Strictly Speaking Quotes
47 quotes by 42 authors
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History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Invention strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can…
— Joshua Reynolds
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Just as a little bird cracks open the shell and flies out, we fly out of this shell, the shell of the body. We call…
— Swami Satchidananda
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A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort ... is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by…
— Ayn Rand
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When carbon (C), Oxygen (o) and hydrogen (H) atoms bond in a certain way to form sugar, the resulting compound has a sweet taste. The…
— Fritjof Capra
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Much is said about the progress of science in these centuries. I should say that the useful results of science had accumulated, but that there…
— Henry David Thoreau
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As modern-day neuroscience tells us, we are never in touch with the present, because neural information-processing itself takes time. Signals take time to travel from…
— Thomas Metzinger
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Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil: I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain…
— Mary Wortley Montagu
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The psychotic does not merely think he sees four blue bivalves with floppy wings wandering up the wall; he does see them. An hallucination is…
— Philip K. Dick
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It is only through the psyche that we can establish that God acts upon us, but we are unable to distinguish whether these actions emanate…
— Carl Jung
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Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction
— Dashiell Hammett
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A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to limit the freedom of his mind, or…
— Ayn Rand
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Strictly speaking, there are no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.
— Shunryu Suzuki
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Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there…
— Shunryu Suzuki
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Strictly speaking, there are no holidays for art; art pursues you everywhere, and that's just fine with the artist.
— Elfriede Jelinek
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Legalism is a problem in the church, but so is anti-nomianism. Granted, I don't hear anyone saying, 'Let's continue in sin that grace may abound'.…
— Kevin DeYoung
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But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers.
— William Robertson Smith
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The machine does not teach playing flexibility, does not help in taking account of human facxtors in the battle, and on whole, strictly speaking, it…
— Sergei Shipov
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By the laws of rectitude accused Persons, however atrocious their offences, are allowed to make their defence, and by a verdict of a Jury of…
— Judith Sargent Murray
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Cookery, or the art of preparing good and wholesome food, and of preserving all sorts of alimentary substances in a state fit for human sustenance,…
— Friedrich Accum
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