There was no use in trying to emancipate a wife who had not the dimmest notion that she was not free. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
I wanted to disprove the notion that you couldn't open a great restaurant in a casino. — David Chang Copy Share Image
Whenever the child is given the notion that he needs to be entertained, learning comes almost to a halt. — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share Image
It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it. — James Hillman Copy Share Image
I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody. — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
There is this notion that the lives of the comfortable-off middle class don't merit being treated seriously and with compassion. — William Nicholson Copy Share Image
The case against the notion of historical objectivity is like the case against international law, or international morality; that it does not… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
for the first time I tasted this tropical fruit, which people here are so fond of. ... I could have fancied I… — Fredrika Bremer Copy Share Image
We in America count on the profit motive to get people to do the right thing. That's our basic American notion when… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
Most people are fascinated to see someone play an instrument in an inspired way. We are moved by witnessing musical brilliance, and… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
The notion of multiple literacies recognized that there are many ways of being-and of becoming-literate, and that how literacy develops and how… — Jerome Bruner Copy Share Image
How deluded we sometimes are by the clear notions we get out of books. They make us think that we really understand… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I do deeply deplore, of the sake of the cause, the prevalent notion, that the clergy must be had, either by persuasion… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our institutions, if they do not erode entirely, can survive periods of decadence brought on by our material success, eras when the… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Once you accept anything as tacked down, then you begin to build a structure, to accept limits. Then you have to make… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
The principal thing is the question of how our culture views age: that old is ugly. Take a photographer like Mapplethorpe. Every… — John Coplans Copy Share Image
America gave the world the notion of the melting pot - an alchemical cooking device wherein diverse ethnic and religious groups voluntarily… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
The modern [endtimes] notion has greatly damped the zeal of the church for missions, and the sooner it is shown to be… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The institutions of college athletics exist primarily as unreality fueled by deceit. The unreality is that universities should be in the business… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
Time indeed changes manners and notions, and so far we must expect institutions to bend to them. But time produces also corruption… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Vision, in my view, is the cause of the greatest benefit to us, inasmuch as none of the accounts now given concerning… — Plato Copy Share Image
So many misconceptions surround the notion of heroism. Far too many categorize a hero as a champion on the battlefield, a commander… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
That, they never could lay their heads upon their pillows; that, they could never tolerate the idea of their wives laying their… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It is a strangely irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Most students of nature sooner or later pass through a process of writing off a large percentage of their supposed capital of… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
The notion of following your passion is worth indulging. Your passion is your source of power. To live really a full life,… — Doug Peacock Copy Share Image
Every attempt, by whatever authority, to fix a maximum of productive labor by a given worker in a given time is an… — Nicholas Murray Butler Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious. — James Cook Copy Share Image
I believe this notion of separation of church and state was the figment of some infidel's imagination. — W. A. Criswell Copy Share Image
We all want to be happy. We need to expand the notion of what that means, to make it bigger and wiser. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous. — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further. — Martin Parr Copy Share Image