Notions Quotes

289 Notions quotes by 250 unique authors

In the final, the positive, state, the mind has given over the vain search after absolute notions, the origin and destination of the universe, and… — Auguste Comte
No theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain, yet it is not always the theory that is to blame. Facts are constituted… — Paul Feyerabend
I think the fault is more with historicists who have stubbornly failed to develop a good theory of historicity. By simply resting on the feeble… — Earl Doherty
Our dreams disturb us because they refuse to pander to our fondest notions of ourselves. The closer one looks, the more they seem to insist… — Marc Ian Barasch
When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements. — Pearl Bailey
We must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity, more bureaucracy. — Tom Peters
I like to think I keep my mind open. When I walk the streets I don't look for anything in particular. I come from a… — Elliott Erwitt
Humans suffer from self-centred notions as to the nature of life. Humans assume that alien life forms should conform to standards that match our own,… — Steve Perry
False notions of liberty are strangely common. People talk of it as if it meant the liberty of doing whatever one likes - whereas the… — Frederick William Robertson
The essence of peace is to merge two opposites. Therefore your notions should not scare you if you see another, who absolutely opposes you, and… — Nachman of Breslov
Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a common table and… — George Eliot
I began a lifelong affair with nostalgia, with only the vaguest notions of what I was nostalgic for. — Lucy Grealy
I am almost certain that space and time are illusions. These are primitive notions that will be replaced by something more sophisticated. — Unknown Author
It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. Were this sentiment generally admitted we should… — Lucretia Mott
The likeness we bear to Jesus is more essential than our notions of him. — Lucretia Mott
Hang ideas! They are tramps, vagabonds, knocking at the back-door of your mind, each taking a little of your substance, each carrying away some crumb… — Joseph Conrad
People, fearing their own extinction, are willing to accept and perpetuate hand-me-down answers to the meaning of life and death; and, fearing a weakening of… — Robert Coover
Stupidity is much the same all the world over. A stupid person's notions and feelings may confidently be inferred from those which prevail in the… — John Stuart Mill
If we do not respect ourselves, we are on the one hand forced to despise those who have so few resources as to consort with… — Joan Didion
In considering any new subject, there is frequently a tendency, first, to overrate what we find to be already interesting or remarkable; and, secondly, by… — Ada Lovelace
It is the poet and philosopher who provide the community of objectives in which the artist participates. Their chief preoccupation, like the artist, is the… — Mark Rothko
So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in the… — Poul Anderson
A technique can only work if it is in harmony with universal principles. Such principles need to be grasped through Mind, pure consciousness. Selfish desires… — Morihei Ueshiba
Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and… — Laozi
Notions of property, value, ownership, and the nature of wealth itself are changing more fundamentally than at any time since the Sumerians first poked cuneiform… — John Perry Barlow

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