Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be — Curtis W. Fentress Copy Share Image
The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
I thought I was so ugly for so long, and I wasted so much of my life on this dumb notion. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I'm a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes. — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
Gravity works in your life, the notion of free will works in your life, however problematic it may at times be. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The notion of a record is an obsolete remnant of the days of the 80-column card. — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
Mr. Doctor, that loose gown becomes you so well I wonder your notions should be so narrow. — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
This very concept of police assault is a colonialist notion and it holds no significance in a modern, democratic society. — Pinarayi Vijayan Copy Share Image
One of the things that I've noticed over the years is that I seem to be fascinated as a writer with the… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Gollum was so interesting to me because he's morally ambivalent, and I love the notion of a quest that is to lose… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I had this notion that I could convince people who were skeptical of national Democrats to vote for me because I could… — Brad Carson Copy Share Image
If we give up the notion that everybody’s life is perfect but ours, we would be a lot happier. Nobody’s life is… — Joy Browne Copy Share Image
Men and boys always want to go fight. They are always looking for a reason to go to war. It is the… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
My brand of fantasy is completely devoid of the traditional notions of magic as ritual. Instead I see the fantastic as a… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
The self-styled practical man of affairs who pooh-poohs philosophy as a lot of windy notions is himself a pragmatist or a positivist,… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I haven't the faintest notion what possible revolutionary role white hetero- sexual men could fulfill, since they are the very embodiment of… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
There's this notion that actors choose their career. After a certain level, I think that that's true. I still take way more… — Dallas Roberts Copy Share Image
I was enrolled in divinity school and thought I was going to become a minister - I'm Episcopalian - but I was… — John Green Copy Share Image
A secret is powerful when it is empty. People often mention the "Masonic secret." What on earth is the Masonic secret? No… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Don't strive for somebody else's notion of perfection. It's an unattainable and ultimately ridiculous goal. Strive instead to be uniquely yourself and… — Meredith Vieira Copy Share Image
The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
[Women photographers] provide an inspiring reminder to all women that the choice to see, or be seen, is ours. We live in… — Diane Keaton Copy Share Image
If you can't fail then how can you possible develop as a communicator or as a creator of anything? We are locked… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
Rather than protecting music as a sublimely meaningless activity that has managed to escape social signification, I insist on treating it as… — Susan McClary Copy Share Image
As many critics of religion have pointed out, the notion of a creator poses an immediate problem of an infinite regress. If… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
In America we have only the bourgeoisie, and the love of the heroic is one of the few counterpoises available to us.… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
So I suppose I do not know how he really looked, and, in fact, I suppose I shall never know, now, for… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
...the idea of a spiritual part of our nature that survives death, the notion of an afterlife, ought to be easy for… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The delight of the Torah is ignited by an inner awareness. A man begins to sense the great tapestry of each letter… — Abraham Isaac Kook Copy Share Image
There's a current notion that you should "take charge of your disease." No thanks. I'm busy. I've got cancer. I'm willing to… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself. — William Jones Copy Share Image
She's got some sort of notion in her head concerning the eternal rights of women. — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
There's this notion that artists are supposed to be dumb and frivolous. I completely disagree with that. — Lauren Jauregui Copy Share Image
A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Pursuit is a rather desperate act in itself. There's something kind of frantic about the notion of pursuit. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I could never even entertain the notion that it's an option, to not be an artist. — Dustin Yellin Copy Share Image
In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether, — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image