Concept Quotes
1465 quotes by 1137 authors
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No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but…
— Thomas Szasz
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We're addicted to this concept of civilization - we can't imagine living outside of it because we've had it for 10,000 years, all of what…
— Serj Tankian
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Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution.
— Randall Terry
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Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only…
— Eckhart Tolle
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Once you have an innovation culture, even those who are not scientists or engineers - poets, actors, journalists - they, as communities, embrace the meaning…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world.
— Jimmy Wales
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I find the whole concept of being 'sexy' embarrassing and confusing. If I do a photo-shoot, people desperately want to change me - dye my…
— Emma Watson
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'The Black Parade' is an epic, theatrical, orchestral, big record that is also a concept album.
— Gerard Way
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The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it…
— Kanye West
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I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion.
— Joss Whedon
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
— Oscar Wilde
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I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.
— Lucinda Williams
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Reality: What a concept!
— Robin Williams
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All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.
— Tennessee Williams
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Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of 'That Lucky Old Sun' was inspired by 'Rhapsody in Blue' - not influenced, but inspired.
— Brian Wilson
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Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.
— E. O. Wilson
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The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come…
— Kate Winslet
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You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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I don't go off and sit down and try to write material, because then it's contrived and forced. I just live my life, and I…
— Steven Wright
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Today, the concept of business is to make money. Making money is the name of the business.
— Muhammad Yunus
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