Central Quotes

1135 Central quotes by 894 unique authors

When I began my career as a cosmologist some twenty years ago, I was a convinced atheist. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that… — Frank J. Tipler
The central idea of the Eastern Fathers was that of theosis, the divinization of all creatures, the transfiguration of the world, the idea of the… — Nikolai Berdyaev
The central purpose of the Work that Reconnects is to help people uncover and experience their innate connections with each other and with the systemic,… — Joanna Macy
It is not eminent talent that is required to ensure success in any pursuit, so much as purpose-not merely the power to achieve, but the… — Samuel Smiles
I was on the central table and we were a very intimate group. — Unknown Author
The encouragement and the deepening of Eucharistic worship are proofs of the authentic renewal which the Council set itself as an aim and of which… — Pope John Paul II
A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism. — Timothy Garton Ash
The central role in the fight against terrorism is with national authorities. — Gijs de Vries
We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a set of worked-out rules on… — Peter Singer
Men love death. In everything they make, they hollow out a central place for death, let its rancid smell contaminate every dimension of whatever still… — Andrea Dworkin
Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the simple truth is… — Richard North Patterson
The central act of photography, the act of choosing and eliminating, forces a concentration on the picture edge - the line that separates in from… — John Szarkowski
If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness. — John F. Kennedy
My parents were not scientists. They knew almost nothing about science. But in introducing me simultaneously to skepticism and to wonder, they taught me the… — Carl Sagan
At the heart of the WTO is an assault on everything left standing in the commons, in the public realm. Everything is now for sale.… — Maude Barlow
Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control. — Noam Chomsky
Contemporary political theorists continue this type of thinking about democracy by arguing that the development of "public judgment" among regular citizens should be made the… — Kevin Mattson
Alliances are crucial to success in the political sphere. However, if we are to approach other organizations to propose alliances for the public good, we… — Arthur Curley
When the function of libraries is put in terms of their contributions to the community, people see their centrality. The challenge to us is to… — Arthur Curley
The central problem of management is how spontaneous interaction of people within a firm, each possessing only bits of knowledge, can bring about the competitive… — Friedrich August von Hayek
I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough to stimulate alternative… — Paul Krugman
If the people are led to believe that scarce resources are best channeled in a direction that producers and consumers would not choose on their… — Llewellyn Rockwell
The growth of a nation's productive potential is the central factor in determining its growth in real wages and living standards.... high rates of investment… — Paul Samuelson
There's no denying that a collapse in stock prices today would pose serious macroeconomic challenges for the United States. Consumer spending would slow, and the… — Ben Bernanke
The economic repercussions of a stock market crash depend less on the severity of the crash itself than on the response of economic policymakers, particularly… — Ben Bernanke

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