Quotes for All
I am opposed to textbooks… I find it hateful to give a course where I have to plough my way through chapter after chapter of a given book. The liveliness of the lecture, which is meant to give an impetus to the sudents, would suffer tremendously. Emil Artin
Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does not respect or spare anyone, not even itself. Eleanor of Aquitaine
A soulmate is an ongoing connection with another individual that the soul picks up again in various times and places over lifetimes. We are attracted to another person at a soul level not because that person is our unique complement, but because by being with that individual, we are somehow provided with an impetus to … Read more
You can’t throw your ego away, but you can use its innate desire to experience that which is beyond itself to give you the impetus to meditate. Frederick Lenz
There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth. Fred Rogers
Sharia is the impetus behind multinational diplomatic efforts to accommodate Sharia blasphemy prohibitions on expression that offends Muslims. Frank Gaffney
So close is the bond between man and woman that you can not raise one without lifting the other. The world can not move ahead without woman’s sharing in the movement, and to help give a right impetus to that movement is woman’s highest privilege. Frances Harper
Of one thing the executive may be sure: that the majority want more of the good things of life, and if they can get them without undue personal effort, so much the better. So the executive naturally tends to promise material gain, contingent of course on his remaining in power. The impetus to personal rule … Read more
He laughed a little, in an odd, nervous kind of way. Because if I don’t get going soon, the whole impetus may die–and if that happens, well, I really shall consider a long, restful plunge into insanity. Sometimes the abyss yawns very attractively. Dodie Smith
Apart from the representational content of an idea there is another component: its force and vivacity, its impetus. David Hume