Singular Quotes

258 quotes by 218 authors

Companies should not have a singular view of profitability. There needs to be a balance between commerce and social responsibility... The companies that are authentic… — Howard Schultz
Although unions may be good for a worker, singular, they are not always good for workers, plural. Especially when it comes to finding a job. — Amity Shlaes
Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters. — M. Night Shyamalan
The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. — Alfred North Whitehead
'District 9' was a singular anti-Apartheid metaphor, and 'Elysium' is a more general metaphor about immigration and how the First World and Third World meet.… — Neill Blomkamp
White supremacy is the conscious or unconscious belief or the investment in the inherent superiority of some, while others are believed to be innately inferior.… — Michael Eric Dyson
There is still that singular perfection, and it's perfect in part because it seemed, at the time, so clearly to promise more. — Michael Cunningham
The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy… — J D Salinger
It is not given to us to grasp the truth, which is identical with the divine, directly. We perceive it only in reflection, in example… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion. — Albert Camus
But there are people who take salt with their coffee. They say it gives a tang, a savour, which is peculiar and fascinating. In the… — W. Somerset Maugham
Today we are aware as never before of the plurality of human life-styles and possibilities, while at the same time being tied, like in an… — Gary Snyder
... as a rule of thumb, whenever there appears a plural, correct for a singular. Should I ever let slip a royal WE, put me… — Nicole Krauss
The physical powers of the body cannot be separated from the rationale of the mind and the emotions of the heart. They are one and… — R A Salvatore
The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty. Leto II — Frank Herbert
The moon looks wonderful in this warm evening light, just as a candle flame looks beautiful in the light of morning. Light within light...It seems… — Marilynne Robinson
I loathe the expression â€œWhat makes him tick.â€ It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solutions, that uses the foolish expression. A… — James Thurber
That is at bottom the only courage that is demanded of us: to have courage for the most strange, the most singular and the most… — Rainer Maria Rilke
To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of… — Barack Obama
Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared. — Barack Obama

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