Conception Quotes

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The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to… — Edward Hopper
Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. — David Hume
It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial… — Franz Kafka
Aside from that reservation, a fictive tale even has the advantage of manifesting symbolic necessity more purely to the extent that we may believe its… — Jacques Lacan
All the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in… — T.E. Lawrence
Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at… — Jay Leno
Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past. — Bryant H. McGill
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself. — Michelangelo
The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient… — Michelangelo
The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is… — Benito Mussolini
I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception. — Novalis
The destiny of the woman must be shaped to a large extent on her own conception of her spiritual imperative and her place in society. — Sandra Day O'Connor
Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives each… — Steven Pinker
No one knows what the nongenetic causes of individuality are. Perhaps people are shaped by modifications of genes that take place after conception, or by… — Steven Pinker
There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S. — James K. Polk
A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a… — George Santayana
A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is, is a trial of which you can have no conception. — George Bernard Shaw
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil. — Baruch Spinoza
I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was. — J. Michael Straczynski
Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation… — Alice Walker

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