Definitive Quotes

113 Definitive quotes by 99 unique authors

Modern societies accepted the treasures and the power offered them by science. But they have not accepted - they have scarcely even heard - its… — Jacques Monod
No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is… — Gustave Moreau
Although the House Intelligence Committee report claims to be the definitive statement of the House of Representatives on matters of Benghazi and intelligence, interviews over… — Stephen F. Hayes
We live in an age rather skeptical of truth, of its existence." There is a "tendency to believe that nothing is definitive, and think that… — Pope Francis
The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed. — George Bernard Shaw
To the judgmental eye, everything is closed in definitive frames. When the judgmental eye looks out, it sees things in terms of lines and squares. — John O'Donohue
I was walking late one night along a tree-lined path; a chestnut fell at my feet. The noise it made as it burst, the resonance… — Emile M. Cioran
In the eyes of the unrighteous it appeared that God did not intervene and that His Son died, but for believers it was at that… — Pope Benedict XVI
Thinking should be like musical meditation. Has any philosopher pursued a thought to its limits the way Bach or Beethoven develop and exhaust a musical… — Emile M. Cioran
About six years ago, Life magazine ran an article on the historicity of Jesus and I was floored to find that they conceded the only… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Definitive resolutions are made always and only in a state of mind that is not destined to last. — Alessandro Baricco
Odd that we think definitions are definitive. — Larry Wall
On climate change, there is a clear, definitive and ineluctable ethical imperative to act. — Pope Francis
The language of the totalist environment is characterized by the thought-terminating clichÃ©. The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly… — Robert Jay Lifton
The true return to nature is the definitive return to the elements-death. — Andre Gide
I think any writer coming on to 'Batman' should at least attempt to do their own definitive version. What it means to them. Whatever they… — Grant Morrison
In 1969, at the age of 19, I was lucky enough to work with George C. Scott in the definitive portrayal of his career over… — Edward Albert
This planet seems to be in such sorry shape. And I can't ever think about the rest of the universe without coming back home and… — Ann Druyan
The main questions of everyday life are too enormous to answer in any definitive sense. — Joshua Ferris
You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years. — Fay Godwin

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