Concept Quotes

1465 Concept quotes by 1137 unique authors

Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent.… — Tracy Chapman
According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence… — Ernst Mayr
I never really sounded like Bird, but that was my mission. I didn't care if people said that I copied him; I loved Bird's playing… — Jackie McLean
Therefore a person fully absorbed in the bodily concept of life is surely killing himself by not making spiritual progress. Such a person is called… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Every paint-stroke takes you farther and farther away from your initial concept. And you have to be thankful for that. — Wayne Thiebaud
God utters me like a word containing a partial thought of him. A word will never be able to comprehend the voice that utters it.… — Thomas Merton
To tell you the truth, I am rather perplexed by the concept of 'art'. What one person considers to be 'art' is often not 'art'… — M.C. Escher
The concept of paying one-hundred-and-something times earnings for any company for me is just anathema. Having said that, at the end of the day, your… — Paul Tudor Jones
Victory may now require a level of force deemed objectionable by civilized peoples, meaning that some, for justifiable reasons, may be reluctant to pursue it.… — Victor Davis Hanson
The concept of an education centered upon the care of the living being alters all previous ideas. Resting no longer on a curriculum, or a… — Maria Montessori
If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however,… — Franz Grillparzer
The leftist is antagonistic to the concept of competition because, deep inside, he feels like a loser. — Theodore Kaczynski
I cant write about something I dont admire. It goes back to the old concept of the celebration: you celebrate the hero, an idea. — Frank O'Connor
I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting… — Tatum O'Neal
Biology is the science. Evolution is the concept that makes biology unique. — Jared Diamond
It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with… — Willard Van Orman Quine
I think that we reject the evidence that our world is changing because we are still, as that wonderfully wise biologist E. O. Wilson reminded… — James Lovelock
To eliminate the concept of waste means to design things-products, packaging, and systems-from the very beginning on the understanding that waste does not exist. — William McDonough
Learning to be flexible in values takes a very long time...Of course I felt a little uncomfortable during questioning the concept of God, but then… — Jacque Fresco
The Venus Project is a concept that could happen today but it is not up to me, it depends on what others do to help… — Jacque Fresco
It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You… — Barbara Mandrell
Christian socialism”). This is a difficult concept for modern liberals to grasp because they are used to thinking of the progressives as the people who… — Jonah Goldberg
The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary… — Malcolm Wallop
One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent. — Stephen Dobyns
I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal… — Samuel Dash

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