Vacuity Quotes

17 quotes by 16 authors

Television was not intended to make human beings vacuous, but it is an emanation of their vacuity. — Malcolm Muggeridge
For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely on an immoderate… — Thomas Piketty
Of all the people expressing their mental vacuity, none has a better excuse for an empty head than the newspaperman: If he pauses to restock… — Russell Baker
Ideas are easy to come by, they spring effortlessly out of the vacuity of the mind and cost nothing. When they are held and projected… — Robert Beer
When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and… — Elena Kagan
Our moods do not believe in each other. To-day I am full of thoughts, and can write what I please. I see no reason why… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In indolent vacuity of thought. — William Cowper
A lot of times you see really good-looking guys on TV and you sort of assume that maybe there's some sort of vacuity behind them. — Misha Collins
Conversation, which is friendship's mode of expression, is a superficial digression which gives us nothing worth acquiring. We may talk for a lifetime without doing… — Marcel Proust
But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded… — Muhammad Iqbal
Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation. — Tennessee Williams
Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity — George Steiner
I could never have been a pacifist. To kill a man was surely to grant him an immeasurable benefit. Oh yes, people always, everywhere, loved… — Graham Greene
From the union of power and money, from the union of power and secrecy, from the union of government and science, from the union of… — Wendell Berry
The more successfully a city mingles everyday diversity of uses and users in its everyday streets, the more successfully, casually (and economically) its people thereby… — Jane Jacobs
Your friends will notice at once that glib vacuities fail to impress, and hate you, and tell lies about you. It's worth it. — Aleister Crowley
Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their vacuity. — Malcolm Muggeridge

Who Wrote These Vacuity Quotes

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