The "social contract," in the only sense in which it is not completely mythical, is a contract among conquerors, which loses its… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then… — Norman Jewison Copy Share Image
“We are women. We talk. We all do. I love to talk. It's my reason for being. No. It's my raison d'etre.… — Suzy Valtsioti Copy Share Image
“The personal checks and balances that most of us bring to bear when we are employed in other activities - we ask… — Raghuram G. Rajan Copy Share Image
Government and state can never be perfect because they owe their raison d'être to the imperfection of man and can attain their… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“The novel has accompanied man uninterruptedly and faithfully since the beginning of the Modern Era. It was then that the "passion to… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'être only as a preparation for an action and a meaning solely in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Edward Snowden is anything but narcissist. In fact, I wonder every day how he could come up with the courage, muster the… — Lawrence Wilkerson Copy Share Image
“To Mr. Blot, who went through life an unconscious example of the raison d'être of the British Empire, a shipwreck was merely… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Copy Share Image
Trying to demonstrate good leadership was not our raison d'etre. We're still just trying to make a comedy. — Brendan Hunt Copy Share Image
Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'être. Virtually all of our aunts and uncles had Ph.D.s… — Steven Chu Copy Share Image
“I just don't understand why some people think that every book you read ought to be "improving". No one goes to the… — Catherine Jones Copy Share Image
“If I know the classical psychological theories well enough to pass my comps and can reformulate them in ways that can impress… — Stephen Muse Copy Share Image
“Facts and information are the nourishment, the lifeblood, the raison d'etre, and also the bane and despair of librarians and researchers.” — Kee Malesky Copy Share Image
You have to look at the fundamental raison d'être of the business - what is it doing? What's the nature of the… — Kevin Kinsella Copy Share Image
“Of course the crank religions wouldn't like it, in view of the fact that their raison d'etre was based on misery, indefinitely… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Because ethics is fundamentally about questioning the ends, the goals and aims of our actions, we must come back to the rules… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Eliza's constant harping didn't even get to Martha, although it sometimes seemed that Eliza's raison d'etre was to urinate on Martha's parade.” — Adele Parks Copy Share Image
“Never forget these words: Every living creature on earth has its raison d'être.” — sir kristian goldmund aumann Copy Share Image
I want to drink life to the dregs, to enlarge myself to the absolute limits of my being - and to strive… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
The central fact for me is, I think, that the [role of the] intellectual... cannot be played without a sense of being… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
“That was what made Vincent so perfect. His raison d'être. He was feminine to the point of being non-threatening, and masculine enough… — Nicole Castle Copy Share Image
It's not going to be my political raison d'etre, I think it would be presumptuous to take a leadership role. But I… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
