Famous Quotes & Sayings

Salman Rushdie

The writers of the French enlightenment had deliberately used blasphemy as a weapon, refusing to accept the power of the Church to set limiting points on thought.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it.

Nhat Hanh

We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet.

Moliere

They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.

Nancy Pearcey

Clearly, Enlightenment thinkers were seeking a God substitute.

Mark Victor Hansen

Enlightenment is awakened awareness.

Terence McKenna

Culture is the greatest barrier to your enlightenment, your education, and your decency.

Scott Lynch

Enlightenment! When it comes, it comes like a brick to the head, doesn't it?

Shunryu Suzuki

It is not after we understand the truth that we attain enlightenment. To realize the truth is to live - to exist here and now.

Lennart Johansson

I think it's a good idea. They have the same culture, understand each other and travelling is easy between countries. So why not?

Stephen Rodrick

In college football, fans wallow in a culture of failure. Unless you root for Miami, you sadly wait for disaster to strike your team in a manner not seen outside of Fenway Park.

Edward Hirsch

There are still many tribal cultures where poetry and song, there is just one word for them. There are other cultures with literacy where poetry and song are distinguished. But poetry always remembers that it has its origins in music.

Chris Byrne

Historically, toys have always reflected our culture at any particular point in time, ... Today we live in a high-tech world, where technology is being used by kids even at a very young age. Toymakers are responding to that trend.

Al Horford

I think the culture is always going to be a football culture, as we well know. But I think this definitely impacts the way people are going to start looking at us.

Bruce Hyde

Lake Champlain is the most under-marketed gem of a resource. First and foremost I want to use this as an opportunity to promote the history, culture and recreation of Lake Champlain.

Bill Daly

We take this seriously. The pro gambling culture is something we educate our players about extensively.

Wade Davis

to find those great stories of wonder found within various cultures that teach us something about human experience.

Steve Ross

I thought we had a potential pop culture classic, ... But I think it's fair to say none of us anticipated the level of sales we've seen. Clearly, people are responding to the concept.

Cato Institute

We have to acknowledge that individuals can face transition costs when trade barriers come down,

Chris Anderson

If you just look at state policy, you're not looking at the whole picture. As we've heard from many of our members, you can have a great state policy that can't be implemented, or finds barriers at the local level.

Stephanie Rollings

Cities are going to have to break down the barriers and open up the lines of communication, and I think we are all kind of at that point.

Charisse Ward

Clutter causes stress, and clutter is one of the main barriers of productivity.

Paul Wolfowitz

calls for dismantling trade barriers and ending agriculture subsidies that hurt small farmers and the private sector.

Richard Jenkins

Canadians continue to embrace e-commerce and the convenience that it offers, but there remain a few barriers for consumers to shift more of their buying to retail websites.

Larry Freed

In effect, online brokerage today is where e-retail was five years ago. Until the industry figures out how to overcome the barriers to moving online, the online brokerage category will struggle to increase satisfaction of its customers.

Gwen Ifill

I'm happy to break down barriers and be a role model, but I don't want that to be the only thing people talk about. At some point, you have to move past it... . I try not to play into it. I've had this job for a while.

Geena Davis

I love to see those barriers broken. What I'm really hoping is that we can get break the barriers and then get past it to the point that its really not shocking news.