For thence a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, - Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail: What I aspired… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
“At which Charion Pratt blushed girlishly, to her own furious embarrassment, yet the eye she cast upon the little coxcomb was not… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
Nuclear weapons present us with a paradox: We spend billions of dollars building and maintaining them in the hope that we never… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of… — Jack London Copy Share Image
There is nothing absolute and final. If everything were ironclad, all the rules absolute and everything structured so no paradox or irony… — Itzhak Bentov Copy Share Image
There is a paradox in politics that what it takes to get elected is not necessarily what it takes to govern, and… — Bennett Miller 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
“And he who wields white, wild magic gold is a paradox For he is everything and nothing Hero and fool Potent, helpless… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
And nothing inspires as much shame as being a parent. Children confront us with our paradoxes and hypocrisies, and we are exposed.… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“First, you need to understand the attitude that the current executive committee has toward IT," says Richter. "Do they believe that IT… — Martha Heller Copy Share Image
A cat is a purring parcel of paradox, a cunning collection of contradictions. A cat is lazy and busy, dainty and savage,… — Leonore Fleischer Copy Share Image
Part of the power of Emerson's individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that individualism does not mean isolation or self-sufficiency. This… — Robert D. Richardson Copy Share Image
You may remember the paradox of time we mentioned earlier: Whatever you do takes time, and yet it is always now. So… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Ah, yes, the trusty time paradox . If I go back in time and kill my grandfather, then shall I cease to… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
"Did God have a mother?" Children, when told that God made the heavens and the earth, innocently ask whether God had a… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“If the great paradox of Christianity means anything it means this- that we must take the crown in our hands, and go… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
As you open your awareness, life will improve of itself, you won't even have to try. It's a beautiful paradox: the more… — Thaddeus Golas Copy Share Image
One of lifes sharpest paradoxes is that our brightest future hinges on our ability to pay attention to what were doing right… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
The paradox is now fully established that the utmost abstractions are the true weapons with which to control our thought of concrete… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Here was a flower (the daisy reflected) strangely like itself and yet utterly unlike itself too. Such a paradox has often been… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
All through autumn we hear a double voice: one says everything is ripe; the other says everything is dying. The paradox is… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Our Western society is showing its technological muscles in ever more threatening ways, but the experience of fear, anxiety and even despair… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We want a free market, but we know that the paradox of a 'free' market is that sometimes you have to intervene.… — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
“What conclusion is to be drawn from this paradox so worthy of being born in our time; and what will become of… — Jean Jaques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Beware those who stand nearest, for they see both your strengths and your scars. The hand that offers comfort can just as… — Pierre Lagrenat Copy Share Image
The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
It is a great paradox and a great injustice that writers write because we fear death and want to leave something indestructible… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
The paradox of the culture wars is that they have made celebrities out of some artists who would otherwise vanish. Censorship has… — Michael Kimmelman Copy Share Image
People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You… — Michael Gruber Copy Share Image
It is one of the paradoxes of journalism: The more servile a reporter is toward his sources, the more authoritative he can… — Andrew Ferguson Copy Share Image
I’m almost never serious, and I’m always too serious. Too deep, too shallow. Too sensitive, too cold hearted. I’m like a collection… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
The paradox explored in my book 'The Innovator's Dilemma' is that successful companies can fail by making the 'right' decisions in the… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
“The worst mistake you can make, Kroeber taught, is to see another person through the lens of your prejudices. The second worst… — Paul La Farge Copy Share Image
“So I shut up and hold out a one-pound note, but he throws it on the ground, snatches back both pieces of… — Basma Abdel Aziz Copy Share Image
'm really proud of 'Sad, Sad World' because it manages to state a very complex paradox of an emotion that I experienced… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
There's Jevon's paradox that the better we get at efficiently using energy the more energy we use; so that and that machine… — Kim Stanley Robinson 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
“As Carl Rogers, one of the founders of humanistic psychology, once noted: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as… — William Ury Copy Share Image
