Selective Quotes

138 quotes by 126 authors

Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You canâ€™t feel pain, you arenâ€™t gonna feel anything else, either. — Judith Guest
One of the problems, and it's one which is obviously going to get worse, is that all the people at the party are either the… — Douglas Adams
Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an inarguable moral truth. — E L Doctorow
But, you see, that's the luxury of being a lout - you get to be selective about when you care and when you don't. The… — Rachel Cohn
Love is not selective, desire is selective. In love there are no strangers. When the centre of selfishness is no longer, all desires for pleasure… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The selective voluntary blindness of human beings allows them to ignore the moral consequences of their choices. It has been one of the species' most… — Orson Scott Card
I used to think God wouldnâ€™t talk to me, but now I know Iâ€™m just selective with what I choose to hear. — Bob Goff
The neutral zone of selective advantage in the neighbourhood of zero is thus so narrow that changes in the environment, and in the genetic constitution… — Ronald Fisher
Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one. — Emily Oster
The Gospels were written to present the life and teachings of Jesus in ways that would be appropriate to different readerships, and for that reason… — John Drane
We have to rethink the way we light our cities. We have to think again about light as a default solution. Why are all these… — Rogier van der Heide
In a day when broadcasters and publishers have rather free access into our homes, we must seek clean, uplifting entertainment, whether on television, videos, movies,… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
There are so many different things out there trying to hook our attention, we writers have to be very selective and make certain that it… — Sue Monk Kidd
In the early 1800s, religion was often used as a way to keep slavery in place. Slaves were forced to attend the church of their… — Sue Monk Kidd
Porter is my eldest child, and I tended to be fiercely protective when he was criticized. He actually was not a big complainer about school.… — Susan Shreve
We as Americans and as humans have very selective hearing and very selective memory. We only hear what we want to hear and disregard the… — Frank Luntz
New Yorkers should know that no one in the Administration, at the Department of Defense, or at the Selective Service System is advocating the reinstatement… — Jim Walsh
When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection. — Gabriel Lippmann
When they come to Europe, they are confronted by still closed borders. Thus, the concept of open borders is a very selective concept, one that… — Ulrich Beck
In the end, arguing about affirmative action in selective colleges is like arguing about the size of a spigot while ignoring the pool and the… — Eric Liu

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