Center Quotes

1632 Center quotes by 1240 unique authors

There is the tendency to place ourselves and our ambitions at the center of our lives. This is very human, but it is not Christian. — Pope Francis
Children of course are monstrously conventional, repelled at once by whatever is off-center, out of whack, unmanageable. And being an only child I had been… — Alice Munro
Organization for action will now and in the decade ahead center upon America's white middle class. That is where the power is. ... Our rebels… — Saul Alinsky
Thus the radii of all education run together into one center which is called personality. — Max Stirner
A newspaper is the center of a community, it's one of the tent poles of the community, and that's not going to be replaced by… — Michael Connelly
Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenges are events in life, not life itself. I do not minimize how hard some of these events are. They can… — Richard G. Scott
Faith, to be faith, must center around something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go beyond that for which there is confirming… — Boyd K. Packer
We're talking about a world where the PC is no longer the center, but just a devicewhere your new devices need to be more portable,… — Tim Cook
Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area. — Gordon Brown
I had to de-program myself. From myself. Had to reinvent rituals of purification. So full of the vagrant pollutions of others. It was time to… — Lydia Lunch
In a society in which individualism is becoming rampant, people more and more believe that they are the center of the world. Such a belief… — Martin Seligman
The best in art and life comes from a center - something urgent and powerful, an idea or emotion that insists on its being. From… — Roger Rosenblatt
Life, after all, was a secret with the self. The more one gave out, the less there remained for the center--that center which she coveted… — Edna O'Brien
People think that just because you're a center, you're not as smart as the guards or the smaller guys. — Patrick Ewing
New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock — Gyorgy Ligeti
Along the coast the sea roars, and inland the mountains roar â€“ the roaring at the center, like a distant clap of thunder. — Yasunari Kawabata
I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the… — Stephen Spender
The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation, consideration, tolerance, family feeling, and just… — Judith Martin
The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else. — Richard Hofstadter

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