Condition Quotes

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There is the grand truth about Nathaniel Hawthorne. He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. For all men… — Herman Melville
Love is the admiration and cherishing of the amiable qualities of the beloved person, upon the condition of yourself being the object of their action. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
As for the spirit of poverty, I do not remember any moment when it was not in me, although only to that unhappily small extent… — Simone Weil
Both the Freudian and the Platonic metaphors emphasize the considerable independence of and tension among the constituent parts of the psyche, a point that characterizes… — Carl Sagan
There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence: and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is… — John Stuart Mill
If it were felt that the free development of individuality is one of the leading essentials of well-being; that it is not only a coordinate… — John Stuart Mill
The character of human life, like the character of the human condition, like the character of all life, is "ambiguity": the inseparable mixture of good… — Paul Tillich
Suffering is the main condition of the artistic experience. — Samuel Beckett
The sharecropper may lower his eyes, but not because he's less of a man. That's just a condition of society that such things exist. — Ernest Gaines
Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people. They are nomads going… — Elizabeth Hardwick
The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards… — Soren Kierkegaard
Order is a necessary condition for anything the human mind is to understand. — Rudolf Arnheim
I have a condition called Menieres disease which is a problem with fluid retention in the inner ear. It has four symptoms: ringing in the… — Katie Leclerc
I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with… — Matthew Macfadyen
I tell myself I write because I want to say something true and original about the nature of evil. That is very ambitious - to… — Jo Nesbo
So far as the economic condition of society and the general mode of living and thinking were concerned, I might claim to have lived in… — Simon Newcomb
That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be no… — Richard Owen
In less than a year, the Bush administration will strut out of office, leaving the country in roughly the same condition a toddler leaves a… — Graydon Carter
Thanks to President Obama, being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing condition! — Cecile Richards
Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy. — Ernestine Rose

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