Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barbara Kingsolver

So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts.

Baruch Spinoza

I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.

Augustine Birrell

History is a pageant and not a philosophy.

Ayelet Waldman

Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage.

Ayn Rand

The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power.

Ayn Rand

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

Ayn Rand

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

Ayn Rand

Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.

Bertrand Russell

All definite knowledge - so I should contend - belongs to science; all dogma as to what surpasses definite knowledge belongs to theology. But between theology and science there is a No Man's Land, exposed to attack by both sides; this No Man's Land is philosophy.

Amy Govert

You need a dominant post player, but you also need a good point guard. If you look at the good teams around the area, they have a dominant point guard and a dominant post player.

Dianne Lewis

We have to play strong on the boards. Neither team is very tall. Nobody has a big dominant post player inside. All the small things are going to count.

Eric Rignot

What we found is this is probably the dominant response of the ice sheets.

Steve Smith

We talk about it all the time. We're trying to be the most dominant position on the field.

Jade Gribble

He was very aggressive. He was working all week on making everything solid. He was up 16-3 over the Milwaukee Vincent kid (in the championship match) when he pinned him, so he was very dominant today.

Jon Graff

The girls played well and were very dominant tonight.

Bill Belichick

It's been a while since I've seen a more dominant team than Pittsburgh's been these first two games, ... They really haven't been in a competitive game.