World Quotes - Page 622

I take facts about reasons to be fundamental in two ways. First, I believe that facts about reasons are not reducible to or analyzable in terms of facts of other kind, such as facts about the natural world. Second, I believe that reasons are the fundamental elements of the normative domain, and other normative notions, such as goodness and moral right and wrong can be explained in terms of reasons.

when the German propaganda tries to be winsome it is like a clown with homicidal mania - ludicrous and terrifying both at once.

The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.

I want to help promote Korean music around the world.

The capacity to forgive is not just about Rwandan women. It is about a willingness of women all over the world to work across conflict lines, to say, "Yes, I'm a Serb. Or yes, I'm a Muslim. Or yes, I'm a Croat. But I'm also a mother."

Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there are ...but unless you realize the Truth, there is no freedom.

The attempt to remove evil from the world by killing a thousand evil - doers, only adds to the evil in the world.

Good works are continually being undone by the tons of hatred and anger which are being poured out on the world.

The world has seen thousands of prophets, and the world has yet to see millions

You can have all the money in the world. You can be a multi-billionaire, but if you do not have your health it means nothing. Your health is the No. 1 important thing in your life.

If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.

The principal instances of mass violence in the world today are those committed by governments within their own legally recognized borders.

We live in a world of copies and we're fascinated when we encounter the originals (in a museum, for instance).

Many things in the world have not been named; and many things, even if they have been named, have never been described.

The complexity of the world is so overwhelming and so present to everyone.

Just in case the world ends tomorrow," she said. "We might as well enjoy today.

You can only drive yourself crazy if you have no distance from the world

I think of feminism as a socially just and imaginative world.

It only meant that my natural inclination was to draw my "energy" from within instead of seeking it outside myself, plus my mom was an introvcert, and so were a lot of normal people. The problem was I was shy on top of that. And we all know how the world loves a shy introvert.

Grieving is like being ill. You think the entire world revolves around you and it doesn't.

Statisticians tell us that people underestimate the sheer number of coincidences that are bound to happen in a world governed by chance.

I once bought a Manchester United hat, which I think was 12 shillings, and somebody ran up behind me and pulled it off and just ran ahead. I thought, 'It's a very cruel world, I'm not prepared for this'. And I decided to get my revenge on society.

Reinette: One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.

If you've read something brilliant, it's good. It's good to look out the window and see what's going on in the world.

It's more interesting to be out in the world. than to see it reflected in the mirror.