Reference Quotes
431 quotes by 384 authors
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I feel like the Internet needs to be disarmed in some way. There needs to be a philosophical undermining of the Internet. We take it…
— Sufjan Stevens
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Everyone who owns a home recognizes the need for fire insurance. We hope and pray that there will never be a fire. Nevertheless, we pay…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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The interior deprives men of their senses. Here, the eerie stillness of the wilderness and the darkness of night render the men both deaf and…
— Joseph Conrad
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets.
— Democritus
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One must be willing to stand alone - in the unknown, with no reference to authority or the past or any of one's conditioning. One…
— Adyashanti
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Thomas Jefferson made a comment about the Presidency and age. He said that one should not worry about one's exact chronological age in reference to…
— Ronald Reagan
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Grace loves without reference to what may or may not happen-which is precisely why such incredible things do happen!
— Tullian Tchividjian
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There was reference made to a book written in Greek by a former Rabbi who had been converted to Christianity. There was reference to a…
— Julius Streicher
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Change no man’s religion, change no man’s politics, interrupt the sovereignty of no nation. Instead, teach Man to use what he has and what he…
— L. Ron Hubbard
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This, then, is the truth of the discourse of universal human rights: the Wall separating those covered by the umbrella of Human Rights and those…
— Slavoj Žižek
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It meant that Diana had not waited for any explanation, however halting and imperfect, but had condemned him unheard; and this showed a much harder,…
— Patrick O'Brian
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On the bookshelf of life, God is a useful work of reference, always at hand but seldom consulted.
— Dag Hammarskjold
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To have a true investment, there must be a true margin of safety. And a true margin of safety is one that can be demonstrated…
— Benjamin Graham
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I can be an artist a posteriori, not a priori. If my pictures tell the story, our story, human story, then in a hundred years,…
— Sebastiao Salgado
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When you live in a false society, that bases its wealth upon money, then that society itself will collapse eventually. Not because I say so,…
— Jacque Fresco
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Transitions are a part of life, allowing for perpetual renewal. When you experience the end of one chapter, allow yourself to feel the emotions of…
— David Simon
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Art, if it is successful, needs no explanation. Star Trek and Spock, if they are works of art, can be discussed. But finally the response…
— Leonard Nimoy
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I think one of the great disasters (in military history) is the way that the Second World War has become the defining reference point for…
— Antony Beevor
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I am a child of cinema, and I am a cineaste, so everything I do is a reference to something I've heard or experienced or…
— Nicolas Winding Refn
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Oh definitely. It'll be in a hot tub, with my entire head squeezed into a jet. The photos are going to be hilarious. Man, I…
— Jason Sudeikis
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384 authors contributed a total of 431 Reference Quotes, led by these top contributors: