2000+ Uniue Quotes & Sayings
I think I'd just like to get in a time machine and travel and never come back. The '20s would be an incredible place to be, dressing up in tuxedos with fancy cars. That sounds incredible.
Victor WebsterHope is the belief we might get it done, and faith is the knowledge we will get it done.
Tom ShadyacThe truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept among indigenous people. We invented that.
Tom ShadyacTruth can be a matter of perspective, but I also think there's a truth that exists, that there are laws to the universe the way Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King believed.
Tom ShadyacPeople always talk about the implication and applications of a process, but for me, the goal is purely about knowledge. Knowledge can become practical today, in 20 years, or in 500 years. Ask Newton. He didn't know there would be space research based on his accident with the apple.
Ada YonathMy memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me.
Ada YonathAfter I spent my compulsory army service in the 'top secret office' of the Medical Forces, where I was fortunate to be exposed to clinical and medical issues, I enrolled to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Ada YonathBut now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation.
George JacksonThere is a time in the last few days of summer when the ripeness of autumn fills the air.
Rudolfo AnayaVision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.
Joel A. BarkerAnd I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
Venerable BedeHe alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.
Venerable BedeThe profession of film director can and should be such a high and precious one; that no man aspiring to it can disregard any knowledge that will make him a better film director or human being.
Sergei EisensteinWhen David Marr at MIT moved into computer vision, he generated a lot of excitement, but he hit up against the problem of knowledge representation; he had no good representations for knowledge in his vision systems.
Marvin MinskyKnowledge is never too dear.
Francis WalsinghamThe courage of a soldier is heightened by his knowledge of his profession.
Publius Flavius Vegetius RenatusIn time of peace prepare for war.
Publius Flavius Vegetius RenatusFew men are born brave. Many become so through training and force of discipline.
Publius Flavius Vegetius RenatusBut the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.
John Buchanan RobinsonAccording to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people; but it is always your own happiness you seek.
John Buchanan RobinsonWhen I decided to make 'Blackface,' a short film about Black Pete, I had little knowledge of the giant cesspool of hate I was about to dive into. I didn't realize how popular and passionate many white Dutch are about a figure that they connect to fond memories from their childhood.
Roger Ross WilliamsHistory can show you that it was one pile of bad stuff after another. It can also show you that there's been tremendous progress in knowledge, behaviour, laws, civilisation. It cannot show you that there was a meaning behind it.
Tony JudtFrom their breakout 2002 single, 'Losing My Edge,' LCD Soundsystem have offered a unique combination of geek knowledge, passion and intelligent, ironic distance.
Katie KitamuraI think there's such a fine line in a relationship. The role of imagination and privacy... how much space can you allow before that becomes distance? And similarly, imagination is empathy. That's how you achieve empathy. It's how you can be with another person and understand how they are in the world.
Katie KitamuraActing is an expression of imagination. No firsthand knowledge is necessary.
Billy CrudupBut a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.
Patrick GeddesMany anthropologists work with a concept called embodied knowledge - tacit, nonscientific knowledge - and look for ways to incorporate such information into product design.
Katie HafnerAnd let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood.
John Sergeant WiseIn all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.
John Sergeant WiseI think that's something a scientist can do because a scientist works at a border, at the edge of science, at the edge of knowledge, and so there's a lot of fun of reaching out and thinking about things that other people didn't think about. And so it has a kind of exploratory notion, kind of adventurous part in it.
Stefan HellPeople of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.
Van Wyck BrooksThe man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.
Van Wyck BrooksNothing has ever moulded our conscience so strongly as our knowledge of what is good and what is evil.
Bjornstjerne BjornsonBy the age of nine, I had a thorough knowledge of contemporary Polish literature as well as of foreign literature in Polish translation, and I began to write poems in honour of a lady of thirty years. Naturally, she knew nothing about them.
Wladyslaw ReymontIf we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.
Susanne LangerI feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.
Cathy FreemanI'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly.
Cathy FreemanPeace, unity and harmony!
Cathy FreemanI think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.
Cathy FreemanThe greatest enemy of progress is the illusion of knowledge.
John YoungIf we extend our senses, then, consequently, we will extend our knowledge. It's really very basic.
Neil HarbissonThere's no legal protection for cyborgs. In 2010, I started the Cyborg Foundation to defend our rights. Cyborgs have been kicked out from several places because they are seen as a possible security threat. I've been kicked out from places such as Harrods, Casino Montecarlo, and many supermarkets.
Neil HarbissonBy having a little bit of knowledge about many different things, it enables me to talk to people about a subject that they would not ordinarily think I could talk about. It's a lever for me, I suppose.
Brian GrazerEverybody in Hollywood has to beat the 'no' - and if you write code in Silicon Valley, or if you design cars in Detroit, if you manage hedge funds in Lower Manhattan, you also have to learn to beat the 'no.'
Brian GrazerA good designer has technical knowledge - don't treat her like someone who's there to decide whether something should be pink or orange.
Jeffrey ZeldmanDarrell is really good in the studio. I mean, he has a real working knowledge of how the process works, and what sounds good coming back over tape, and how the stuff works together.
Guy ClarkI get pretty much all the exercise I need walking down airport concourses carrying bags.
Guy ClarkKnowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.
Ralph CudworthNow all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God.
Ralph CudworthWith all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.
Sonny Bono