Most people turn things like elections into a fetish and think it's the only way to go: if we just keep giving… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Alternative medicine plays into this exaggerated notion that you can prevent disease simply by doing the right thing. — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
A lot of people like the idea of eternal love and eternal romance. The notion of love that is more profound and… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
One of the greatest mistakes that people make who pursue self-discovery is they neglect to develop their careers. There is a popular… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion… — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
Thrift is not some obsolete Victorian notion. . . . It will be the difference between those who prosper and achieve respect… — Peter George Peterson Copy Share Image
It's entirely possible that the notion of what is the past, what is the present and what is the future, could change. — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I certainly think the antagonism came out of a mistaken notion amongst the Indian people that the Chinese aggressed on us, and… — Subramanian Swamy Copy Share Image
But what does interest me is the notion that if you do a lot of work it means there's a potential for… — Richard Serra Copy Share Image
The notion of dream interpretation far antedates the birth of psychoanalysis, and probably served an important function in most, if not all,… — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
People have romantic notions about television. In the highest realms they think it's some sort of art medium, and it's not. Others… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“Arguing whether or not God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name of… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Private Manning is the world's pre-eminent prisoner of conscience, having remained true to the Nuremberg principle that every soldier has the right… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
Having grown up as a young Army officer in the Vietnam era, I had an instinctual sort of notion that you have… — Jack Reed Copy Share Image
There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it's only,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We have a basic notion that unless we find a solution for environmental problems, we will not achieve sustainable growth in the… — Hiroyuki Watanabe 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
I'm not besotted with the notion of being on CNN to the point that I'm going to suddenly morph into Anderson Cooper… — Anthony Bourdain 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
The notion of a defense that will protect American cities is one that will not be achieved, but it is that goal… — James R. Schlesinger Copy Share Image
The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be… — Gilbert K. Chesterton 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 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
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
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
There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Until Systers came into existence, the notion of a global 'community of women in computer science' did not exist. — Anita Borg 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
Somehow we've even developed the notion that a woman who seeks to meet her husband's needs is subservient (but a husband who… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
Einstein was a great advocate of the notion that good ideas look absurd at the beginning. Camus expressed a similar view. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
The whole notion that I don't appeal to the demographic - all my fans are young men. Someone asked me the other… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
I guess, in a very real sense, I'm a Gnostic. I had been looking all my life for some great mystery... I… — Whitfield Diffie Copy Share Image
Everything in your life might be good, but there's still this notion that everything is not going to be okay, that there's… — Steven Drozd Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't endorse the notion of mortality. It's fine for other folk, but I disapprove of the concept for me and… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
I felt slightly snobby about the genre. My pre-conceived notion of the comic book world had been: "Oh, that's nothing that I… — Matthew William Goode Copy Share Image
