The ministers, who preached at these revivals, were in earnest. They were zealous and sincere. They were not philosophers. To them science… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Architects and painters know precisely what they are about as long as they deal with material phenomena.... But when they come to… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
We have found other terms far less vague than the old ones to designate the same complaints. It's a great advance linguistically. — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
While the agreement signed in Paris between 195 nations to combat climate change was historic and significant, it's still vague and lacks… — John B. Quigley Copy Share Image
When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Now 'pay equity' has everything to do with pay and nothing to do with equity. It’s based on the vague notion of… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
I studied cinema at the university so I had a very classical approach to it. I studied all those silent films, and… — Gaspard Ulliel Copy Share Image
Debates about housing dynamics are often vague, anectdotal, and ad hominem. — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
But what's your ultimate goal, you'll say. That goal will become clearer, will take shape slowly and surely, as the croquis becomes… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Consensus is usually made possible by vague language and shallow commitments. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
With the rise of capitalism, it became more obvious that people pursue individual self-interest. The great nationalist in Italy, Giuseppe Mazzini, a… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The knowledge that mankind needs is not the way or principle which has an absolute existence, but the particular truths for here… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending… — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
The process of philosophizing, to my mind, consists mainly in passing from those obvious, vague, ambiguous things, that we feel quite sure… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I do have aspirations when it comes to directing, I suppose, but in a sort of a vague way. It would probably… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
Men and women make sad mistakes about their own symptoms, taking their vague uneasy longings, sometimes for genius, sometimes for religion, and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
My father was a research scientist in tropical medicine, so I always assumed I would be a scientist, too. I felt that… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Even people who are aware that the traditional family farm has been taken over by big business interests, and that some questionable… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague,… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
I do not want to presuppose anything as known. I see in my explanation in section 1 the definition of the concepts… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
A jurisdiction thus vague and arbitrary was exposed to the most dangerous abuse: the substance, as well as the form, of justice… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
There is no governing structure for a pandemic, and little more than vague political pressure to ensure limited access to life-sparing tools… — Laurie Garrett Copy Share Image
The idea of freedom is quite in accord with a general, though vague, sentiment among us; it is an idea of fair… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
