Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barbara Jordan

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

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

Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.

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.

Archie Shepp

Yes, the audience is so important to Negro music, especially the element of call and response.

Barbara Kingsolver

The most important part of a story is the piece of it you don't know.

Cameron Diaz

It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world.

Al-Waleed bin Talal

Ethics to me is very important.

Miley Cyrus

Even when you're acting, you still need to be true to yourself because you don't want to put on a show for the rest of your life. It is a hard way to the top, but it is also very easy to come back down as well. Also, it is really important to keep yourself rested, and whenever you need a break, take a break.

Anton Chekhov

What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won't seem important at all.

Bela Lugosi

I'll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.

Diana Vreeland

The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb.

Demetri Martin

Small businesses are important, but so are tiny businesses.

Oscar Goodman

These were not simple concepts and the issues were complex. I think it has been a very worthwhile experience.

Jon Kelly

Even kids as young as nine years are learning about gambling. They may not be gambling with money, but they're learning concepts of gambling. They see it.

Daniel Kahneman

The concept of happiness has to be reorganised.

O. Henry

The Hail Mary portion is the wholesale reform of Medicare. The idea . . . has technical problems to be solved, and it involves concepts around which there is not a major consensus.

Heinrich Himmler

I hope to see the very concept of Jewry completely obliterated.

Scott May

What we're really interested in doing is trying to figure out how we can help states and school districts infuse biotechnology concepts into teaching.

Chen Ning Yang

The existence of symmetry laws is in full accordance with our daily experience. The simplest of these symmetries, the isotropy and homogeneity of space, are concepts that date back to the early history of human thought.