Apparent Quotes

455 quotes by 402 authors

Only about one per cent of my paintings show family members. Do they help me deal with problems? It's likely that these problems can only… — Gerhard Richter
The need for a quick, satisfactory copying machine that could be used right in the office seemed very apparent to me-there seemed such a crying… — Chester Carlson
Each person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species. — Gordon Allport
Blame is especially useful in situations in which there is no apparent villain-those moments that prove, despite our advancement of learning, how susceptible we are… — Roger Rosenblatt
There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose… — Eugenio Montale
It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which… — Stephen Bayley
As specialists of apparent life, stars serve as superficial objects that people can identify with in order to compensate for the fragmented productive specialisations that… — Guy Debord
Human potential, though not always apparent, is there waiting to be discovered and invited forth. — William Watson Purkey
Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason. — Robert Bork
The outer world in all its variety and our inner world of thoughts and emotions are not as they seem. All phenomena appear to exist… — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
This is our most dangerous addiction - our addiction to things. For it is this addiction that underlies the materialism of our age. And nowhere… — Russell Peters
From reading over the notes for each session it was apparent that there had been improvement by more or less regular steps from almost complete… — Mary Cover Jones
I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned… — Elena Kagan
Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may… — A J Muste
It's apparent that we can't proceed any further without a name for this institutionalized garrulousness, this psychological patter, this need to catalogue the ego's condition.… — Richard Rosen
I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.… — Preet Bharara
Some frauds succeed from the apparent candor, the open confidence, and the full blaze of ingenuousness that is thrown around them. The slightest mystery would… — Charles Caleb Colton
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal. Some of their most esteemed… — H. L. Mencken
When an apparent miracle happened.it proved divine mission to the credulous, and proved a contract with the devil to the skeptical. — George Bernard Shaw
Our prayer service today and my words are not meant to demonize anyone, but are intended to call attention to the diabolical influences of the… — Thomas J. Paprocki

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