Absolute Quotes

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The other aspect of idealism is the one which gives us our notion of the absolute Self. To it the first is only preparatory. This… — Josiah Royce
Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the primal call to… — John Lahr
I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible… — Jack Dee
Et Tu, Babe' was born out of my absolute certainty that a writer's life was solitary and insular, and I was happy with that. I… — Mark Leyner
Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children. — Lord Mountbatten
In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in seeing… — Norman MacCaig
I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments. — Roger Mahony
When you immerse yourself in medicine you realise that hope is not absolute. It's not that simple. — Siddhartha Mukherjee
The actual infinite arises in three contexts: first when it is realized in the most complete form, in a fully independent otherworldly being, in Deo,… — Georg Cantor
I'm in an absolute frenzy towards doing as many things as I can that I want to do today. The rest can wait till tomorrow,… — Buck Owens
We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism-and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The… — Che Guevara
The idea of eternity lives in all of us. We thirst to live in a belief which raises our small personality to a higher coherence… — Christian Lous Lange
You know, I was such a big Beatles fan, and when I'd buy a new album I'd invariably hate it the first time I heard… — Andy Partridge
I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction. — David Petraeus
My absolute favorite movie of all time is Pink Floyd's 'The Wall.' Nothing compares to it. I have seen it thousands of times and still… — Pauley Perrette
I was elected by the people of Australia as Prime Minister of Australia. I was elected to do a job, I intend to continue doing… — Kevin Rudd
I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for… — Gabourey Sidibe
Everything is relative except relatives, and they are absolute. — Alfred Stieglitz
Life is endless reality. There is reality after reality, spinning on endlessly into the cosmos, billions and billions of manifest universes. Underlying all of this… — Frederick Lenz
War is an absolute failure of imagination, scientific and political. — Adrienne Rich

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