The idea of the Overton Window of using people on the political fringe to change the terms of acceptable debate, that's an… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Gradually, by selective breeding, the congenital differences between rulers and ruled will increase until they become almost different species. A revolt of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Creativity requires the freedom to consider 'unthinkable' alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices. Every organization, every society is under the… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Funnily enough, Northern Ireland is a great example of where politics can win over conflict. The decision to down arms and follow… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
Without creative, independently thinking and judging personalities the upward development of society is as unthinkable as the development of the individual personality… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The Internet has made me very casual with a level of omniscience that was unthinkable a decade ago. I now wonder if… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
What makes a nightmare nightmarish is the sense that something is happening that should not be. While nightmares are the most convenient… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
“The thought of you being dead—I realised I couldn’t bear it. Bad enough not to have you. But for you not to… — Joanna Chambers Copy Share Image
If you want to change people by talking about God, then there is only one way: instead of teaching God, you must… — Eugen Drewermann Copy Share Image
But I think it’s important to discuss just how easy it is for any of us to get caught up in things… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Free will appears unfettered, deliberate; it is boundlessly free, wandering, the spirit. But fate is a necessity; unless we believe that world… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“In life, growth is imminent. And, growth without change, is unthinkable. And, to make the unthinkable thinkable, new roads need to be… — Sandeep N. Tripathi Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Historically, I guess that's how science fiction works: you start by using aliens to think the unthinkable and then, eventually, another… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Hurricane Charley is the worst natural disaster to befall our state in a dozen years, and it is unthinkable that anyone would… — Charlie Crist Copy Share Image
The average film has eight or ten producers on it. That is just in a world that would be unthinkable to me,… — Rick McCallum Copy Share Image
War is unthinkable in a society of autonomous people who have discovered the connectedness of all humanity, who are unafraid of alien… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
As you prepare for the many things that fall brings, such as school, harvest and winter, it is important to be prepared… — Mike Crapo Copy Share Image
I think of the people who commit these acts as children. They're in their 20s, but like certain children, they have been… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
One can know everything and still be unable to accept the fact that sex and murder are fused in the male consciousness,… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Reality prior to my language exists as an unthinkable thought. . . . life precedes love, bodily matter precedes the body, and… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
The reduction of the earth to an object simply for human's use/ possession is unthinkable in most traditional cultures... the earth belongs… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
Whatever truth we feel compelled to withhold, no matter how unthinkable it is to imagine ourselves telling it, not to is a… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We who have grown up on a diet of honour and shame can still grasp what must seem unthinkable to people living… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
If Israel falls to the terrorists, the entire free world will tremble. To forsake Israel now would be tantamount to forsaking Great… — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
What a terrible thing it would be to be the Pope! What unthinkable responsibilities to fall on your shoulders at an advanced… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The history of intellectual growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need for unfettered freedom, the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the… — C. Vann Woodward Copy Share Image
Americans who have parents raised during the Great Depression or World War II understand how drastically things have changed on the home… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
[Humans'] capacity to intervene, to compare, to judge, to decide, to choose, to desist makes them capable of acts of greatness, of… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
That was how divorced from the human scale modern warfare had become. You could smash and destroy from unthinkable distances, obliterate planets… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
Republicans should embrace the possibility that Obamacare could pave the way toward lower health care entitlement spending overall. That won't be easy.… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
Needless to say, this would be an unthinkable crime—as it would kill tens of millions of innocent civilians in a single day—but… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“The Unthinkable is not a book about disaster recovery; it’s about what happens in the midst—before the police and firefighters arrive, before… — Amanda Ripley Copy Share Image
To not apologize for the behavior of the players to another manager is unthinkable. It's a disgrace, but I don't expect Wenger… — Alex Ferguson Copy Share Image