Sensibilities Quotes

91 Sensibilities quotes by 86 unique authors

Mainstream politicians will continue to protect existing systems of power, corporate executives will continue to maximize profit without concern, and the majority of people will… — Robert Jensen
Very often I suspend my musical sensibilities to enjoy music as a fan. — Billy Sheehan
Even if things are as bad as they could possible be, and as meaningless, then matters of truth are themselves indifferent; we may as well… — Annie Dillard
Philosophy exists in profoundest opposition to rhetoric, which is speaking for the sake of producing or controlling some effect in others' perceptions. Philosophy is about… — Kenny Smith
Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded… — Elihu Root
All of these declarations of what writing ought to be, which I had myself-though, thank God I had never committed them to paper-I think are… — Jamaica Kincaid
When I started Ashes and Snow in 1992, I set out to explore the relationship between man and animals from the inside out. In discovering… — Gregory Colbert
I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up for… — Claire Danes
In America today, if your sensibilities are offended by something that has happened, you get an enormous amount of credibility and are taken very seriously. — Brit Hume
The important outcomes of schooling include not only the acquisition of new conceptual tools, refined sensibilities, a developed imagination, and new routines and techniques, but… — Elliot W. Eisner
I constantly try to reinvent my sensibilities and my ideas. I enjoy some of the satisfaction that I get when I feel good about what… — Vincent Gallo
Because of his supernatural outlook, he could always work very calmly and effectively and finish things on time. This was a reflection of the reality… — Salvador Bernal
Frequently parents forget that children are people. I don't try to treat Kristen as an adult, but I do try to treat her as a… — Kent McCord
Bands like Nirvana had theatrical sensibilities, playing with image, challenging assumptions people were making about them, the apex being Kurt Cobain in a dress to… — Amanda Palmer
I am suspicious of guilt in myself and in other people; it is usually a way of not thinking, or of announcing one's own fine… — Lillian Hellman
Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in contemporary urban culture. Creative, that is, in the truest sense: they are creators of sensibilities. The… — Susan Sontag
I think Chicago people are very special people, and the Midwest's confluence of East Coast-meets-Midwest sensibilities had to, on a formative level, inform me as… — Daniel Sunjata
My husband is my best friend; he knows my sensibilities. — Vera Farmiga
I wouldn't tell anyone to study werewolves - I studied wolves, how they moved, their tendencies and sensibilities. — Joe Manganiello
I grew up in Glen Ellyn, which is about 20 miles west of Chicago. I attended Glenbard South High School and University of Illinois. I… — Ryan McPartlin
As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest… — Catharine Beecher
I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to… — Paul Michael Glaser
I've got my dad's height and smoking habit. But I think I've got my mum's looks and sensibilities. — Max Irons
It is worthwhile adding that the power of the poem to teach not only sensibilities and the subtle movements of the spirit but knowledge, real… — Guy Davenport
I would be annoyed if I were any more in tune with modern sensibilities. I was shaped differently. The world in which I grew up… — John Graves

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