Prominent Quotes

143 Prominent quotes by 134 unique authors

Mysticism joins and unites; reason divides and separates. People crave belonging more than understanding. Hence the prominent role of mysticism, and the limited role of… — Thomas Szasz
I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I didn't like. — Will Rogers
When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: I joked about every prominent man of my… — Will Rogers
The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and… — Bayard Taylor
The study of letters is the study of the operation of human force, of human freedom and activity; the study of nature is the study… — Matthew Arnold
For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or boisterous, is entitled… — John F. Kennedy
The charge that an idea is radical, impractical, or long- haired is met by showing that a prominent businessman has favored it?an additional tactic in… — John Kenneth Galbraith
I feel sure that the police are helping us more than I could do in ten years. They are making more anarchists than the most… — Emma Goldman
The great power the president has is that he is the most prominent person in the biggest media event on the planet. He has the… — David Frum
It's very lonely being a prominent black intellectual at an institution where you're the only prominent black intellectual. That was the model that was followed… — Henry Louis Gates
My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in… — Evelyn Glennie
What naturally you want to do if you were a prominent person in the public light and you are disgraced, you want to make a… — Gail Collins
I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture. — Mos Def
All the most prominent Darwinists proclaim naturalistic philosophy when they think it safe to do so. — Phillip E. Johnson
Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their… — Marshall McLuhan
So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I… — Emily Mortimer
Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me. — Dennis Rodman
I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's meant as an insult. One columnist said it consists mainly… — Karl Rove
I went to England in the '70s, and I was in my early 20s. There was still a residue of that era of being an… — Geoffrey Rush
The successes of the LGBT civil rights movement and the more prominent role openly gay people are playing in the public eye has actually turned… — Dan Savage
There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
There's a flip side to having prominent public intellectuals, which is that they start meddling in politics and often with quite disastrous results. — Will Self
What the British seem to like are television historians and naturalists, not public intellectuals. You can't help feeling that's because one supplies narrative and the… — Will Self
Israel has many hopes, and faces extreme dangers. The most prominent danger is Iran, which is making every effort to acquire nuclear weapons and ballistic… — Ariel Sharon
Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists. — Hu Shih

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