Once you get past the grand normative claims made in the West for literature, especially the novel, in the post-Christian era -… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
No two people see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will often apply the same principle, recognized by both, differently. Even… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The old view was that delicacy of language was part of the nature, the sacred nature, of eros and that to speak… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
I should be able to express moral views on social issues - especially those that have been the underpinning of Western civilization… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
If you view life as a gold rush, you're going to end up worshiping a golden calf. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about. — Tom Chappel Copy Share Image
Why is one view permissible and the other criminally barred-other than because the force of law is being used to control political… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
My position is that I am personally opposed to abortion, but I don't think I have a right to impose my view… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
People are not the only interesting organism on earth. From the point of view of scientific or commercial value, there are lots… — Daniel Nathans Copy Share Image
To the mind which looks not to general results in the economy of Nature, the earth may seem to present a scene… — William Buckland Copy Share Image
I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
The United States is facing serious pushback from Turkey, which is not comfortable with the view that the Islamic State is a… — Vijay Prashad Copy Share Image
It is my view that these circumstances indicate the universe was created for man to live in. — Robert Jastrow Copy Share Image
The modern physicist is a quantum theorist on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and a student of gravitational relativity on Tuesday, Thursday, and… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
I was always optimistic. And I held to and was guided by my views. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
I must firmly adhere to the views I have held and practice, that Socialism to succeed must be practical, tolerant, cohesive and… — John Burns Copy Share Image
Many people hope a spiritual practice will let them avoid what they are ashamed of. But when you hide something from yourself,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Racist, sexist, and homophobic thoughts cannot, alas, be abolished by fiat but only by the time-honored methods of persuasion, education and exposure… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
There are common denominators that unite all members of al-Nahda: There is no one in al-Nahda who doubts about Islam There is… — Rashid al-Ghannushi Copy Share Image
So if you look at the writings of intellectuals, there are two kinds. One said, l"Look, if we fought harder we could… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I've got personal views on the '60s. You can't have freedom without paying the price for it. — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
I think our culture views success as visibility, being seen as being successful. Whereas I've learned that success is rooted in helping… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
True literature should rouse the reader, unsettle him, change his view of the world, give him a resolute push over the cliff… — Félix J. Palma Copy Share Image
The best movies are made from a point of view of an understanding of human nature and an understanding of history and… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
In life, you don't get instant satisfaction. In life, you get to slog. You work. You grow. You take the long view.… — Amy Dickinson Copy Share Image
[Biblical counseling] Must insist that the image of God is central to developing a solid view of personality; that our sinfulness, not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My religious point of view is something I can't talk about. It goes against my belief system to talk publicly about my… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
I am writing a play which I probably will not finish until the end of November. I am writing it with considerable… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
The trend of all knowledge at the present is to specialize, but archaeology has in it all the qualities that call for… — Margaret Murray Copy Share Image
If you are offended by reading views that disagree with yours, then yes, you will be offended. However, it is not gratuitously… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
A foreign minister, I will maintain it, can never be a good man of business if he is not an agreeable man… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Get the big view of your job. Think, really think your present job is important. That next promotion depends mostly on how… — David J. Schwartz Copy Share Image
Bitterness grows in us when we fail to see the trouble and pain in our lives from God's point of view, and… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
By fundamentally changing how we design the places and systems that enable our daily lives, we can slash emissions way beyond the… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
Some may say [journal keeping] is a great deal of trouble. But we should not call anything trouble which brings to pass… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
That is the strangest thing about the world: how it looks so different from every point of view. — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
We who are privileged to be in these chambers today can view the challenges we face as opportunities, not as reasons for… — Tom McCall Copy Share Image
Conspiracy theories abound in American politics. I don't think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Some people harbour an awkward clash of feelings - homosexual attraction on the one hand and shame or embarrassment about that attraction… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image