Constructed Quotes

277 quotes by 254 authors

The test of a round character is whether it is capable of surprising in a convincing way. If it never surprises it is flat. Flat… — E. M. Forster
He constructed a vast labyrinthine of periods, made impassable by the piling-up of clauses upon clauses-clauses in which oversight and bad grammar seemed manifestations of… — Jorge Luis Borges
Ultimately, Leibniz argued, there are only two absolutely simple concepts, God and Nothingness. From these, all other concepts may be constructed, the world, and everything… — David Berlinski
I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth. — Harry S. Truman
I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run… — Henry Ford
Haemoglobin is a very large molecule by ordinary standards, containing about ten thousand atoms, but the chances are that your haemoglobin and mine are identical,… — Francis Crick
The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It is the scientist's… — Edward Teller
Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence… — James Madison
I stand firm behind the belief that, for me, songwriting isn't something that I do or command, it happens to me. I can either choose… — Brandi Carlile
Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are constructed. Dwell on… — William DeWitt Hyde
I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's… — Barbara Kruger
Such a bandwidth! God, who may not have a brain made of neurons, or a CPU made of silicon, but if he has the powers… — Richard Dawkins
Zeus Is Dead is full of laugh-out-loud moments, lashings of sly wit, moan-worthy puns, and a complex, fast-paced storyline. There aren't very many humorous fantasy… — Jody Lynn Nye
Anyone can take pictures. What's difficult is thinking about them, organizing them, and trying to use them in some way so that some meaning can… — Lewis Baltz
It is both humiliating and humbling to discover that a single generation after the events that constructed me as a public personality, I am remembered… — Angela Davis
We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest — Thabo Mbeki
A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Radio stations have constructed a narrow door[way], and that's because they don't understand how complex and paradoxical our snap judgments are. It's hard to measure… — Malcolm Gladwell
It is sparkling light, aromatic plants, a lofty palace, a flowing river, ripe fruit, a beautiful wife and abundant clothing, in an eternal abode of… — Muhammad
We realize--often quite suddenly--that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is not really who… — Adyashanti

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