Absolute Quotes

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May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best - out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the… — May Sarton
In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute. — Francis Schaeffer
There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger. — Albert Schweitzer
I chose 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective,' or I'll say it chose me, and it was an absolute blessing, for the experience of being in Africa… — Jill Scott
I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't… — Donna Shalala
Death is an absolute marvel. — William Shatner
You can't jump to vegan if you're not. Some people are absolute. Some people are able to be gradual. — Russell Simmons
When I was in college, my school newspaper accepted an ad from a Holocaust revisionist organization. This would have been offensive on most college campuses… — Simon Sinek
I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise. — Peter Singer
Any government, that is its own judge of, and determines authoritatively for the people, what are its own powers over the people, is an absolute… — Lysander Spooner
If a jury have not the right to judge between the government and those who disobey its laws, and resist its oppressions, the government is… — Lysander Spooner
The right of absolute and irresponsible dominion is the right of property, and the right of property is the right of absolute, irresponsible dominion. The… — Lysander Spooner
Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's… — Charles Stanley
I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or… — Lara Stone
Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. — William Styron
My absolute favorite meal in Nashville is sweet-potato pancakes at Pancake Pantry. — Taylor Swift
For the broadcast business to be successful, viewers need to be not merely interested in our political melodramas, they have to be in an absolute… — Matt Taibbi
The future is too interesting and dangerous to be entrusted to any predictable, reliable agency. We need all the fallibility we can get. Most of… — Lewis Thomas
If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison… — Hunter S. Thompson

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