World Quote by David Mamet Download Open image “In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.” — David Mamet ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare World
Fearful people cant describe the world around them rather they see what they describe. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Obviously, my perception of the world is one where humans are a threat to our survival. — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
So do we discover, in the world, that our worst fears are unfulfilled; yet we must fear, in order that we may feel delight. — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“There is nothing fearful except fear itself. It is not that we have fears in the daylight but that we have entirely created darkness… — Will Jelbert Copy Share Image
Something whose connection with human experience we cannot grasp is bound to be frightening. — Kobo Abe Copy Share Image
... we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
We cannot be fearful all the time; we have to rise above our fear, whatever is to happen to us, however our conditions may… — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Copy Share Image
And remember that the danger which is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of. — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Culture exists and evolves to relegate to habit categories of interactions the constant conscious reference to which would make human interaction impossible. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“We cannot live in peace without Law. And though law cannot be perfect, it may be just if it is written in ignorance of… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I know very well what it is to be out of work and to be cheated by employers and I know what it is… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Hitchcock denigrated American films, saying they were all 'pictures of people talking' - as, indeed, most of them are. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting fucked.” — David Mamet Copy Share Image
A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one concerned essentially with the aesthetic politics of its creators… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I don't understand why we're all connected wirelessly via a little machine that goes in our pocket, to everybody in the world, and you… — Jon M. Chu Copy Share Image
I don't really like too much credit. I know nobody's going to believe this, but I'd rather be able to score goals and nobody… — Bradley Wright-Phillips Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
I pray that wherever we are and whatever duties we have in the priesthood of God, we will be united in the cause to… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
One of the best moments of any Liars show is hearing the crowd squawk 'We're doomed! We're doomed!' on cue during 'We Fenced Other… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
