Removed Quotes

537 quotes by 484 authors

Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on… — Chinua Achebe
The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred. — George Bancroft
Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of… — Jean Baudrillard
Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I find that very difficult to believe. — Jo Brand
As connected as we are with technology, it's also removed us from having to have human connection, made it more convenient to not be intimate. — Sandra Bullock
The money I pay for my cultural experiences came willingly from my own pocket - they were not the result of bread being removed from… — Julie Burchill
Self is the opaque veil that hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The human qualities of the raw materials show through. Naivety, error, contradiction, even (as in the cursing Psalms) wickedness are not removed. The total result… — C.S. Lewis
To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke, to… — Edward McKendree Bounds
American society is very like a fish society. . . . Among certain species of fish, the only thing which determines order of dominance is… — Margaret Mead
Even after the Truth has been realised, there remains that strong, obstinate impression that one is still an ego - the agent and experiencer. This… — Adi Shankara
Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed… — Niccolo Machiavelli
To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the… — Li-Young Lee
In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the most eminent living men of… — Alfred Russel Wallace
The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they are the modes… — Hannah Arendt
Something quite unexpected has happened. It came this morning early. For various reasons, not in themselves at all mysterious, my heart was lighter than it… — C.S. Lewis
The fact that this chain of life existed [at volcanic vents on the seafloor] in the black cold of the deep sea and was utterly… — Robert Ballard
Each generation of rabbis is necessarily less perfect than the rabbis that came before, since each generation is more removed from the perfection of the… — Cory Doctorow
Although by 1851 tales of adventure had begun to seem antiquated, they had rendered a large service to the course of literature: they had removed… — Carl Clinton Van Doren
Many people think sports are totally physical, that you don't have to think, everything is done for you and you're catered to, I found that… — Julius Erving

Who Wrote These Removed Quotes

484 authors contributed a total of 537 Removed Quotes, led by these top contributors: