health, wealth, long life, and the like - the so - called good - is nothing but an illusion. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
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