Condition Quotes

1998 Condition quotes by 1358 unique authors

Yes, the highest things are beyond words. That is probably why all art aspires to the condition of wordlessness. When literature works on you, it… — Ben Okri
Stage fright, like epilepsy, is a divine ailment, a sacred madness... It is a grace that is sufficient in the old Jesuit sense - that… — Charles Rosen
As long as greed, stupidity and cowardice remain a part of the human condition, there will be a constituency for Democrats. — Jack Kelly
And the law of God is written in every heart, and it is there that he manifests himself; And in infinite love, according to our… — Elias Hicks
The "human condition" is always to push forward for the better and economics is the study of that process. — Brian Wesbury
The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions such as Dentistry,… — Robert Genn
As a work progresses, its power to elicit and dictate response mounts. There seems to be an optimum moment when this power is at its… — Richard Diebenkorn
I would like the colors, their shapes and positions to be arrived at in response to and dictated by the condition of the total space… — Richard Diebenkorn
Artists of all sorts remain youthful for so long, and in many cases attain a grand old age. The explanation is that they live in… — Egon Friedell
Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the… — Matthew Arnold
Greatness is a spiritual condition. — Matthew Arnold
To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition. — Jawaharlal Nehru
The longer I live the more I am convinced that neither age nor circumstance needs to deprive us of energy and vitality. We are at… — Norman Vincent Peale
Such is the condition of organic nature! whose first law might be expressed in the words 'Eat or be eaten!' and which would seem to… — Erasmus Darwin
Slavery is a condition imposed upon individuals or races not sufficiently able to protect or defend themselves, and so long as a race or people… — Marcus Garvey
Our president delivered his State of the Union message to Congress. That is one of the things his contract calls for -- to tell congress… — Will Rogers
If we lose the virile, manly qualities, and sink into a nation of mere hucksters, putting gain over national honor, and subordinating everything to mere… — Theodore Roosevelt
Consider these people, then, their way of life, their habits, their manners, the very tones of their voice; look at them attentively; observe the literature… — Matthew Arnold
One great remedy against all manner of temptation, great or small, is to open the heart and lay bare its suggestion, likings, and dislikings before… — Saint Francis de Sales
You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women. — Jawaharlal Nehru
Ambition is the desire to go forward and improve one's condition. It is a burning flame that lights up the life of the individual and… — Marcus Garvey
An economist is a man that can tell you...what can happen under any given condition, and his guess is liable to be as good as… — Will Rogers
There is certainly no single remedy for this condition and I am offering no panacea. But it seems reasonable to believe — and I do… — Rachel Carson
The condition of the world today is such that most writers feel they cannot truthfully be "comic" about it. — Dylan Thomas
No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a living and animated… — Saint Basil

Who Wrote These Condition Quotes

1,358 authors contributed a total of 1,998 Condition Quotes, led by these top contributors: