Quotes with thinking--not

Quotes 761 till 780 of 10591.

  • Ludwig Wittgenstein A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • Oscar Wilde A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at.
    The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1895)
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Henrik Ibsen A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.
    Henrik Ibsen
    Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
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  • Bjornstjerne Bjornson A meaningful life - this is what we look for in art, in its smallest dewdrops as in its unleashing of the tempest. We are at peace when we have found it and uneasy when we have not.
    Bjornstjerne Bjornson
    Norwegian writer (1832 - 1910)
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  • Aaron Copland A melody is not merely something you can hum.
    Aaron Copland
    American composer and writer (1900 - 1990)
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  • Dean Acheson A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.
    Dean Acheson
    American statesman and lawyer. (1893 - 1971)
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  • Wayne Dyer A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Joseph Addison A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Bryant H. McGill A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • William Wycherley A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
    William Wycherley
    British drama writer (1640 - 1715)
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  • Abbie Hoffman A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.
    Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980)
    Abbie Hoffman
    American political and social activist (1936 - 1989)
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  • Mary Elizabeth Braddon A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.
    Mary Elizabeth Braddon
    English novelist (1835 - 1915)
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  • William Cowper A moral, sensible, and wellbred man, I will not affront me, and no other can.
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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  • Dorothy Canfield Fisher A mother is not a person to lean on but person to make leaning unnecessary.
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  • Edmund Burke A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Andrew William Mellon A nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money.
    Andrew William Mellon
    American banker and businessman
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  • Alexander Hamilton A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • Ben Jonson A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect.
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Max Planck A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
    Max Planck
    German physicist (1858 - 1947)
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  • Aaron Sorkin A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
    Aaron Sorkin
    American screenwriter, director, producer, and playwright (1961 - )
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