Existence Quotes

4253 Existence quotes by 2188 unique authors

Some years ago I wrote a book called The House on Eccles Street. To write this book I had to think my way into the… — J M Coetzee
It is thus necessary that the individual should finally come to realize that his own ego is of no importance in comparison with the existence… — Adolf Hitler
The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the… — Gerard De Nerval
Enjoy the blessing of strength while you have it and do not bewail it when it is gone, unless, forsooth, you believe that youth must… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I think that the Bible as literature should be a compulsory part of the national curriculum.. you can't understand English literature and culture without it.… — Richard Dawkins
Most people, I believe, think that you need a God to explain the existence of the world, and especially the existence of life. They are… — Richard Dawkins
There has come into existence, chiefly in America, a breed of men who claim to be feminists. They imagine that they have understood what women… — Germaine Greer
From depression to ceiling fans, I've been through it all. I've taken almost every step that life has to offer and invariably I've found several… — Corey Taylor
The very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase fear and hate in the… — Norman Thomas
I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Neither democracy nor effective representation is possible until each participant in the group...devotes a measurable part of his life to furthering its existence. — Lewis Mumford
Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. — Gao Xingjian
The commas are the most useful and usable of all the stops. It is highly important to put them in place as you go along.… — Lewis Thomas
One cannot escape the feeling that these mathematical formulas have an independent existence and an intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than we… — Heinrich Hertz
So, he reasoned, if you can identify the sources of a government's power - people working in civil service, police and judges, even the army… — Gene Sharp
A part of eugenic politics would finally land us in an extensive use of the lethal chamber. A great many people would have to be… — George Bernard Shaw
The intensive use of photographs by mass media lays ever fresh responsibilities upon the photographer. We have to acknowledge the existence of a chasm between… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I… — Robert Mapplethorpe
Above all, it's hard learning to live with vivid mental images of scenes I cared for and failed to photograph. It is the edgy existence… — Sam Abell
I have sort of a Zen body philosophy, I'm sort of like: we're one weight one day, we're one weight another day, and some day… — Lena Dunham
They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped all other systems of detection. — John Szarkowski
In a photograph, if I am able to evoke not alone a feeling of the reality of the surface physical world but also a feeling… — Wynn Bullock
The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior of those who are not, so… — James F. Cooper
The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most beautiful period of… — Jean Paul
Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home. — Esther Williams

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