Notion Quotes · Page 20

I am open to [the notion of theistic revelation], but not enthusiastic about potential revelation from God. On the positive side, for…

— Antony Flew

I don't like the notion that artists have a responsibility to be political.

— Ezra Furman

She just wanted to be comfortable in her own skin...But she would not stop to seek others' approval. The notion that she…

— Charles J. Shields

The highest state of meditation is Samadhi, where there is no ego anymore, no doubts, no me, no you, no notion of…

— Dharma Mittra

Democratic institutions generally give men a lofty notion of their country and themselves.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Most individuals have always thought themselves not big enough or significant enough to have an effect on the whole planet, a notion…

— Lynette Fromme

The Nation State as such is totally a construction: what we feel for it in terms of habits, traditions, countryside or nature…

— Janne Teller

I set forth notions that are human and my own, simply as human notions considered in themselves, not as determined and decreed…

— Michel de Montaigne

We have reversed the usual classical notion that the independent "elementary parts" of the world are the fundamental reality, and that the…

— David Bohm

That is again a romantic notion: the hero. I think people enjoy a much more levelled playing field where you have the…

— Martin Sorrell

The feminist notion that the whole of human history has been nothing but a vast intricate conspiracy by men to enslave their…

— Edward Abbey

The possession targets a vulnerability in each of its victims and amplifies it. Essentially, it removes the self-control and notions of good…

— Brian Pinkerton

Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact notion of sincerity, and in the end…

— Joseph Conrad

I'm not a pacifist at all; I think there is a notion of "just war" that can be persuasively argued. I think…

— Cornel West

I actually don't subscribe to the notion that comedy is easier than drama. When you're trying to be funny and you're not…

— Tom Hollander

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion.

— Jonathan Swift

People have this notion of me being this sweet, nice girl, but I'm kind of a pervert.

— Michelle Branch

The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has…

— Francis Hutcheson

If you feel like loving me, if you've got the notion, I second that emotion.

— Smokey Robinson

The traditional notion of an architect having a vision of a building and then drawing it either on paper or on a…

— Michael Hansmeyer

People in the church should not accept the notion that the public square is off limits to religious values.

— Lloyd Billingsley

We have a very foolish notion in Western countries that progress delivers freedom. But progress doesn't necessarily bring moral virtue.

— Richard Flanagan

There's been an awful lot of discussion about what is or isn't simple, and people have gotten a pretty sophisticated notion of…

— Ward Cunningham

Gravity works in your life, the notion of free will works in your life, however problematic it may at times be.

— Margaret Atwood

If you have any notion of where you are going, you will never get anywhere.

— Joan Miro