Subjective Quotes

257 Subjective quotes by 224 unique authors

We've had a major shift in what truth is and where it comes from. We've gone from being God-centered to self-centered, from being objective to… — Josh McDowell
The subjective actress thinks of clothes only as they apply to her; the objective actress thinks of them only as they affect others, as a… — Edith Head
Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow which we cast — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way. — Edward de Bono
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. It can be argued that peace and happiness comes from the subjective internalised perspective of realizing… — Gautama Buddha
Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent… — Stephen Covey
Art is contemplation of the world in a state of grace and imaginatively reflecting that subjective understanding. — Hermann Hesse
With humor, it’s so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy. — Calvin Trillin
Memory is not particularly linear - it is associative, repetitive, subjective and porous. But the writer needs to convey disorder and dysfunction without making the… — Dana Spiotta
Is political discourse still just shouting opinions about subjective, hot-button issues based on poor understanding and outright ignorance about which agreements can never be reached? — Jeffrey Rowland
I must say a few words about memory. It is full of holes. If you were to lay it out upon a table, it would… — David Ebershoff
Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic life and breath, and they… — Muriel Barbery
Here was opportunity to make an audience walk and move, be sociable in a way never dreamed of by the rigors of cinema-watching, in circumstances… — Peter Greenaway
Beauty matters. It is not just a subjective thing but a universal need of human beings. If we ignore this need we find ourselves in… — Roger Scruton
We are enveloped in peace, whether or not we feel ourselves to be at peace. By that I mean the peace that passes understanding is… — Brennan Manning
The one object of fifty years of abstract art is to present art-as-art and as nothing else, to make it into the one thing it… — Ad Reinhardt
To grasp life and meaning, we assume constancy where it does not exist. We name experiences, emotions, and subjective states and assume that what is… — James Bugental
As we go forward in attempting to control bump drafting in those areas, there's going to be some very subjective calls being made. That's the… — John Nelson Darby
Art is the uniting of the subjective with the objective, of nature with reason, of the unconscious with the conscious, and therefore art is the… — Leo Tolstoy
Human vision is untrustworthy, subjective and selective. Camera vision is total and non - objective. — Andreas Feininger
[...] intelligent people only have a certain amount of time (measured in subjective time spent thinking about religion) to become atheists. After a certain point,… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love with ideas, and you can fall in love with people.… — Robert Wyatt
Go to the object. Leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Do not impose yourself on the object. Become one with the object. Plunge deep enough… — Matsuo Basho
You can get a subjective and highly factual dossier on most anyone in the public realm almost instantly. It's why publishers don't worry about author… — Douglas Coupland
Travel is very subjective. What one person loves, another loathes. I would say a private paradise in the Caribbean. If you want culture and class,… — Robin Leach

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