The introduction of so powerful an agent as steam [to a carriage on wheels] will make a great change in the situation… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I don't see how an epigram, being a bolt from the blue, with no introduction or cue, ever gets itself writ. — William James Copy Share Image
After this happens again and again, we reach a point were there is nothing but satori, which is what nirvikalpa samadhi is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We see signs of it perhaps for 28 das or 34 days, then it goes away. Yet we are different. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac. — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
The introduction of LSD and psychedelics into the culture produced a transformation of the entire culture, the consciousness of the culture. — Ralph Metzner Copy Share Image
Zen is the path that focuses the most upon meditation. It is almost exclusively a path of meditation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results. — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
I suppose when you do it correctly, a good introduction and a good outro makes the song feel like it's coming out… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Zen is a very fast path to enlightenment, fast in comparison to some other paths, not fast for the person who practices… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
[ 1600 Penn] is an ensemble comedy about a family. It just happens to utilize the fact that my character is now… — Josh Gad Copy Share Image
I'm pretty good with talking to girls if I have an introduction, but I'm the worst at trying to go pick up… — Bryan Greenberg Copy Share Image
English life is seventh-eighths below the surface, like an iceberg, and living in England for a year constitutes merely an introduction to… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
In advanced Zen a person comes to realize that the existence of things and their ability to perceive them correctly is completely… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Beyond the ten thousand states of mind is the still point. It exists within them all, yet beyond them. It is not… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative… — Madchen Amick Copy Share Image
I once was asked to contribute to a mushroom poem anthology. I didn't have anything, and so instead ended up writing the… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You should be… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
It's not like it's a brand new vocabulary that permits to have a new reality. It's rather a new vocabulary that lets… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“The conclusion of Dowell's narrative offers not a resolution, so much as a plangent confirmation of complexities. While Ford would certainly have… — Zoë Heller Copy Share Image
“We can say that Faustus makes a choice, and that he is responsible for his choice, but there is in the play… — Sylvan Barnet Copy Share Image
One of the most important things you can do is build an ecosystem of people around you who want to see you… — Alexis Maybank Copy Share Image
Geology is rapidly taking its place as an introduction to the higher history of man. If the author has sought to exalt… — James Dwight Dana Copy Share Image
“So long as there shall exist, by reason of law and custom, a social condemnation, which, in the face of civilisation, artificially… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“But as we all know, rock ‘n’ roll will never die, and education too, as Henry Adams always sez, keeps going on… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Intended to serve as an introduction to both the linguistic and also the practical study of spoken English. — Henry Sweet Copy Share Image
My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties. — Kiki Dee Copy Share Image
Zen is the fastest method I know of, aside from mysticism, of dissolving the fixations people have about spiritual practice and themselves. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The best introduction to the psychological world of one of the most important and gifted writers of our time. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
A great introduction to cultures is their cuisine. It not only reflects their evolution, but also their beliefs and traditions. — Vikas Khanna Copy Share Image
According to Zen Buddhist cosmology there are ten thousand different states of mind to view and understand life through. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My first European game was a qualifying match against a team from Luxembourg. That was my introduction. — Martin O'Neill Copy Share Image
The wearer of smiles and the bearer of a kindly disposition needs no introduction, but is welcome anywhere. — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
“Saying that you do not remember something or someone is a less embarrassing or hurtful way of saying that you do not… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
It's much easier to get a reception from someone if there is an introduction versus randomly trying to get in front of… — Brad Feld Copy Share Image
As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
There is a sense of competition in Zen. You are competing with your thoughts and trying to overcome them. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Zen is a very quick path to enlightenment and development of the mind and all its facilities. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I had a very late introduction to films. We didn't watch a lot of films while growing up in Kolkata. — Kiran Rao Copy Share Image
“Never make a sales pitch as the way you introduce yourself. What you CAN say is how you help people and businesses.” — Beth Ramsay Copy Share Image