|

|

Advertisements

Extent Quotes

In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices Picture Quote #1

To some extent, the idea that rock ‘n roll used to have this sort of free antediluvian identity, frolicking in the 1950s with Elvis or something, is totally wrong. It’s insane. Elvis’ relationship with Colonel Parker, his manager, was one of the most possibly corrupt, certainly lucrative, and intense business partnerships ever in rock n’ roll Picture Quote #1

The two world wars boosted American power and devastated potential rivals to an extent that could not have lasted more than a few decades Picture Quote #1

When someone dies, it is like when your house burns down; it isn’t for years that you realize the full extent of your loss Picture Quote #1

If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food, it’s a plus for everybody. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move Picture Quote #1

To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

I am aware that a philosopher’s ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God Picture Quote #1

The enjoyment of work - to the extent that you have any - is likely highest in the first hours of the day when you are fresh, not tired, working on the most important things Picture Quote #1

Joy, happiness ... we do not question. They are beyond question, maybe. A matter of being. But pain forces us to think, and to make connections ... to discover what has been happening to cause it. And, curiously enough, pain draws us to other human beings in a significant way, whereas joy or happiness to some extent, isolates Picture Quote #1

Very few people use landline phones for much of anything. So when you talk about things like online chat and social media messages and emails, what you’re really talking about is the full extent of human communication Picture Quote #1

If you ask a living teacher a question, he will probably answer you. If you are puzzled by what he says, you can save yourself the trouble of thinking by asking him what he means. If, however, you ask a book a question, you must answer it yourself. In this respect a book is like nature or the world. When you question it, it answers you only to the extent that you do the work of thinking an analysis yourself Picture Quote #1

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible Picture Quote #1

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent Picture Quote #1

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built up upon a renunciation of instinct Picture Quote #1

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants Picture Quote #1

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive Picture Quote #1

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us Picture Quote #1

I decided at 15 that I didn’t want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don’t mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I’ve had, things I’ve been through, and even the stuff I’m embarrassed about Picture Quote #1

The citizen is becoming a pawn in a game where nobody knows the rules, where everybody consequently doubts that there are rules at all, and where the vocabulary has been diminished to such an extent that nobody is even sure what the game is all about Picture Quote #1

Aside from that reservation, a fictive tale even has the advantage of manifesting symbolic necessity more purely to the extent that we may believe its conception arbitrary Picture Quote #1

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains Picture Quote #1

We tend to hold that popping medicine in our mouths and swallowing is the extent of our involvement in the healing process. We believe that if we get better, it’s because the medicine worked magic, not the person Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Such reciprocity is the very structure of perception. We experience the sensuous world only by rendering ourselves vulnerable to that world. Sensory perception is this ongoing interweavement: the terrain enters into us only to the extent that we allow ourselves to be taken up within that terrain Picture Quote #1

There is a wealth of information built into us... tucked away in the genetic material in every one of our cells... without some means of access, there is no way even to begin to guess at the extent and quality of what is there. The psychedelic drugs allow exploration of this interior world, and insights into its nature Picture Quote #1

No society can exist if respect for the law does not to some extent prevail; but the surest way to have the laws respected is to make them respectable. When law and morality are in contradiction, the citizen finds himself in the cruel dilemma of either losing his moral sense or of losing respect for the law, two evils of which one is as great as the other, and between which it is difficult to choose Picture Quote #1

Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things Picture Quote #1

My personality resembles my designs to a large extent. I’m in sync with myself and I’m transparent, just like my designs Picture Quote #1

To the extent that experience is the sum of our memories and wisdom the sum of experience, having a better memory would mean knowing not only more about the world, but also more about myself Picture Quote #1

1 2 3

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices. (Extent Quotes) To some extent, the idea that rock ‘n roll used to have this sort of free antediluvian identity, frolicking in the 1950s with Elvis or something, is totally wrong. It’s insane. Elvis’ relationship with Colonel Parker, his manager, was one of the most possibly corrupt, certainly lucrative, and intense business partnerships ever in rock n’ roll (Extent Quotes) The two world wars boosted American power and devastated potential rivals to an extent that could not have lasted more than a few decades (Extent Quotes) When someone dies, it is like when your house burns down; it isn’t for years that you realize the full extent of your loss (Extent Quotes) If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food, it’s a plus for everybody. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move (Extent Quotes) To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another (Extent Quotes) I am aware that a philosopher’s ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God. (Extent Quotes) The enjoyment of work - to the extent that you have any - is likely highest in the first hours of the day when you are fresh, not tired, working on the most important things. (Extent Quotes) Joy, happiness ... we do not question. They are beyond question, maybe. A matter of being. But pain forces us to think, and to make connections ... to discover what has been happening to cause it. And, curiously enough, pain draws us to other human beings in a significant way, whereas joy or happiness to some extent, isolates. (Extent Quotes) Very few people use landline phones for much of anything. So when you talk about things like online chat and social media messages and emails, what you’re really talking about is the full extent of human communication. (Extent Quotes) If you ask a living teacher a question, he will probably answer you. If you are puzzled by what he says, you can save yourself the trouble of thinking by asking him what he means. If, however, you ask a book a question, you must answer it yourself. In this respect a book is like nature or the world. When you question it, it answers you only to the extent that you do the work of thinking an analysis yourself (Extent Quotes) I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history (Extent Quotes) Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible (Extent Quotes) Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent (Extent Quotes) It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built up upon a renunciation of instinct (Extent Quotes) My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants (Extent Quotes) It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive (Extent Quotes) A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live (Extent Quotes) To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us (Extent Quotes) I decided at 15 that I didn’t want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don’t mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I’ve had, things I’ve been through, and even the stuff I’m embarrassed about (Extent Quotes) The citizen is becoming a pawn in a game where nobody knows the rules, where everybody consequently doubts that there are rules at all, and where the vocabulary has been diminished to such an extent that nobody is even sure what the game is all about (Extent Quotes) Aside from that reservation, a fictive tale even has the advantage of manifesting symbolic necessity more purely to the extent that we may believe its conception arbitrary (Extent Quotes) The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains (Extent Quotes) We tend to hold that popping medicine in our mouths and swallowing is the extent of our involvement in the healing process. We believe that if we get better, it’s because the medicine worked magic, not the person (Extent Quotes) Such reciprocity is the very structure of perception. We experience the sensuous world only by rendering ourselves vulnerable to that world. Sensory perception is this ongoing interweavement: the terrain enters into us only to the extent that we allow ourselves to be taken up within that terrain (Extent Quotes) There is a wealth of information built into us... tucked away in the genetic material in every one of our cells... without some means of access, there is no way even to begin to guess at the extent and quality of what is there. The psychedelic drugs allow exploration of this interior world, and insights into its nature (Extent Quotes) No society can exist if respect for the law does not to some extent prevail; but the surest way to have the laws respected is to make them respectable. When law and morality are in contradiction, the citizen finds himself in the cruel dilemma of either losing his moral sense or of losing respect for the law, two evils of which one is as great as the other, and between which it is difficult to choose (Extent Quotes) Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things (Extent Quotes) My personality resembles my designs to a large extent. I’m in sync with myself and I’m transparent, just like my designs (Extent Quotes) To the extent that experience is the sum of our memories and wisdom the sum of experience, having a better memory would mean knowing not only more about the world, but also more about myself (Extent Quotes)

1 2 3