Inherent Quotes

461 Inherent quotes by 381 unique authors

As he took her hand she saw him look her over from head to foot, a gesture she recognized and that made her feel at… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it… — Joe Strummer
…I seemed to be lying neither asleep nor awake looking down a long corridor of gray half light where all stable things had become shadowy… — William Faulkner
The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions. We… — Ron Paul
But what the working-class can do, when once they grow into a solidified organization, is to show the possessing class, through a sudden cessation of… — Voltairine de Cleyre
Kat laughed. 'Who wants to live forever?' Kish put his hand up. 'For the record, I do.' Sin scowled at him. 'Then why do you… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Love has, at its best, made the inherent sadness of life bearable, and its beauty manifest. — Kay Redfield Jamison
There is no virtue inherent in un-constructive suffering. — M. Scott Peck
We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our… — David Hume
It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a magnificient activity, I… — Jon Krakauer
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed… — George Washington
Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery and… — M. Scott Peck
It is Satan's constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in the great controversy.… — Ellen G. White
You go to someone and you think, 'I'll tell him this.' But why? The impulse is that the telling is going to relieve you. And… — Philip Roth
To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness… — Viktor E. Frankl
Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist. — Max Brooks
[...] We have to realize that this wound [of loneliness] is inherent in the human condition and that what we have to do is walk… — Jean Vanier
I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the responsibility inherent in… — Donald Miller
Exasperation with the threefold frustration of action -- the unpredictability of its outcome, the irreversibility of the process, and the anonymity of its authors --… — Hannah Arendt
It has always been my experience that, whatever groupings I choose for my books, the space in which I plan to lodge them necessarily reshapes… — Alberto Manguel
No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence… — Barry Lopez
You have to remember one life, one death–this one! To enter fully the day, the hour, the moment whether it appears as life or death,… — Stephen Levine
From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum, balance or harmony.… — Peter Straub
The old adage, 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is' isn't always correct. In fact, the suspicion, cynicism, and doubt that… — Richard Carlson
So deeply inherent is it in this life of ours that men have to suffer for each other's sins, so inevitably diffusive is human suffering,… — George Eliot

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