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People Quotes by Jostein Gaarder
- We do not believe in the notion of God's chosen people. We laugh at this people's fancies and weep over its misdeeds. To act as…
- Superstitious." What a strange word. If you believed in Christianity or Islam, it was called "faith". But if you believed in astrology or Friday the…
- If just one of [those people] experiences life as a crazy adventure--and I mean that he, or she, experiences this every single day... Then he…
- How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.
- Socrates, whose mother was a midwife, used to say that his art was like the art of the midwife. She does not herself give birth…
- A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these…
- The most subversive people are those who ask questions.
- People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent.
- Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.
- The stupidest thing she knew was for people to act like they knew all about the things they knew absolutely nothing about.
- A lot of people experience the world with the same incredulity as when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat.…We know that the…
- I sat thinking how terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as incredible as…
- Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence. Some of them fall off, but others cling on desperately…
- But she’d managed to find her way into our reality, perhaps because she had an important mission here, perhaps because she was here to save…
- There are five billion people living on this planet. But you fall in love with one particular person, and you won't swap her for any…
- It is different for us mortals. We are the ones who become old and grey. We are the ones who become worn at the seams…
- Socrates himself said, 'One thing only I know, and this is that I know nothing.' Remember this statement, because it is an admission that is…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle