The desire of perfection became the ruling passion of their soul; and it is well known, that while reason embraces a cold… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I guess I've always written more from the opposite perspective, that kind of existentialist perspective which argues that existence precedes essence. And… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I do not like football, which I think of as a game in which two tractors approach each other from opposite directions… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
People think that in order for something to work, it has to be complicated, but a lot of times the opposite is… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of independent film, which are short shoots that are usually four to six weeks, max. I enjoy everything.… — Adelaide Clemens Copy Share Image
Switchfoot is a surfing term… To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
The practice of discernment is part of higher consciousness. Discernment is not just a step up from judgment. In life's curriculum, it… — Glenda Green Copy Share Image
Building your "dream life" is filled with things that can feel like the opposite of a dream: Mistakes Delays Starting over Failure… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The philosopher Schopenhauer said, 'Opposites throw light upon each other.' Beauty does not belong exclusively to the regions of light and loveliness,… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of… — Theodore J. Forstmann Copy Share Image
At the bottom of philosophy something very true and very desperate whispers: Everyone is hungry all the time. Everyone is starving. Everyone… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
The thing that I've run up against is that it's always been an either-or proposition, especially in Hollywood. You're either young and… — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
It's been my experience that people who make proclamations about themselves are usually the opposite of what they claim to be. If… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
Do you really know the living Jesus - not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
John Kerry presented his confidence and his convictions. It's not about confidence, it's about evidence. The Russians have completely opposite evidence that… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular belief, we do not face a choice between economy and ecology, It is often said that protecting the environment… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin or when he sees silver he looks… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
We needed a "psychenaut" program to be the opposite of the astronaut program in order to explore the enormous domains and dimensions… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
It is absolutely impossible for a subject to see or have insight into something while leaving itself out of the picture, so… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When she took her opposite place in the carriage corner, the brightness in her face was so charming to behold, that on… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women are combined. That's been a traditional Catholic… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To be healed we must come with all… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The Law Polarity decrease that everything has an opposite it's the flip side of the coin, you're right my left, the front… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
I made very clear at the time that the love of same sex couples is every bit as valuable as that of… — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
I think if you live in London, it's such a cosmopolitan city; nobody even notices different-race relationships. I assumed it would be… — Alex Kingston Copy Share Image
The vocals are the very last thing I do. So, it's kinda the opposite: with country. it's singing and guitar first, but… — Hank Williams III Copy Share Image
I was so tired, wasn't having fun any more, and wasn't sure if I wanted to do this any longer. So I… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
I'm keeping myself to myself. And I like it that way. I'm not hunting. I'm the opposite of a - what would… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
“We were opposites in so many ways, but we loved each other in spite of our differences. We loved each other’s unique… — Skye Jordan Copy Share Image
I had a back-and-forth where I asked Donald Trump, is it true or false that he said the government should pay for… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
A lot of people say I'm not very friendly, that I'm cold. But I'm just the opposite. I live a very simple… — Justine Henin Copy Share Image
The teens are emotionally unstable and pathic. It is a natural impulse to experience hot and perfervid psychic states, and it is… — G. Stanley Hall Copy Share Image
To show you, just to illustrate the inroads the homosexual marriage crowd has made, it is now common to hear on television… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I've found that if I tell somebody 'Eat this and don't do that,' it's not only not helpful, it's counterproductive because even… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
As a writer, I've often said that, among the other things that we need to reclaim, other than the obscene wealth of… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
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