World Quotes - Page 681

Out yonder there is this huge world, which exists independently of us human beings and which stands before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partially accessible to our inspection and thinking

The world I live in is loathsome to me, but I feel one with the men who suffer in it

You just Sanisa in the death overs. He is simply the best in the world.

Conservatives cannot govern well for the same reason that vegetarians cannot prepare a world-class boeuf bourguignon: If you believe that what you are called upon to do is wrong, you are not likely to do it very well.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

You know, being a test pilot isn't always the healthiest business in the world.

Don't be caught up in your outer world. Pay greater attention to your inner world

Scripture is so counter culture. Christ was counter culture. It's not like we're supposed to be weird or anything, but as we grow closer to Christ, we won't care about the things of the world as much. As a believer, you're just going to be countercultural. That's the way its always been and it will always continue to be that way. That's why it's important for us as believers to encourage other believers that it's okay to be that way.

There's not a single thing on offer in this all-too-temporary world for which you should ever sell your soul.

We are living in a world where everything is based on security.

There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.

Spurs are up against one of the top coaches in the world if not one of the best in the world

The rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.

Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.

We have now armed to such an extent as the world has never before seen.

The nature of the world is inherently obvious, if you remain in a state of total psycho-physical oneness with whatever and all that presently arises.

The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country.

Unquestionably, the world is better off without Saddam.

Today we reject the notion of equality between a regime that belongs to the democratic world - even if it is conservative and disagreeable - and a totalitarian dictatorship, whether its colors are black, red, or green. This is why we will never again say that Chamberlain is no better than Hitler, Roosevelt no better than Stalin, and Nixon no better than Mao Zedong, even if we do condemn Roosevelt for Yalta, Chamberlain for Munich, and Nixon for Watergate.

The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.

Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.

To get at the meaning of a statement the logical positivist asks, "What would the world be like if it were true?" The operationist asks, "What would we have to do to come to believe it?" For the pragmatist the question is, "What would we do if did believe it?"

The thing itself is never just out there in the world waiting to be framed by the photographer's Leica; rather, it is something dynamically produced in the act of representation and reception and already subject to the grids of meaning imposed on it by culture, history, language, and so forth.

A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.

Music is one of the most beautiful things in the world. It's universal.