Central Quotes

1135 Central quotes by 894 unique authors

Central Park is the grandiose symbol of the front yard each child in New York hasn't got. — Robert Benchley
As those who have seen Jurassic Park will know, this means a tiny disturbance in one place, can cause a major change in another. A… — Stephen Hawking
We live in a culture that has institutionalized the oppression of animals on at least two levels: in formal structures such as slaughterhouses, meat markets,… — Carol J. Adams
They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pitying, all of which are indications… — James Allen
A trip to a Central American jungle to watch how Indians behave near a bridge won't make you see either the jungle or the bridge… — B. Traven
I was born in a place humans call central Africa, in a dense rain forest so beautiful, no crayons could ever do it justice. — Katherine Applegate
Danzhol. The one with the marriage proposal and the objections to the town charter in central Monsea. "Bacon," Bitterblue muttered. "Bacon!" she repeated, then carefully… — Kristin Cashore
It is central to Christian living that we should celebrate the goodness of creation, ponder its present brokenness, and, insofar as we can, celebrate in… — N. T. Wright
Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but on the federal… — Glenn Greenwald
You are the central point about which his world spins. — Cassandra Clare
The central problem of our age is not liberalism or modernism, nor the old Roman Catholicism or the new Roman Catholicism, nor the threat of… — Francis Schaeffer
It seems to me that the great pleasure of human life is not in having an opinion, but rather in learning all the ways you… — John Green
Three weeks hadn't changed Cop Central. The coffee was still poisonous, the noise abominable, and the view out of her stingy window was still miserable.… — Nora Roberts
The man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central ones upon which… — Bertrand Russell
America was founded on prayer. Therefore, the removal of prayer from its public life was a central part of its fall from God. A nation… — Jonathan Cahn
I mean, he was something that happened to me, you know? But before he was this minor figure in the drama of my life he… — John Green
...Desire, a function central to all human experience, is the desire for nothing nameable. And at the same time this desire lies at the origin… — Jacques Lacan
She led him past the engine room, which looked like a very dangerous, mechanized jungle gym, with pipes and pistons and tubes jutting from a… — Rick Riordan
I know from experience that beneath every peripheral girl is a central truth. She’s hiding hers away, but at the same time she wants me… — David Levithan
Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality. — Charles Bukowski
For in the immediate world, everything is to be discerned, for him who can discern it, and central and simply, without either dissection into science,… — James Agee
One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential. — Rollo May
Following Christ isn't something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful.… — Francis Chan
Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them… — Bell Hooks
Do you really think you'd win a PR war against a bunch of committed librarians?' He thought about this, but he knew I was right.… — Jasper Fforde

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