Perhaps Quotes

5223 Perhaps quotes by 2996 unique authors

The mind's eye is perhaps no better fitted for the full radiance of truth, than is the body's for that of the sun. — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. She is said to… — James Russell Lowell
Perhaps it is this theory of all work and no play that has made the Marxist such a very dull boy. — Herbert Read
Have you ever thought, headmaster, that your standards might perhaps be a little out of date? Of course they're out of date. Standards are always… — Alan Bennett
I don't know whether John Roberts has a twin, perhaps a sister or, uh, someone with a Hispanic last name — John Cornyn
Perhaps people who are gushing over the Obama Cult today might do well to stop and think about what it would mean for their granddaughters… — Thomas Sowell
Frank Farrelly. . .must be thought of with respect (perhaps even delight?) by his clients who have so far played the game of therapy with… — Paul Watzlawick
Perhaps the individual is so viable a god because he can actually understand the ceremonial significance of the way he is treated, and quite on… — Erving Goffman
Perhaps I shall not write my account of the Paleolithic at all, but make a film of it. A silent film at that, in which… — Penelope Lively
Maybe we all want to burn off across the horizon, into space, perhaps, to take off into some unknown territory and meet ourselves out there. — Unknown Author
Would a soul continually eye His everlasting tenderness and compassion...[then] it could not bear an hour's absence from Him; whereas now, perhaps, it cannot watch… — John Owen
A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good day of peace… — John Owen
Too few of us, perhaps, feel that breaking of bread, the sharing of salt, the common dipping into one bowl, mean more than satisfaction of… — M.F.K. Fisher
A complete lack of caution is perhaps one of the true signs of a real gourmet: he has no need for it, being filled as… — M.F.K. Fisher
Central heating, French rubber goods and cookbooks are three amazing proofs of man's ingenuity in transforming necessity into art, and, of these, cookbooks are perhaps… — M.F.K. Fisher
Perhaps the promise of phallus is always dissatisfying in some way. — Judith Butler
Is e=mc2 a sexed equation? Perhaps it is. Let us make the hypothesis that it is insofar as it privileges the speed of light over… — Luce Irigaray
The focusing of attention on the breath is perhaps the most universal of the many hundreds of meditation subjects used worldwide. — Jack Kornfield
I think perhaps love thrives on unlikely circumstance and chance : life thrives on these principles, and is life not love? And love not life? — Brandon Boyd
Perhaps peace is not, after all, something you work for, or 'fight for.' It is indeed 'fighting for peace' that starts all the wars. What,… — Thomas Merton
The basic problem is not political, it is a-political and human. One of the most important things to do is to keep cutting deliberately through… — Thomas Merton
I came with the notion of perhaps saying something for monks and to monks of all religions because I am supposed to be a monk.… — Thomas Merton
Perhaps the moral ambiguity of money is most plainly evidenced in the popular belief that money itself has value and that the worth of other… — William Stringfellow
What does it mean when a man falls in love with a radiant face across the room? It may mean that he has some soul… — Robert Bly
I chose surgery because I thought that perhaps this would make me more like the kind of person I wanted to be. — Atul Gawande

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