Something One Quotes

58 quotes by 55 authors

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself. — Simone de Beauvoir
I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
In order to 'hold fast' to something, one must allow oneself to be held to something. That commitment may be one of the hardest things… — Sheena Iyengar
It is inevitable when one has a great need of something one finds it. What you need you attract like a lover. — Gertrude Stein
Self-portraiture is something one should never get involved in, since it is wrong to lie even though one endeavours to tell the truth. — Ingmar Bergman
When we look at a child, we see that sense of fullness, of intrinsic aliveness, of joy in being, is not the result of something… — A. H. Almaas
If you only know something one way, then you don't really know it. — Michael Arndt
The most recent studies, . . . both behavioral and biological, indicate one's sexual orientation is genetic, something one is born with. — Peter McWilliams
There are people who live inside their heads and their intellects. It's something one is born with and stuck with. It's not something you make… — Charles Simic
I still do not know what impels anyone sound of mind to leave dry land and spend a lifetime describing people who do not exist.… — Mavis Gallant
Another hallmark of Christianity is that salvation is not individualistic-it's not something one person receives for himself or herself. Salvation is the reign of God.… — Stanley Hauerwas
An empathic way of being can be learned from empathic persons. Perhaps the most important statement of all is that the ability to be accurately… — Carl Rogers
Gender is not something that one is, it is something one does, an actâ€¦ a doing rather than a being. — Judith Butler
Grace is not something one possesses; instead, grace is something one receives. — Bill Courtney
Photography is a magic thing. A thing that has mysterious odors, a little strange and frightening, something one quickly grows to love. — Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Genius: 1. to believe your own thought. To believe that what is true for you is ultimately true. 2. a sledgehammer. 3. the fruit of… — Heinrich Heine
You'd think is something one would grow out of. But you grow into it. The more you do, the more you realize how painfully easy… — Glenda Jackson
To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. — Richard Miller
It is not enough to prove something, one also has to seduce or elevate people to it. That is why the man of knowledge should… — Friedrich Nietzsche
In the true order of things one does not do something in order to be happy-one is happy and, hence, does something. One does not… — Neale Donald Walsch

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