Western Quotes

1229 Western quotes by 890 unique authors

I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not… — Daniel H. Pink
Yes, hypothetically, western Catholicism could revise the theme of celibacy. ... But for the moment, I am in favor of maintaining celibacy, with the pros… — Pope Francis
A general problem with much of Western theology in my view is that the god portrayed is too small. It is a god of a… — Carl Sagan
Women should not be penalized for being women. Equally, men should not be penalized for being men. I fear that in overly politically correct western… — Robert Black
Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands. — Carl Jung
As the first Member of Congress from western Washington to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in over 50 years, I am proud to represent… — Rick Larsen
Scientology is the science of knowing how to know answers. It is a wisdom in the tradition of ten thousand years of search in Asia… — L. Ron Hubbard
THE LONG WALK is a raw, wrenching, blood-soaked chronicle of the human cost of war. Brian Castner, the leader of a military bomb disposal team,… — Jon Krakauer
Obama, who is becoming more and more preacher-like, wants to be the Punisher-in-Chi ef of the Western World, the Avenger-in-Chie f. There is something oddly… — Robert Fisk
...self-important western journalists who'd given up their sacred trust to become cheerleaders for trendy causes, the way communist journalists had once been cheerleaders for the… — Naomi Ragen
That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks or sailing ships-although… — Rodney Stark
I hear, Western people say, "The world was created for us." If tigers could write books, they would say, man was created for them and… — Swami Vivekananda
It is not for us . . . to send out missionaries to foreign peoples; it is our task to build up our own Western… — Carl Jung
I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's… — Franco Nero
There is no easy way to create a world where men and women can live together... But if such a world is created in our… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I can't help but believe that in the future we will see in the United States and throughout the Western world an increasing trend toward… — Ronald Reagan
In this Western world that we have, culture risks being [only] a form of entertainment. — Shirin Neshat
Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. — Aldous Huxley
Each climber loses one finger or toe once in a while. This is a small but important reason for Polish climbers success. Western climbers haven't… — Wanda Rutkiewicz
Begun as a girl from a little country town in central western Queensland, inspired by noble ideas of justice, about fairness, about making the world… — Quentin Bryce
The three values which men held for centuries and which have now collapsed are: mysticism, collectivism, altruism. Mysticism - as a cultural power - died… — Ayn Rand
There is no western concern for issues of aggression, atrocities, human rights abuses and so on if there's a profit to be made from them — Noam Chomsky
Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We are all of… — Swami Vivekananda
Everyone in the United States is so intense about maintaining a separation between Church and State when the real concern should be about keeping a… — Neale Donald Walsch
Western society has many flaws, and it is good for an educated person to have thought some of these through, even at the expense of… — Robert B. Laughlin

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