Existence Quotes

4253 Existence quotes by 2188 unique authors

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the… — Vanna Bonta
I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their… — David Bowie
It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere. — Andre Breton
I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you. — Emily Bronte
Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're… — Dan Brown
A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from… — Pam Brown
In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a… — Harry Browne
A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as… — James Buchan
My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision… — James Buchan
It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of… — Frederick Buechner
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. — Edmund Burke
I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence. — Robert Burns
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being… — Alan Alda
As a child, these colourful superheroes that could fly, or were horrifying like Ghost Rider and the Hulk, with this tremendous rage or these supernatural… — Nicolas Cage
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. — Samuel Butler
Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all… — Lord Byron
But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see… — Lord Byron
I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt… — James Caan
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. — Albert Camus
For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and… — Albert Camus
I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old. — George Canning
The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on… — George Carlin
Once you've lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It's a mentality, a double standard of existence. — John le Carre
The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory. — Giacomo Casanova

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