Rigorous Quotes

151 quotes by 141 authors

What is the most rigorous law of our being? Growth. — Mark Twain
An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities. — Wayne Thiebaud
People can pass thirty nights in dancing and no one complains about it, but if they watch through a single Christmas night they cough and… — Saint Francis de Sales
Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings. — Napoleon Bonaparte
All of us who desire the kingdom of God are, by the Lord's decree, under an equal and rigorous necessity of seeking after the grace… — Saint Basil
In the Far East, it is taken for granted that the training of a monk is physically rigorous and academically challenging. — Frederick Lenz
The creative genius may be at once naive and knowledgeable, being at home equally with primitive symbolism and rigorous logic. — Frank X. Barron
The Bolsheviks could not have retained power for two and a half months, let alone two and a half years, without the most rigorous and… — Vladimir Lenin
Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all the… — Sufjan Stevens
Close reading of tough-minded writing is still the best, cheapest, and quickest method known for learning to think for yourself... Reading, and rigorous discussion of… — John Taylor Gatto
Talk can neither be verified nor falsified in any rigorous sense. This is an open secret which hermeneutics and aesthetics, from Aristotle to Croce, have… — George Steiner
I value my Catholic background very much. It taught me not to be afraid of rigorous thought, for one thing. — Terry Eagleton
I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and… — Bell Hooks
I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism. — Barbara Kruger
Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. — Christopher Lasch
When I went to university, I was a philosophy major, but because I'm not very bright I chose to study philosophy at a performing arts… — Moby
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. — Toni Morrison
I've only half-admitted I'm a professional. I know I am, I've paid my dues, but one of the things I could do better when I'm… — Emily Mortimer
We are on the lookout for criminal and terrorist activity but we do not - nor will we ever - monitor ideology or political beliefs.… — Janet Napolitano
I never had one day that I didn't want to be on the ice, because I always had an objective for that day. I had… — Apolo Ohno

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