Doe Quotes - Page 79

It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.

Train yourself for a profession that does not exist.

A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.

When a person acts without knowledge of what he thinks, feels, needs or wants, he does not yet have the option of choosing to act differently.

There is nothing in the nature of a miracle that should render it incredible:;: its credibility depends upon the nature of the evidence by which it is supported. An event of extreme probability will not necessarily command our belief unless upon a sufficiency of proof; and so an event which we may regard as highly improbable may command our belief if it is sustained by sufficient evidence. So that the credibility or incredibility of an event does not rest upon the nature of the event itself, but depends upon the nature and sufficiency of the proof which sustains it.

They think they're better than everyone else." "No," said Jace. "I think I'm better than everyone else. An opinion that has been backed up with ample evidence." Kyle looked at Simon. "Does he always talk like this?" "Yes.

When one does not love too much, one does not love enough.

The world needs banking but it does not need banks.

Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.

Freedom is the default position. Everything the government does takes away some of our freedom... That's why we have a constitution, to restrain the government.

But God is the God of the waves and the billows, and they are still His when they come over us; and again and again we have proved that the overwhelming thing does not overwhelm. Once more by His interposition deliverance came. We were cast down, but not destroyed.

Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.

A person does what he does because he sees the world as he sees it.

Charles II once invited the members of the Royal Society to explain to him why a dead fish weighs more than the same fish alive; a number of subtle explanations were offered to him. He then pointed out that it does not.

To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.

Speak, what trade art thou? Why, sir, a carpenter. Where is thy leather apron and thy rule? What does thou with thy best apparel on?

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

The will of God is eternal because He does not begin to will what He did not will before, nor cease to will what He willed before.

Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.

When in this world a man comes forward with a thought, a deed, a vision, we ask not how does he look, but what is his message?. . . The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty. . . .

And I quoted from Nietzsche: That which does not kill me, makes me stronger.

It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.

Can you imagine a world in which the letter O does not exist? My name would be Thm Yrke. Think about that.

It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial. The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.

Might does not make right! Right makes right!