Quotes for All
Man tends to think that he is a creator, that he is like God. This is especially true of intellectuals, and in the last century, intellectuals tended to forget that they were like everyone else. Writing this book was a description of man going from a state of God back to a state of man, … Read more
If, while observing the boundless universe, the writer is able to scrutinise his own self as well as others, the resulting incisiveness of his observations will far surpass objective descriptions of reality. Gao Xingjian
Alphas simply did not grovel; arrogance was part of the job description. Gail Carriger
Few novels truly deserve the description ‘rollicking’ in the way Mary Novik’s Conceit does. A hearty, boiling stew of a novel, served up in rich old-fashioned story-telling. Novik lures her readers into the streets of a bawdy seventeenth-century London with a nudge and a wink and keeps them there with her infectious love of detail … Read more
An intentional object is given by a word or a phrase which gives a description under which. G. E. M. Anscombe
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America. Most of the states, of all ages …have been founded in rapacity, usurpation, and injustice; so that in the contests recorded in history …the military history of all … Read more
Etgar means challenge. And my family name is Keret, which means urban. So my name is urban challenge. My joke is, it’s a good description of a birth but a strange name for a human being. Etgar Keret
Be the Inner Spirit that is you. And relish in the creative moment. But don’t try to hold to anything that has been created in the moment – including your body. And when you find that place, there is peace beyond description. Because then you accept that you are the eternal being that you are. … Read more
By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools’ ability to recruit the right people. Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena. Erwin Schrodinger