Particular Quotes · Page 78

I grew up in a very rationalist household. My father, in particular, came from that mid-century tradition of thinking science will ultimately…

— Andrew Solomon

It is commonplace of all religious thought that the man seeking visions and insight must go apart from his fellows and live…

— Loren Eiseley

Since coming to Congress, I have been advocating for increased resources for research in the physical sciences and for the Department of…

— Judy Biggert

I've never thought of my name at the top of the marquee in any particular terms other than, you know, slight bewilderment.

— Bobby Keys

I have people that I'm close to that give me things to read throughout the season, and in particular in the playoffs…

— Derek Fisher

I had no name for that particular hue of orange, other than unfortunate.

— Rachel Caine

Yes, gentlemen, give me the map of any country, its configuration, its climate, its waters, its winds, and the whole of its…

— Victor Cousin

It's a technical, fairly difficult job that has no particular political connotations, so I doubt there are any big campaign contributors dying…

— Alice Rivlin

How sad it is!" murmured Dorian Gray with his eyes still fixed upon his own portrait. "How sad it is! I shall…

— Oscar Wilde

I've had that situation where I start writing somebody really miserable, and in order to make the story come alive, I have…

— George Saunders

Sometimes in some places they would actually stop the train - keep the train from stopping at a particular station because they…

— Isabel Wilkerson

What's great about games in particular is that it's a socially acceptable way for adults to imagine.

— Kim Swift

When you put off a task, you buy yourself time to engage in divergent thinking rather than foreclosing on one particular idea.

— Adam Grant

You rely on a lot of things about learning to play a particular character.

— Peter Riegert

So I let them be responsible for there particular areas. Then by the time it gets to me that means that there…

— Dusty Baker

Because we're always more woundable when caught at exactly the time where we're in the mood for that particular product or service…

— Martin Lindstrom

In particular, the efforts to reestablish peace after the World War have been directed toward the formation of states and the regulation…

— Christian Lous Lange

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few…

— Henry David Thoreau

Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed.…

— Haruki Murakami

Individuals inherit a particular space within an interlocking set of social relationships; lacking that space, they are nobody, or at best a…

— Alasdair MacIntyre

This is something particular to actors, especially in plays, and in films, too - but in plays, it's like, don't get involved…

— Tom Courtenay

Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of…

— Cody Lundin

In Europe, where climate change absolutism is at its strongest, the quasi-religion of greenery in general and the climate change issue in…

— Nigel Lawson

If one's interest is not in some global question about the possibility of knowledge, but about some particular mechanism or inferential tendency,…

— Hilary Kornblith

Each celestial body, in fact each and every atom, produces a particular sound on account of its movement, its rhythm or vibration.…

— Pythagoras

Surrealism - in particular with Salvador Dali - was all about ego. It was all about extreme individualism.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

I probably also wanted to be black at that particular time [ 9 years old] as well.

— David Bowie

Complex organisms cannot be construed as the sum of their genes, nor do genes alone build particular items of anatomy or behavior…

— Stephen Jay Gould

We need narrative; it feeds us in a particular way, and deconstructing it completely before you've actually experienced it, I think it…

— Joss Whedon

I admire the ballad form most of all. Stories are irresistible. I've always had a passion for stories, the endings being of…

— David Massengill

There are two things in particular that it [the computer industry] failed to foresee: one was the coming of the Internet(...); the…

— Douglas Adams

I don't know of any cases where as a result of religious precepts a population have found themselves enjoying less food than…

— Marvin Harris

My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.

— Natalia Vodianova

We always have a basic structure for a piece of music, but we encourage the musicians to elaborate on whatever they feel…

— Lisa Gerrard

To conjure a particular knowledge you visualize an architectural structure and then you walk around and see the details that then bring…

— Anne Waldman

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of…

— Augustus Hare

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put…

— Madeleine Albright

It is simple nonsense to speak of the fixed tempo of any particular vocal phrase. Each voice has its peculiarities.

— Anton Seidl

A MIDI file contains coded instructions to play a particular series of notes on an electronic music synthesizer. A MIDI file is…

— Charles Petzold

“As a society, we need to get lots more flexible about what constitutes beauty. It isn’t a particular hair color or a…

— Victoria Moran