Conception Quotes

459 quotes by 382 authors

Is it a democratic society that condemns people to the accident of conception? What are we-monkeys? If you expect people to be responsible for their… — John Irving
Because, you see, Godâ€”whatever anyone chooses to call Godâ€”is one's highest conception of the highest possible. And whoever places his highest conception above his own… — Ayn Rand
There is a corollary to the conception of being too proud to fight. It is that the humble have to do most of the fighting. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Of my conception I know only what you know of yours. It occurred in darkness and I was unconsenting... By some bleak alchemy what had… — Marilynne Robinson
The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in… — Cormac McCarthy
I suspect that I am the result of particularly weak conception on the part of my father. His sperm was probably emitted in a rather… — John Kennedy Toole
The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except our thinking. Thus, we are drifting toward catastrophe beyond conception. We shall require a substantially… — Albert Einstein
A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible. — Graham Greene
The poets are in the vanguard of a changed conception of Being. — Martin Heidegger
There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful. — Oscar Wilde
Who among us has any conception of the dimensions of shame that will befall us and our children when one day the veil has fallen… — Amy Goodman
Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of their conception of God. In general, only individuals of exceptional endowments, and exceptionally high-minded communities,… — Albert Einstein
We consult astrology charts like the Babylonians, try to make our children into our own image with a firm hand like the Romans, elbow others… — Ernest Becker
We, or at least I, can have no conception of human life and human thought in a hundred years or fifty years. Perhaps my greatest… — John Steinbeck
Somewhere, within her, in a deep recess, crouched discontent. She began to lose confidence in the fullness of her life, the glow began to fade… — Nella Larsen
I have a hundred times heard him say, that all ages and nations have represented their gods as wicked, in a constantly increasing progression; that… — John Stuart Mill
When I listen to a symphony I love, I don't get from it what the composer got. His 'Yes' was different from mine. He could… — Ayn Rand
I wish I could make you see how much fuller the life I offer you is than anything you have a conception of. I wish… — W. Somerset Maugham
Though our brother is upon the rack, as long as we ourselves are at ease, our senses will never inform us of what he suffers.… — Adam Smith
We never love anyone. Not really. We only love our idea of another person. It is some conception of our own that we love. We… — William Boyd

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