Assume Quote by Siri Hustvedt Download Open image “Our great cultural error is to assume that 'truth' arrives only through reductive theories.” — Siri Hustvedt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Assume Cultural Error Great Only Our Theories Through Truth
The truth is an arbitrary, shifting, culturally relative, and historically molded phenomenon. — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
The Truth is the unknown from moment to moment, our minds must be always alert with full attention, free from prejudices, misconceptions, so it… — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
Our perceptions of truth are built around what is practical, not what is true. Even the smartest human brain doesn't have the capacity for… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Truth is a theory that is constantly being disproved. Only lies, it seems, go on forever. — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
As human beings, the closest we can get to truth is through story. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Sophisticated people seem to think that "the truth" must always be dark, disappointing, disillusioning. But this is not so at all. Most of the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
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I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth. — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I am married to a writer, and this - writing - is an odd enterprise. It's something we both support very strongly. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
With almost no exceptions, art by men is much more expensive than art by women. Even great women artists, like Louise Bourgeois and Lee… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I love the little garden in the back of my family's brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I watched 'Holiday' in college, and that was when I had my first fantasy of being Katharine Hepburn, standing at the top of the… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
When I don't get enough sleep, I am cranky, vulnerable to headaches, and my concentration is poor. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Transformation of the self are related to where you are, and identity Is dependent on others.” — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
There's a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
The faculty of memory cannot be separated from the imagination. They go hand in hand. To one degree or another, we all invent our… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Looking is part of love, but what you see when you look is anybody's guess.” — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Every sickness has an alien quality, a feeling of invasion and loss of control that is evident in the language we use about it. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
We only call at ducks when their rear ends are towards us. If I'm looking at you and you call my name, then I… — Jase Robertson Copy Share Image
I think that we have a number of different health care challenges in our country, and certainly addressing the uninsured is one, and the… — Debbie Stabenow Copy Share Image
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I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's a craft… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Although we often assume that feelings inspire actions, in fact, actions also inspire feelings. By pushing myself to act happier, I make myself feel… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio. When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Somewhere in that 20-year period, I would assume that there will be some basically new approach that will begin to cut into it, but… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image