Concept Quotes

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I hate that word, CANâ€™T. I wish it had never been dreamed up, spoken, or defined. I wish the concept of CANâ€™T could be eradicated… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. -(from "The… — Isaac Asimov
Come to think of it, that word (choice) shouldn't be applied to people's destinies. Ever. Choice should be relegated to TV and meals: You could… — J R Ward
Holy men tell us life is a mystery. They embrace that concept happily. But some mysteries bite and bark and come to get you in… — Dean Koontz
It's the same thing,' I told her. 'What is?' 'Being afraid and being alive.' 'No,' she said slowly, and now it was as if she… — Sarah Dessen
The message of "The Winner Takes It All" is straightforward: It argues that the concept of relationships ending on mutual terms is an emotional fallacy.… — Chuck Klosterman
True Love. Iâ€™m starting to suspect the concept is pure illusion, an insipid brand name manufactured by Hallmark and Disney.â€ â€” Cupcake — Rachel Cohn
Sam, that's a great concept. And maybe you believe it. But I'm black and I'm a lesbian, so let me tell you: From what I… — Michael Grant
No. But then the American Government--whatever branch--has never really grasped the concept of tribal identity. — Laurell K. Hamilton
The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress. — Peter Matthiessen
No eleven-year-old has any real grasp of death. He doesn't have any real concept of other people--that they feel pain, even that they exist. And… — Lionel Shriver
note the similarities with buddhism a buddhist who has achieved nirvana is not sad primarily because it does not know the concept of sad [...] — Tao Lin
The concept of dreaming is known to the waking mind but to the dreamer there is no waking, no real world, no sanity; there is… — Stephen King
Standing here, in this quiet house where I can hear the birds chirping out back, I think Iâ€™m kind of getting the concept of closure.… — Gayle Forman
Lou's such an old punk he was around when the Ramones were junkie hustlers first and musicians second, when punk meant something other than a… — Rachel Cohn
Robert Neville looked out over the new people of the earth. He knew he did not belong to them; he knew that, like the vampires,… — Richard Matheson
Immortality,' said Crake, ' is a concept. If you take 'mortality' as being, not death, but the foreknowledge of it and the fear of it,… — Margaret Atwood
HAPPY EVER AFTER is a concept I'll never believe in. I would be content to sample some little taste of happiness today, tonight, right now.… — Ellen Hopkins
This concept could easily have gone awry. Stories about love tend to go that way sometimes. They wander into the realm of cheese and never… — Veronica Roth
It {Darwin's theory of evolution] was a concept of such stunning simplicity, but it gave rise, naturally, to all of the infinite and baffling complexity… — Douglas Adams

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