Benign Quotes

121 quotes by 108 authors

A ready means of being cherished by the English is to adopt the simple expedient of living a long time. I have little doubt that… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Naturalism is the view that the physical world is a self-contained system that works by blind, unbroken natural laws. Naturalism doesn't come right out and… — William A. Dembski
You can make fun with Saddam Hussein jokes ... but you can't make fun of, say, the concentration camps. I think my target was not… — Tom Lehrer
You were probably steered benignly away from things at school when you were a kid â€” things you liked â€” on the grounds that you… — Ken Robinson
A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a writer, if hes any good,… — Michael Cunningham
Factory-farm lobbyists are so powerful and so well funded and they do everything in their power to hide the truth about farming. They keep the… — Moby
Market bashers ... might understand the claim that in some particular field, markets required no intervention--though they'd be skeptical--but the notion that, on general principle,… — Julian Sanchez
The Holocaust teaches us that nature, even in its cruelest moments, is benign in comparison with man when he loses his moral compass and his… — Samuel Pisar
There is no explanation in the Big Bang theory for the seemingly fortuitous fact that the density of matter has just the right value for… — Robert Jastrow
The fundamental problem in the evangelical world today is that God rests too inconsequentially upon the church. His truth is too distant, His grace is… — David F. Wells
Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things. — Mary MacLane
Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually… — Martin Seligman
Just heard the best word in the English language: benign. (And I don't need to see that doctor again for five years.) — Jeff Jarvis
While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man… — Confucius
Intelligence may indeed be a benign influence creating isolated groups of philosopher-kings far apart in the heavens... On the other hand, intelligence may be a… — Freeman Dyson
When I seek him, root my values and desires in him, when I found my relationships and sense of self on him, my capacity for… — Gregory S. Paul
There is an ultimate wildness in all this, for the universe, as existence itself, is a terrifying as well as a benign mode of being.… — Thomas Berry
Benign neglect, bordering on sloth, remains the hallmark of our investment process. — Warren Buffett
I chose to believe that God, a benign God, would understand our sufferings and forgive us our trespasses. — Jojo Moyes
Measured against the Problem We Face, planting a garden sounds pretty benign, I know, but in fact it's one of the most powerful things an… — Michael Pollan

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