Phenomenon Quotes

623 quotes by 507 authors

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of… — Hannah Arendt
These megaleaks... They're an important phenomenon, and they're only going to increase. — Julian Assange
Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich, or aristocratic, they… — Margaret Atwood
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little… — Bruce Barton
Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent. — Anthony Bourdain
When you're part of a pop phenomenon, you have so many opinions shoved down your throat. — Christina Aguilera
Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it. — Taylor Caldwell
Taken as a whole, Europe's share of world output is projected to fall by almost a third in the next two decades. This is the… — David Cameron
In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment. — Thomas Carlyle
Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world. — Noam Chomsky
Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. — Sidney Altman
Life processes take place in an aqueous medium. All organisms are composed mostly of water, whether they dwell in the oceans, lakes, and rivers, or… — Robert E. Lee
The recurrence of a phenomenon like Edison is not very likely. The profound change of conditions and the ever increasing necessity of theoretical training would… — Nikola Tesla
Culture is not a surface phenomenon, it is our very care — Edgar Schein
A backlash against women's rights is nothing new. Indeed it's a recurring phenomenon: it returns every time women begin to make some headway towards equality,… — Susan Faludi
People are living longer than ever before, a phenomenon undoubtedly made necessary by the 30-year mortgage. — Doug Larson
Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently,… — Emile Durkheim
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. — Carl von Clausewitz
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war... — Pope John Paul II

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