Derived Quotes

319 quotes by 268 authors

God is dead,' Nick said. 'They found his carcass in 2019. Floating in space near Alpha.' 'They found the remains of an organism advanced several… — Philip K. Dick
The world that I should wish to see would be one freed from the virulence of group hostilities and capable of realizing that happiness for… — Bertrand Russell
This act [creation], as it is for God, must always remain totally inconceivable to man. For we--even our poets and musicians and inventors--never, in the… — C.S. Lewis
Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. — Christopher Hitchens
[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have… — John Adams
The years... when I pursued the inner images were the most important time of my life. Everything else is to be derived from this. It… — Carl Jung
Because it all derived from Superman. I mean, I love all the characters, but Superman is just this perfect human pop-culture distillation of a really… — Grant Morrison
Our ancestors derived less from life than we do, but they also expected much less and were less intent on controlling the future. We are… — Amin Maalouf
All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived. — Jules Verne
As I walk, I construct perfect sentences that I cannot remember later at home. I donâ€™t know if the ineffable poetry of those sentences derived… — Fernando Pessoa
Ironically, when you surrender your need to hog the glory, the attention you used to need from other people is replaced by a quiet inner… — Richard Carlson
Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God… — Brennan Manning
It seemed to him that in Annawadi, fortunes derived not just from what people did, or how well they did it, but from the accidents… — Katherine Boo
It is easy to acknowledge, but almost impossible to realize for long, that we are mirrors whose brightness, if we are bright, is wholly derived… — C.S. Lewis
Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no religious instruction and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built… — Adolf Hitler
Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure. Those who do not read are the unfortunate ones.… — Ruskin Bond
When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities… — Robert A. Heinlein
The satisfaction to be derived from success in a great constructive enterprise is one of the most massive that life has to offer. — Bertrand Russell
What must be the knowledge of Him, from whom all created minds have derived both their power of knowledge, and the innumerable objects of their… — Unknown Author
There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things-books, pictures and the face of nature. — William Hazlitt

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