Values Quotes

6303 Values quotes by 3429 unique authors

Drugs are nihilistic: they undermine all values and radically overturn all our ideas about good and evil, what is just and what is unjust, what… — Octavio Paz
By diminishing the value of silence, publicity has also diminished that of language. The two are inseparable: knowing how to speak has always meant knowing… — Octavio Paz
Whether we regard the Women's Liberation movement as a serious threat, a passing convulsion, or a fashionable idiocy, it is a movement that mounts an… — Arianna Huffington
I've been lucky. I've met a lot of baseball people, and I've learned to value people who talk - people who talk well and in… — Roger Angell
Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world takes… — Douglas Coupland
Society is a kind of parent to its members. If it, and they, are to thrive, its values must be clear, coherent and generally acceptable. — Milton Sapirstein
In these times - where social appearance is more important than spiritual substance - what has become our longing to change is really the unconscious… — Guy Finley
Thought and learning are of small value unless translated into action. — Wang Yangming
The most difficult problems are naturally not involved in the search for forms for contemporary life. It is a question of working our way to… — Alvar Aalto
One of my father's most precious legacies to me was spiritual. I learned from him the value of courage and the strength of will. — Armand Hammer
If human values were relative, all laws-whether those based on revealed religions or those devised by man-would become meaningless. — Anwar Sadat
I do not care for socially recognizable success. I only value that success which I can feel within me, which satisfies me, and which basically… — Anwar Sadat
Race prejudice decreases values, both real estate and human. — W. E. B. Du Bois
The civilization of the twentieth century cannot be universal except by being a dynamic synthesis of all the cultural values of all civilizations. It will… — Leopold Sedar Senghor
As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles of… — Mark Leyner
You can't look at the intrinsic value of gold as you can a business. Gold doesn't give you cash flow, and, at the end of… — Michael Lee-Chin
My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness. — Lord Mountbatten
I'm really kind of boring - I'd rather go to bed early and get up early because I really value my time off, my time… — Mandy Moore
By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and… — Manning Marable
The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped. — Michael Mandelbaum
I think the thing that I admire about Rick Santorum is that he hasn't backed down or apologized one bit for his personal religious views,… — Michelle Malkin
I want to lead the Progressive Conservative Party, a party that will promote true conservative values and principles. I can tell you right now, I… — Peter MacKay
We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the complex drama of… — Pranab Mukherjee
The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these… — Thom Mayne
Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured. — Thomas E. Mann

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