The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest. — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is only one categorical imperative in golf, and that is to hit the ball. There are no minor absolutes. — Charles Walter Simpson Copy Share Image
The secret of life does not lie in its chemical basis . . . Life succeeds precisely because it evades chemical imperatives. — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
It is imperative to base your life on yourself, to take responsibility for your own happiness. — Josei Toda Copy Share Image
The truth is that finding happiness in what you do every day is so imperative. — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
Reducing consumption is imperative, but it's pointless to cut out meat and cars while having lots of children — Madeleine Bunting Copy Share Image
Morality, after all, has nothing to do with selflessness. On the contrary, self-interest is precisely the basis of the categorical imperative. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
It just seems so fundamental to me. I'm able to marry the person I wanted to marry. That's the fundamental human imperative.… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
This is all disgraceful and underscores how imperative it is that Obamacare be fully repealed and that the newly elected GOP Congress… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Controlled, universal disarmament is the imperative of our time. The demand for it by the hundreds of millions whose chief concern is… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
It is those who have this imperative demand for the best in their natures, and who will accept nothing short of it,… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
For the world order to be one of peace and justice, for the global village to be a theater of right livelihood,… — Agnivesh Copy Share Image
It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
No species ... possesses a purpose beyond the imperatives created by genetic history ... The human mind is a device for survival… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
It is imperative that the Christian, at the beginning of his pursuit to understand what true worship is, gets it clear that… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
The scientists are virtually screaming from the rooftops now. The debate is over! There's no longer any debate in the scientific community… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
If the technology cannot shoulder the entire burden of strategic change, it nevertheless can set into motion a series of dynamicsthat present… — Shoshana Zuboff Copy Share Image
Read a work on the "Evidences of Christianity," and it may become highly probable that Christianity, etc., are true. This is an… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
What a museum chooses to exhibit is sometimes less important than how such decisions are made and what values inform them. To… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
We are on the brink of a new energy order. Over the next few decades, our reserves of oil will start to… — Fatih Birol Copy Share Image
Working hard and doing doing great work is as imperative as breathing. Creating great work warms the heart and enriches the soul.… — George Lois Copy Share Image
Just as we're all students throughout life, we're all teachers. In fact, we learn best by offering what we desire for ourselves… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Human enhancement is now being driven by military imperatives, at least in the US, because civilian society is more conservative in its… — Jessa Gamble Copy Share Image
The moral imperative of life is to live a life that detracts not at all from the lives available to those who… — Don Richardson Copy Share Image
Treating other people as you would like to be treated. It is an ancient, universal ethical imperative. And it requires no supernatural… — Phil Zuckerman Copy Share Image
The music and the message, to me, is something that is imperative and that's what drives me know. — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The profits of oil, coal, and natural gas companies will have to yield to the imperative of sustaining life on earth. — Robert Pollin Copy Share Image
Corporations are mandated, in effect, to 'grow or die,' a rule also called 'the growth imperative.' — Michele Simon Copy Share Image
In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Copy Share Image
Service is an imperative for those who worship Jesus Christ and a covenant obligation of those who belong to his Church. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
It is imperative to master the principles of the art of war and learn to be unmoved in mind even in the… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Most of the time, I regard the judgment of people as a waste of time. I regard the judgment of behavior as… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
If you want to create wealth, it is imperative that you believe that you are at the steering wheel of life, especially… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
There is nothing so important, so imperative, as the delivery of the divine message that has been entrusted to us. — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
Musing on the phrase 'waste of time.' So much more complex than it appears. Many 'wastes of time' small talk, daydreaming are… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The creation of a nuclear weapons convention is not only achievable, it is imperative if civilisation is to survive. — C. G. Weeramantry Copy Share Image
Science is fundamentally a moral enterprise, following the moral imperative to seek the truth. — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself. — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
