"If the creator had a purpose in equipping……" — Arthur Koestler
"If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out"
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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler has 110 quotes on this site.
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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei,…
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There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to…
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Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his…
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If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to…
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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
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In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
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As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe.…
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The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of…
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The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution…
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In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic…
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When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a…
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No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether…
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Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between…
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Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours,…
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On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume…
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
— Saint Basil
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The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round…
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I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I…
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Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies.…
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The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.
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There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the…
— Edmund Burke
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Great businessmen are creators.
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I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so…
— Eric Cantor
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The most important thing for me is having a relationship with God. To know that the owner, the creator of…
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