Distorted Quotes

205 quotes by 190 authors

Stories heal us because we become whole through them. In the process of writing, of discovering our story, we restore those parts of ourselves that… — Deena Metzger
Our sense of what is valuable will hence be radically distorted if we must perpetually condemn as tedious everything we lack, simply because we lack… — Alain de Botton
A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to… — Stephen Hawking
If you want to know who you are, look into the true mirror. The flower will reflect your beauty. The sky will reflect your vastness.… — Leonard Jacobson
MOST of the ugliness in the human narrative comes from a distorted quest to possess beauty. COVETING begins with appreciating blessings: MURDER begins with a… — Shane Claiborne
A tourist can't help but have a distorted opinion of a place: he meets unrepresentative people, has unrepresentative experiences, and runs around imposing upon the… — Michael Lewis
Designing is a matter of concentration. You go deep into what you want to do. It's about intensive research, really. The concentration is warm and… — Peter Zumthor
I think my image gets distorted in the public's mind. They don't get a clear or full picture of what I'm like, despite the press… — Michael Jackson
If we have free will, by definition we cannot be granted it. We can't be given it. My [-audio-recording-distorted-] paradox states that 'Of course we… — Christopher Hitchens
You know something I could really do without? The Space Shuttle. ... It's irresponsible. The last thing we should be doing is sending our grotesquely… — George Carlin
If we do not take this road of dialogue and understanding then I fear for the next generation. There are enough people preaching hatred, which… — Akbar S. Ahmed
In my suffrage work, I learned beyond question that the news coming through the great press agencies was colored and distorted; and if this has… — Alice Stone Blackwell
And this homage to women's attractions has distorted their understanding tosuch an extent that almost all the civilized women of the present century are anxious… — Mary Wollstonecraft
An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures. . . . There's nothing incredible… — Joe Orton
The only philosophy that can be practiced responsibly in the face of despair is the attempt to contemplate all things as they would present themselves… — Theodor Adorno
It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality. — Stewart Udall
Even the absurdest report may in nearly every instance be traced to an actual occurrence; and had there been no such actual occurrence, this preposterous… — Herbert Spencer
Now, because men of our contemporary age are caught up in the ascetic view of a life-denying religious system, but in spite of this cannot… — Guido von List
Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a… — Taisen Deshimaru

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