Ultimately Quotes

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To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to… — Frank Herbert
The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be… — Fred Rogers
Every one of Joel's important songs--including the happy ones--are ultimately about loneliness. And it's not 'clever lonely' (like Morrissey) or 'interesting lonely' (like Radiohead); it's… — Chuck Klosterman
If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution. — Jasper Fforde
If we try to resolve terrorism with military might and nothing else, then we will be no safer than we were before 9/11. If we… — Greg Mortenson
It's quite simple really. Being always transcends appearance-that which only seems to be. Once you begin to know the being behind the very pretty or… — William P. Young
It's far easier to write why something is terrible than why it's good. If you're reviewing a film and you decide "This is a movie… — Chuck Klosterman
The marriage partner is not really the problem. No other person can ultimately make you happy. You must learn how to be happy within yourself. — Joel Osteen
A man seeks his own destiny and no other, said the judge. Wil or nill. Any man who could discover his own fate and elect… — Cormac McCarthy
We could cope—the world could cope—with a Jesus who ultimately remains a wonderful idea inside his disciples' minds and hearts. The world cannot cope with… — N. T. Wright
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation… — Barack Obama
Yet I think the demon's target is not the possessed; it is us . . . the observers . . . every person in this… — William Peter Blatty
Apparently there is no profit in the unique, or not enough to make it worthwhile to preserve. Ultimately it drains the life out of us,… — Lewis Black
One of the advantages of science is that one's work, ultimately, is either replicated or it is not. — Kay Redfield Jamison
No teacher has ever failed from ignorance. That is empiric professional knowledge. Teachers fail because they cannot `handle the class.' Real education must ultimately be… — Ezra Pound
Manners are about imagination, ultimately. They are about imagining being the other person. — Lynne Truss
Weren’t all books ultimately related? After all, the same letters filled them, just arranged in a different order. Which meant that, in a certain way,… — Cornelia Funke
What is real to me is the power of our awareness when we are focused on something beyond ourselves. It is a shaft of light… — Terry Tempest Williams
Mister Teatime had a truly brilliant mind, but it was brilliant like a fractured mirror, all marvellous facets and rainbows but, ultimately, also something that… — Terry Pratchett
The glory of God is the living man, but the life of man is the vision of God', says St. Irenaeus, getting to the heart… — Pope Benedict XVI
He thought that in the beauty of the world were hid a secret. He thought that the world’s heart beat at some terrible cost and… — Cormac McCarthy
Since art is merely and ultimately self-expressive, we conclude that the fullest art, the most individual, uninfluenced, unrepressed, uninhibited expression of art is true expression… — Allen Ginsberg
No pill can help me deal with the problem of not wanting to take pills; likewise, no amount of psychotherapy alone can prevent my manias… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Ultimately — or at the limit — in order to see a photograph well, it is best to look away or close your eyes. 'The… — Roland Barthes

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