“Always" and "never" are not words that have much meaning in literary study. For one thing, as soon as something seems to… — Thomas C. Foster Copy Share Image
When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar… — William H. Hunt Copy Share Image
“...The editors of (i)Life(i) rejected Kerész'a photographs when he arrived in the United States in 1937 because, they said, his images 'spoke… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
My dad's a Pentecostal minister, meaning that he's full of charisma. If he's telling a story about Noah's ark, you best know… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
“If you put it as 'complex nervous systems' it sounds pretty deflationary. What's so special about a complex nervous system? But of… — Shelly Kagan Copy Share Image
“Given the ease with which health infuses life with meaning and purpose, it is shocking how swiftly illness steals away those certainties…Time… — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Copy Share Image
The full meaning of life, the collective meaning of all human desires, is fundamentally a mystery beyond our grasp. As a young… — Eugene Wigner Copy Share Image
“But life itself is without use. What is the purpose of it? Where are you going? What is the result? No purpose,… — Osho Copy Share Image
“With battle-weary arms, Sheridan slugged his way across the luminous waves sending light-filled droplets splashing into the air like Fourth of July… — Phillip White Copy Share Image
“My Name Is Landon And Im 12 Years Old. Im No Philosepher Or a Religous Person. But Everyone Asks The Question, "Whats… — Landon I Taylor Copy Share Image
“I'm thirteen years old, and I'm somewhat overweight. Meaning: I'm dead and fat. Meaning: I'm a piggy-pig-pig, oink-oink, real porker. Just ask… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Searching means having a goal, but finding means being free, being open, having no goal ... because in striving for your goal… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Whenever you get to wear the red, white, and blue and stars and stripes, there's a different meaning to it. You're playing… — Nelly Korda Copy Share Image
“Why were Jack and his brother digging post holes? A fence there would run parallel to the one that already enclosed the… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
“Any meaning of life derives from amiably accepting our anonymous role in the singular order of the universe. Such gracious reception of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The computer on the desk of the student in school knows no history. It is not like a book, worn at the… — Anthony M. Esolen Copy Share Image
For many years, questions about the meaning of life were dismissed as senseless. We were told that life, not being a word… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
I think there's a difference between having a bestselling book - meaning through marketing, PR and buying that first wave of customers… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lifes to short to hate to short for regrets to short to live for tomorrow ,tomorrow is never promised to short to… — Jaz G Copy Share Image
It's a matter of reducing the work to its very simplest possible state, eliminating all of the things that lead away from… — Paul Cullen Copy Share Image
And journaling became the place that I was able to find a sense of narrative control at a time when I had… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
I don't view my memory as accurate or static - and, in autobiographical fiction, my focus is still on creating an effect,… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Age is the biggest risk factor for many diseases. You're 100 times more likely to get a tumor at age 65 than… — Cynthia Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Love is when you find something so great, so... necessary, that it becomes more important to you than your own goals, than… — Dan Wells, Ruins Copy Share Image
I think it's important for everyone to understand that if you have a background and culture... to really use that as motivation… — Patty Mills Copy Share Image
Even in a culture where people are well meaning, there are sometimes 'microaggressions.' People who will just cut you off. You'll be… — Susan Wojcicki Copy Share Image
“The way that we hygger and offer reassurance is unique to each of us according to the things to which we attach… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Man's main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life. That… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
It makes me uncomfortable to talk about meanings and things. It's better not to know so much about what things mean. Because… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
There seems to me to be something admirable, indeed noble, about the people arguing over Richard III. They're doers rather than naysayers,… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
If falling into desperation worked to make things better, then I would say, 'Let's all jump into despair.' But it doesn't help.… — Yehuda Berg Copy Share Image
“When truth is at odds with meaning, it is meaning that wins. Why this should be so is a delicate question. Why… — John Gray Copy Share Image
When compiling his great dictionary, the young Noah Webster travels to the Himalayas, where he climbs to the cave of the world's… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Feel the underlying meaning of the teachings that are espoused by me or anyone else. The word's don't mean much. Words are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“This is why introductions are important--because in the beginning, despite the fact that we already believe we know what it means, there's… — Andrew Kendall Copy Share Image
Love means different to different people. For someone its pure, for someone it is lust, for someone it is duty, for someone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Waterboarding is slow-motion suffocation with enough time to contemplate the inevitability of blackout and expiration. Usually, the person goes into hysterics on… — Malcolm Nance Copy Share Image
It takes a long time for me to just say 'I'm going to get a tat.' I really do my homework on… — Bradley Beal Copy Share Image
People are so used to reading novels now, they just read a poem straight through to get the meaning. And that's something… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
