Embellishment is an irresistible and consuming impulse, going back to the beginnings of human history. ... Probably the strongest motivating force is… — Ada Louise Huxtable Copy Share Image
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration? After our subtlest analysis of… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Fiordland, a vast tract of mountainous terrain that occupies the south-west corner of South Island, New Zealand, is one of the most… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The necessity of a senate is not less indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies, to yield to the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Contemporary philosophy illustrates Hegel's dictum that philosophy is its own time apprehended in thought, for in our age philosophy yields to the… — Donald Phillip Verene Copy Share Image
Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues,… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
The revulsion from an unwanted self, and the impulse to forget it, mask it, slough it off and lose it, produce both… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
There is often with restaurant reviews in particular, I think, this kind of impulse to be deferential and bow down to the… — Pete Wells Copy Share Image
Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such,… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
The impulse to acquisition, pursuit of gain, of money, of the greatest possible amount of money, has in itself nothing to do… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
One of the deepest impulses in man is the impulse to record, - to scratch a drawing on a tusk or keep… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
I try to attach myself to people who really inspire me, and directors who are really passionate. That way, I can give… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
While it is possible for intelligence to increase the range of benevolent impulse, and thus prompt a human being to consider the… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of… — J. L. Austin Copy Share Image
Theology, I am persuaded, derives its initial impulse from a religious wavering; for there is quite as much, or more, that is… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire; you build egos the size of… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Synthetic or inorganic substances do not contain any 'life force'; they are not dynamic. Everything is made of chemicals, but organic substances… — Robert Tisserand Copy Share Image
I think we all have a tendency to have things. Even, I've noticed, people on the street collect things. So I think… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
In so many ways, he had wanted this his whole life—or at least ever since he’d survived his transition and had any… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly… — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
He didn't reject the idea so much as not react to it and watch as it floated away. He thought very broadly… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
The only difference was one of them was trying to make a perfect cake and one of them was trying to write… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on - can… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Can I confess something? I tell you this as an artist, I think you'll understand. Sometimes when I'm driving on the road… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
We have allowed brain thinking to develop and dominate our lives. As a consequence, we are at war within ourselves. The brain… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
- My instructors in science and technology have taught us about how the brain works. It's full of electrical impulses. It's like… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
The idea is that inside every human being, however unprepossessing, there is a glorious, talented, and overwhelmingly attractive personality. Nonsense. Inside each… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
The coarsest father gains a new impulse to labor from the moment of his baby's birth; he scarcely sees it when awake,… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson Copy Share Image
Throughout evolutionary history, anxiety and fear have helped every species to be wary and to survive. Fear can signal us to act,… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
The first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Whoa. Fangs. She had fangs. She leaned in, prodded them a little. Eating with those puppies was going to take some getting… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin. Compassion without courage is not genuine. You may have a compassionate thought… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
I have a little theory about that, too. It's clearly envy. It's bringing people down to your size. It's a narcissistic impulse… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
The taboos that constitute a man's intellectual stature, often sedimented experiences and unarticulated insights, always operate against inner impulses that he has… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
For anyone of a rational disposition, fashion is often nearly impossible to fathom. Throughout many periods of history – perhaps most –… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
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