Primarily Quotes

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[M]an has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to having a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn't think… — C.S. Lewis
Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing. — A. S. Byatt
Comedy is deemed inferior to tragedy primarily because of the social prevalence of narcissistic pathology. In other words people who are too self important to… — Tom Robbins
Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned with how others… — Eckhart Tolle
When I write I am trying to express my way of being in the world. This is primarily a process of elimination: once you have… — Zadie Smith
A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad teacher. To be… — Hermann Hesse
I don't think it had ever occurred to me that man's supremacy is not primarily due to his brain, as most of the books would… — John Wyndham
Christian faith, as I understand it, is not primarily a matter of signing on for the proposition that there exists a Supreme Being, but the… — Terry Eagleton
I am very fond of the oyster shell. It is humble and awkward and ugly. It is slate-colored and unsymmetrical. Its form is not primarily… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty and if she is not, the mob pouts and asks querulously, 'What else… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her,… — Markus Zusak
Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all… — Thomas Sowell
Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness. (p.36) — Markus Zusak
Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice;… — John Hersey
In the greatest fiction, the writer's moral sense coincides with his dramatic sense, and I see no way for it to do this unless his… — Flannery O'Connor
Imaginative literature primarily pleases rather than teaches. It is much easier to be pleased than taught, but much harder to know why one is pleased.… — Mortimer Adler
Yes, it's vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industrialized civilization, but to assign primary responsibility to oneself,… — Derrick Jensen
How do we accomplish this matter of gathering life together in God? We must begin primarily by refocusing our attention keeping our minds and hearts… — Sue Monk Kidd
The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his… — Ayn Rand
The confessing church of American Ragamuffins needs to join Magdalene and Peter in witnessing that Christianity is not primarily a moral code but a grace-laden… — Brennan Manning

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