It is surely one of the curious paradoxes of history that science which professionally has little to do with faith, owes its… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
“It's paradoxical that an ordinary man like Nemur presumes to devote himself to making other people geniuses. He would like to be… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
Americans are pragmatic; we want quick, clean, simple solutions to vast problems. The paradox is that we're a deeply confessional culture, but… — David Means Copy Share Image
The Clinton paradox: How could a president so intelligent, so compassionate, so public-spirited and so conscious of his place in history act… — George Stephanopoulos Copy Share Image
I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes. — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There is a belief that there is a hyperobject called Overmind, or God, that casts a shadow into time. History is our… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides.… — Tony Schwartz Copy Share Image
This is the paradox for me: in failure alone is there any possibility of success. I don't think I'm alone in this… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“Or--to quote another paradoxical gem of my dad's: sometimes you have to lose to win.” — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Part of being a big winner is the ability to be a big loser. There is no paradox involved. It is a… — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a comma, it often occurs… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Writing is both the excursion into and the excursion out of one's life. That is the queasy paradox of the artistic life.… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Active management strategies demand uninstitutional behavior from institutions, creating a paradox that few can unravel. Establishing and maintaining an unconventional investment profile… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can… — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
It's only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Many Republicans who traditionally were for a positive role in the world, anti-Russian, now they want to defend their party and leader,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
In our heart we know that life loves life. Yet we feast on some of the other life-forms with which we share… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
The Universe is very, very big. It also loves a paradox. For example, it has some extremely strict rules. Rule number one:… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Did you ever find that there is room between the two opposing rules of a paradox? That space between two almost opposite… — Mu Xin Copy Share Image
“The Paradox of Sustenance: For an organism’s life to be continued; another organism’s life has to be discontinued.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
It's actually hard for creative people to know themselves because the creative self is more complex than the non-creative self. The things… — Scott Barry Kaufman Copy Share Image
