Absolute Quotes

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Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11.30 tonight. He can make no such prediction… — James Truslow Adams
Knowing is passing from the false to the true and seeing the Absolute Whole in the part. — Mahmud Shabistari
Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money can buy nor power for power's sake... but absolute personal… — Joan Didion
To the believer Marxism presents, first, a system of ultimate ends that embody the meaning of life and are absolute standards by which to judge… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation. To be humble is not to make comparisons. Secure in its… — Dag Hammarskjold
Spiritual life is absolute reality. Krishna is real but we have lost the ability to realize him. — Bhakti Charu Swami
In the mind there is no absolute or free will; but the mind is determined to wish this or that by a cause, which has… — Baruch Spinoza
First and foremost, my involvement within the Olympic pursuit and Games were obviously surrounded by only putting the absolute best nutrients into my body. — Apolo Ohno
Skittles are my absolute favourite. — Leigh Lezark
Science is not, despite how it is often portrayed, about absolute truths. It is about developing an understanding of the world, making predictions, and then… — Brian Schmidt
Even if I stumble on to the absolute truth of any aspect of the universe, I will not realise my luck and instead will spend… — Brian Schmidt
I used to think that the great thing about sculpture was that, like Stonehenge, it was something that stood against time in an adamantine way,… — Antony Gormley
I grew up in a wood cabin on Puget Sound in Manchester, Wash. My family taught me to appreciate the arts and the outdoors, and… — Steven Holl
In many cases, water stress is more about politics, economics, behaviour and governance than absolute water scarcity. Better planning is needed, to allocate water where… — Ian Goldin
Jim Henson was an absolute genius. — Marcus Brigstocke
Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy. — Mavis Staples
I tend to be more arrogant on stage. Far more ignorant. I sometimes say what I think and sometimes say the opposite of what I… — Sarah Silverman
I married somebody half my age, and everybody thought I was crazy, but she is just an absolute angel. — Dick Van Dyke
The worst time was 1983. Love and life and everything went wrong. I reached absolute rock bottom. I saw the Minotaur at the bottom of… — Ben Okri

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