Artificial Quotes

516 quotes by 440 authors

It's the old case against symbols: if you get them, they seem obvious and artificial, and if you don't, you miss the whole point. — Wilfrid Sheed
I have had the rich satisfaction of knowing and working with many openly gay and lesbian Americans, and I have come to realize that "gay"… — Alan K. Simpson
Canada regards herself as responsible to all mankind for the peculiar ecological balance that now exists so precariously in the water, ice and land areas… — Pierre Trudeau
The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. — Andre Gide
Merely external emancipation has made of the modern woman an artificial being. Now, woman is confronted with the necessity of emancipating herself from emancipation, if… — Emma Goldman
The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in pursuit of artificial,… — Al Gore
All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to… — James F. Cooper
Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life. — Sylvia Earle
From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important. — Tom Ford
Maybe we are all prospective migrants. The lines of national borders on maps are artificial constructs, as unnatural to us as they are to birds… — Mohsin Hamid
It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon… — Thomas Huxley
In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the… — Thomas Jefferson
Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time… — Alan Kay
The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture… — John F. Kerry
The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited number of persons with whom he can hold a conversation. — Jerzy Kosinski
Mr. DeMille's theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his… — Hedy Lamarr
If I sound like I'm enjoying myself, it's not artificial. It's real. — Rush Limbaugh
If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest… — H P Lovecraft
When I am writing best, I really am lost in my world. I lose track of the outside world. I have a difficult time balancing… — George R. R. Martin
I've been just eating very healthy, all organic, no sugar, white flour, nothing artificial. I'm being so incredibly strict... not a lot of meat! — Danica McKellar

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