We're just fragile machines programmed with a false sense of our own importance. And every now and then the universe sends a… — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
In brief, I regard love as a more decisive focus of meaning than death. In terms of Heidegger's argument, this is because… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
Germany is a country that has absolutely had to since the Second World War ask itself massive moral questions. And it's reforged… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
George W. Bush was president through some of the darkest days of our history and yet his optimism never waned. He is… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
And she did not miss his presence so much as his voice on the phone. Even being lied to constantly, though hardly… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Outside our consciousness there lies the cold and alien world of actual things. Between the two stretches the narrow borderland of the… — Heinrich Hertz Copy Share Image
I do think that being the second [female Supreme Court Justice] is wonderful, because it is a sign that being a woman… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I believe the ultimate aim of all human beings is to obtain happiness and a sense of fulfillment... I have always stressed… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Until cubism, all art, all pictures, could be 'read' by anybody. If this hadn't been so, the Christian message wouldn't have been… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Why could not advantage be taken of a time of relative calm and quiet to investigate and try to solve a question… — Henry Dunant Copy Share Image
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think the media projected the case of Asia Bibi in a right way. They have given the importance of this case… — Shahbaz Bhatti Copy Share Image
Children are to be born into a family where the parents hold the needs of children equal to their own in importance.… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
“Many besides Angel have learnt that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements but as to their subjective… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken.… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Nothing is small or great in God's sight. Whatever He wills becomes great to us, however seemingly trifling; and if once the… — Jean Grou Copy Share Image
The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Over the years, many Americans have made sacrifices in order to promote freedom and human rights around the globe: the heroic actions… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Clearly, one does not have to give up being an academic, retreat from rigorous research, or renounce the importance of specialization in… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Among the works of man, which human life is rightly employed in perfecting, the first in importance surely is man himself. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Facebook, Twitter and Google have all opened offices in Brazil, recognizing the importance of localizing their products and customer service efforts. — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
It had been a whim, and there was nothing Magnus attached more importance to than a whim. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
