Condition Quotes

1998 Condition quotes by 1358 unique authors

In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to… — B.F. Skinner
Nothing could be more absurd than moral lessons at such a moment! Oh, self-satisfied people: with what proud self-satisfaction such babblers are ready to utter… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
To these people, unhappiness was a condition, an intolerable state of affairs. If pills could help, pills were taken. But pills were not going to… — Mitch Albom
It has to be now,” he insisted, a flick of amusement in his voice. He nudged his burgeoning loins against her. “After all, you can’t… — Lisa Kleypas
One third, more or less, of all the sorrow that the person I think I am must endure is unavoidable. It is the sorrow inherent… — Aldous Huxley
Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. That is his normal condition. Of that I am firmly persuaded. He… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
We spent as much money as we could and got as little for it as people could make up their minds to give us. We… — Charles Dickens
In order to eat, you have to be hungry. In order to learn, you have to be ignorant. Ignorance is a condition of learning. Pain… — Robert Anton Wilson
Okay, I thought. Here you are. You are here. And you move forward because that's the way it works; that's the only place u can… — Jennifer Weiner
The maturing of a woman who has continued to grow is a beautiful thing to behold. Or, if your ad revenue or your seven-figure salary… — Naomi Wolf
Of course I can do this. I'm pregnant, not brain-damaged. My condition doesn't change my personality. — Christine Feehan
The study of law can be disappointing at times, a matter of applying narrow rules and arcane procedure to an uncooperative reality; a sort of… — Barack Obama
I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to… — Alexandre Dumas
In a few more days I'd anticipated telling Veronika that our injections had cured her heart condition. But in light of her unscheduled departure form… — Paulo Coelho
We can say without exaggeration that the present national ambition of the United States is unemployment. People live for quitting time, for weekends, for vacations,… — Wendell Berry
It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard… — Laini Taylor
No code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition. — Albert Camus
Music makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own: under the influence… — Leo Tolstoy
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety,… — Nhat Hanh
There is something called the rapture of the deep, and it refers to what happens when a deep-sea diver spends too much time at the… — Nora Ephron
While an equality of rights under a limited government is possible and an essential condition of individual freedom, a claim for equality of material position… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Um," Doc said in a mild voice, "medically speaking, I'm not sure that was the most helpful thing for his condition." "But I feel better,"… — Stephenie Meyer
Everyone needs help. That's the human condition. — Max Allan Collins
Most Americans are close to total ignorance about the world. They are ignorant. That is an unhealthy condition in a country in which foreign policy… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
... Whatever condition we are in, we must always do what we want to do, and if we want to go on a journey, then… — Thomas Bernhard

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