What is the purpose of writing music? One is, of course, not dealing with purposes but dealing with sounds. Or the answer… — John Cage Copy Share Image
Jesus brings mystery, paradox, and tension - rarely did someone get a straight answer out of Him — Mike Erre Copy Share Image
The incomparable James Walvin has done it again: he has crafted a beautifully written and deeply informed single volume history of the… — David W. Blight Copy Share Image
Thinking about language, while thinking _in_ language, leads to puzzles and paradoxes. — James Gleick Copy Share Image
The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
One of the striking things about doing research on Malcolm X, and I believe that most Malcolm X researchers could tell you… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns'… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems… — William O'Neil Copy Share Image
In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable. I was experiencing seducer's paradox: The better a seducer I became, the… — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
The knife is the most durable, immortal, the most genius thing that man created. The knife was the guillotine; the knife is… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
The paradox is that we have this amazing capacity in our minds and hearts to learn and gain insights and then to… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
Self control is about being in charge of the direction our lives are taking. Now for the paradox: We get control of… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
Money is either the best or the worst area of communication in our marriages. — Larry Burkett Copy Share Image
The universe (he said) offers a paradox too great for the finite mind to grasp. As the living brain cannot conceive of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The paradox is that money never meant anything to me. And it still doesn't, except now as an occasion for regret in… — David Milch Copy Share Image
It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
True learning always creates a paradox of promoting disagreement in order to create a consensus. — Frank Matobo Copy Share Image
“From time to time I once wondered how one wanders from time to time And think up the paradox line Speak of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
