Concept Quotes

1465 Concept quotes by 1137 unique authors

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. — Oscar Wilde
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
Reality: What a concept! — Robin Williams
All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent. — Tennessee Williams
Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of 'That Lucky Old Sun' was inspired by 'Rhapsody in Blue' - not influenced, but inspired. — Brian Wilson
Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong. — E. O. Wilson
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
You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
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
Today, the concept of business is to make money. Making money is the name of the business. — Muhammad Yunus
'District 9', 'Elysium' and 'Chappie' were all born out of some visual concept first. 'Chappie' is the imagery, because I think I'm a visual person… — Neill Blomkamp
My favourite stuff is visual, and I always want to work with visual artwork. I think it depends on the person, but for me, photographs… — Neill Blomkamp
All of the films I'm doing are young, urban, high-concept, funny films. That's the zone where I'd like to play and have fun in. — Vir Das
Jobs, as such, are a relatively new concept. People may have always worked, but until the advent of the corporation in the early Renaissance, most… — Douglas Rushkoff
When Steve Jobs toured Xerox PARC and saw computers running the first operating system that used Windows and a mouse, he assumed he was looking… — Douglas Rushkoff
The philosophy of Atheism represents a concept of life without any metaphysical Beyond or Divine Regulator. It is the concept of an actual, real world… — Emma Goldman
It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some… — Albert Einstein
California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom. — Don DeLillo
Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by money.… — Wendell Berry
You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me. — Jim Butcher
My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with… — Ayn Rand
Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind. — Eckhart Tolle
I once heard someone say that the concept of moderation seems a little extreme, and tonight...I agree. — Koren Zailckas
A fish has no concept of water. — Janet Fitch
To the philosophers of India, however, Relativity is no new discovery, just as the concept of light years is no matter for astonishment to people… — Alan Watts

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