Seems Quotes

7056 Seems quotes by 4268 unique authors

It is a curious property of research activity that after the problem has been solved the solution seems obvious. This is true not only for… — Edwin Land
[It] is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness. — Richard Dawkins
We must remain, in a word, in an intellectual disposition which seems paradoxical, but which, in my opinion, represents the true mind of the investigator.… — Claude Bernard
It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles, and that help must come from without. — A. C. Benson
War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick,… — Benjamin Franklin
What is drawing? It is working oneself through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do. — Vincent Van Gogh
What could define God, [is thinking of God] as the embodiment of the laws of nature. However, this is not what most people would think… — Stephen Hawking
Now it seems that everything in the world stems from sources other than God, since the products of nature have their source in nature; deliberate… — Thomas Aquinas
The Christian take on Hellfire seems less dramatic than the Muslim vision, which I grew up with, but Christian magical thinking appeals to me no… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Something which is against natural laws seems to me rather out of the question because it would be a depressive idea about God. It would… — Max Born
There is for me powerful evidence that there is something going on behind it all. . . It seems as though somebody has fine tuned… — Paul Davies
e idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naive. However, I am also not a "Freethinker" in the usual… — Albert Einstein
But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all… — Charles Darwin
I am not an angry girl, but it seems I've got everyone fooled. Every time I say something they find hard to hear, they chalk… — Ani DiFranco
Every religion seems like a fantasy to outsiders, but as holy truth to those of the faith. — Isaac Asimov
As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life - no matter how impossible it seems - you need to fight for it. — Brad Meltzer
With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire. — Sharon Salzberg
I [i.e., God] have given you baptism as a gift for the forgiveness of sins, and preach to you unceasingly by word of mouth concerning… — Martin Luther
Compassion is the basis of all truthful relationship: it means being present with love-for ourselves and for all life, including animals, fish, birds, and trees.… — Ram Dass
The fateful question for the human species seems to me to be whether and to what extent their cultural development will succeed in mastering the… — Sigmund Freud
Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on others. They think… — Dalai Lama
Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is… — Daniel J. Boorstin
No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love,… — Boris Pasternak
A perpetual conflict with natural desires seems to be the lot of our present state. In youth we require something of the tardiness and frigidity… — Lyndon B. Johnson

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