Concept Quotes

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Intelligence is an extremely subtle concept. It's a kind of understanding that flourishes if it's combined with a good memory, but exists anyway even in… — Isaac Asimov
If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept of beauty. — Ayn Rand
Any concept of grace that makes us feel more comfortable sinning is not biblical grace. God's grace never encourages us to live in sin, on… — Randy Alcorn
Professional courage is the steel fiber that makes an NCO unafraid and willing to tell it like it is. The concept of professional courage does… — William A. Connelly
Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or decreasing as the occasion suggests.… — Robertson Davies
The solitary ascent of the Dru had the immediate effect of expanding the horizons of my ideas about mountaineering. It made me aware of possibilities… — Walter Bonatti
Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept. — Paul Westerberg
Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I willing to let my ideas… — Mary Caroline Richards
Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at… — Bill Bryson
The idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I am unable to take seriously. — Albert Einstein
When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct a wall of hostility… — Ronald Reagan
Never yet has a God been defined in terms which were not palpably self-contradictory and absurd; never yet has a God been described so that… — Annie Besant
There is not one single social or economic principle or concept in the philosophy of the Russian Bolshevik which has not been realized, carried into… — Winston Churchill
Shawn's (Shawn Weatherly - former beauty queen) acting ability is such that she could not convey the concept of falling if your pushed her off… — Dave Barry
The Earth school is not a concept. It is an an ongoing 3-dimesional, full colour, hi-fidelity, interactive multi-media experience that does not end until your… — Gary Zukav
Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition — Henry Mintzberg
Passion. The life of an entrepreneur is occasionally exhilarating, and almost always exhausting. Only unbridled passion for the concept is likely to see you through… — Tom Peters
The idea that memory is linear is nonsense. What we have in our heads is a collection of frames. As to time itself-can it be… — Penelope Lively
The reason why new concepts in any branch of science are hard to grasp is always the same; contemporary scientists try to picture the new… — Freeman Dyson
The concept of boredom entails an inability to use up present moments in a personally fulfilling way. — Wayne Dyer

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