Sensibility Quotes

315 Sensibility quotes by 272 unique authors

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
The idea of 'machine assemblage' is, especially, very alien to my sensibility, since it suggests a relative indifference of the strata to one another during… — Brian Ferneyhough
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
Color is sensibility in material form, matter in its primordial state. — Yves Klein
When the soul is solidly rooted in... peacefulness, when it is freed of the bonds of every carnal urge, when the unshaking thrust of the… — John Cassian
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche commenting on the music of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their clearness. It voices… — Georges Bizet
Speaking of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their clearness. It voices a sensibility hitherto unknown to us. — Friedrich Nietzsche
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
Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do you have that accurate observation if you regard yourself as… — Hayden Christensen
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
Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as… — Chuck Klosterman
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'm not saying it isn't frustrating that my films haven't gotten a bigger release, but I'm really happy with them and if you just keep… — Alex Winter
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
The aim of critique is not the ends of man or of reason but in the end the Overman, the overcome, overtaken man. The point… — Gilles Deleuze
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
A medical profession founded on callousness to the pain of the other animals may eventually destroy its own sensibility to the pain of humans. — Brigid Brophy
Dark times have come, but in spite of this we have not yet reached a twilight of the gods and even today we have no… — Guido von List
Women have traditionally deferred to the judgment of men although often while intimating a sensibility of their own which is at variance with that judgment. — Carol Gilligan
I've been a lifetime Democrat, and I'm re-registering this year as an independent. It's strictly [because] my party, that I've been affiliated with all these… — Toby Keith
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

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