Alter Quotes

496 quotes by 422 authors

The definition of disappointment in life is expectations minus reality equals disappointment. The only two solutions you have to get over disappointment is to either… — Randy Carlson
So a lot of me is still a little kid, and I think that kind of helps alter my sense of reality - it makes… — Christy Carlson Romano
Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be found… — George Mason
Politicians cannot alter trends. — Harold Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson
One has not only an ability to perceive the world but an ability to alter one's perception of it; more simply, one can change things… — Tom Robbins
What sets science and the law apart from religion is that nothing is expected to be taken on faith. We're encouraged to ask whether the… — Gary Taubes
As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you… — Iain Banks
The things we truly love, the things forming the basis and roots of our being, are generally things we never look at. A huge piece… — Jean Dubuffet
Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairy-tale artist, you have to get your knowledge of life from somewhere. You have to know the… — Hunter S. Thompson
The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist it. Are we… — Howard Lyman
We have at most ten years - not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse… — James Hansen
The price we pay for the complexity of life is too high. When you think of all the effort you have to put in -telephonic,… — Jean Baudrillard
An artist who wants to transpose a composition onto a larger canvas must conceive it over again in order to preserve its expression; he must… — Henri Matisse
I am not making spiteful assertions now but merely stating the facts-that, for instance, among Hungarian generals there is such a considerable percentage of men… — Heinrich Himmler
All European tradition, Marxism included, has conspired to defy the natural order of all things. Mother Earth has been abused, the powers have been abused,… — Russell Means
When a woman ceases to alter the fashion of her hair, you guess that she has passed the crisis of her experience. — Mary Hunter Austin
In existing States a fresh law is looked upon as a remedy for evil. Instead of themselves altering what is bad, people begin by demanding… — Peter Kropotkin
I alter some things, eliminate and try again until I am satisfied. Then begins the mental working out of this material in its breadth, its… — Ludwig van Beethoven
The announcement that there is a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen television series hasn't caused me to drastically alter my opinions. Now it seems they are… — Alan Moore
When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir? — John Maynard Keynes

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422 authors contributed a total of 496 Alter Quotes, led by these top contributors: