Examining Quotes

165 quotes by 155 authors

I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures, but more in… — Sufjan Stevens
['Fire and Rain'] is sort of almost uncomfortably close. Almost confessional. The reason I could write a song like that at that point, and probably… — James Taylor
After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things. — Linda Cardellini
The kind of doctor I want is one who when he's not examining me is home studying medicine. — George S. Kaufman
Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch? — Wilhelm Steinitz
Keep your mind open to change all the time. Welcome it. Court it. It is only by examining and reexamining your opinions and ideas that… — Dale Carnegie
Historical chronology, human or geological, depends... upon comparable impersonal principles. If one scribes with a stylus on a plate of wet clay two marks, the… — M. King Hubbert
I haven't the faintest notion what possible revolutionary role white hetero- sexual men could fulfill, since they are the very embodiment of reactionary- vested-interest-power. But… — Robin Morgan
If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't… — Socrates
. . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is… — Plato
Why do people think that weâ€™re degraded when weâ€™re examining positions of degradation, or examining the cycle of our own degradation? — Chris Kraus
Plots come to me at such odd moments, when I am walking along the street, or examining a hat shopâ€¦ suddenly a splendid idea comes… — Agatha Christie
My message to the serious programmer is this: spend a part of your working day examining and refining your own methods. Even though programmers are… — Robert W. Floyd
In coming to the Congress as a new Member and becoming a fellow Blue Dog, we have had an opportunity to share and really spend… — Jim Costa
Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings. — Pierre Bonnard
The surest way of spoiling a pleasure [is] to start examining your satisfaction. — C.S. Lewis
Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people. — Jennifer L. Knox
Let us be cautious in making assertions and critical in examining them, but tolerant in permitting linguistic forms. — Rudolf Carnap
For some reason which I have failed to understand, many people like the system [scientific totalitarianism] when it is Russian but disliked the very same… — Bertrand Russell
You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses. — Mary Antin

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