Profound Quotes - Page 23

• The dissolution of the pictorial into sheer texture, into apparently sheer sensation, into an accumulation of repetitions, seems to speak for and answer something profound in contemporary sensibility.

  Clement Greenberg

  Texture, Answers, Speak

  Clement Greenberg (1971). “Art and Culture: Critical Essays”, p.157, Beacon Press

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• China had never had to deal in a world of countries of approximately equal strength, and so to adjust to such a world, is in itself a profound challenge to China, which now has fourteen countries on its borders, some of which are small, but can project their nationality into China, some of which are large, and historically significant, so that any attempt by Chinese to dominate the world, would involve in a disastrous for the peace of the world.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Country, Challenges, Chinese

  YouTube Channel "Fahad Barakat"/"The Munk Debates - Does the 21st Century Belong to China?", www.youtube.com. November 03, 2017.

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• Life is too serious to be taken seriously.

  Mike Leonard

  Life, Humorous, Taken

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Disclaimer: If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared to not only retract it, but also to deny under oath I ever said it.

  Tom Lehrer

  Humorous, Preparation, Insane

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• If a person wants to be atheistic it's his God-given right to be an atheist.

  Mike Patton

  Atheist, Humorous, Insane

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• Okay everybody, line up in alphabetical order according to your height.

  Casey Stengel

  Humorous, Order, Insane

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• Why (he wondered rhetorically) do people who have a position that's being attacked constantly state that they have a right to say it, as if the right itself-rather than the statement-has been challenged?

  Peter David

  Humorous, People, Insane

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• Christmas has a certain universal appeal that gives it meaning well beyond a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but Christians have a special duty to experience its sacred and profound spiritual significance and non-Christians have a duty to treat the day with special respect.

  Michael Josephson

  Christmas, Christian, Spiritual

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• What I really want from Music: That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon in October.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Cheerful, Afternoon, Want

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2010). “On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo”, p.251, Vintage

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• I always used to reach for the cigarette when the phone rang, and I figured nobody would ever call me in Tokyo. The time difference is so profound it's, like, already September in Tokyo, and I figured nobody would be able to work it out.

  David Sedaris

  Phones, Differences, Would Be

  "David Sedaris: 'If you tell a funny story at the dinner table in front of 10 people, nine will laugh, and one will say: that's not true. I've always hated that person'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2009.

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• Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action.

  Cordell Hull

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Disappointment

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• Andre Breton once said that a portrait should not only be an image but an oracle one questions, and that the photographer's aim should be a profound likeness, which physically and morally predicts the subject's entire future.

  Bill Brandt

  Portraits, Oracles, Photographer

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• No amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition of brilliant and stirring eloquence can atone for the absence of a deep impassioned sympathetic love for human souls.

  David Brainerd

  Soul, Able, Brilliant

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• That profound night freedom was agreeable and exciting.

  Carmen Laforet

  Night, Exciting

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• One must never underestimate the profound bigotry and anti-intellectualism and intolerance and illiberality of liberalism.

  Richard John Neuhaus

  Underestimate, Intolerance, Liberalism

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• We turn now over the debate of the proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero....The controversy has raised profound questions about religious tolerance and prejudice in the United States.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Religious, Zero, Islamic

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• The remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than that which itself can provide. Religion, if it is to take seriously its claim that the world is the creation of god, must be humble enough to learn from science what that world is actually like. The dialogue between them can only be mutually enriching.

  John Polkinghorne

  Humble, World, Cry

  John Polkinghorne (1995). “Serious Talk: Science and Religion in Dialogue”, p.75, A&C Black

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• In private many scientists admit that science has no explanation for the beginning of life... Darwin never imagined the exquisitely profound complexity that exists even at the most basic levels of life.

  Michael Behe

  Levels, Scientist, Complexity

  "Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution". Book by Michael Behe, 1996.

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• As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Stars, Animal, Essence

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom". Book by B.K.S. Iyengar (p. 8), September 19, 2006.

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• The Savior’s words are simple, yet their meaning is profound and deeply significant. We are to love God and to love and care for our neighbors as ourselves. Imagine what good we can do in the world if we all join together, united as followers of Christ, anxiously and busily responding to the needs of others and serving those around us — our families, our friends, our neighbors, our fellow citizens.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Simple, Together, Needs

  "Be Anxiously Engaged" by M. Russell Ballard, www.lds.org. October 2012.

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• There is no other relationship quite like that which can and should exist between a boy and his dad. It can be one of the most nurturing, joyful relationships in life, one that can have a profound impact on who boys become and also on who dads become.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Dad, Boys, Impact

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• Death is a great tragedy…a profound loss…I don’t accept it…I think people are kidding themselves when they say they are comfortable with death.

  Ray Kurzweil

  Loss, Thinking, People

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• Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity -- technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history. The implications include the merger of biological and nonbiological intelligence, immortal software-based humans, and ultra-high levels of intelligence that expand outward in the universe at the speed of light.

  Ray Kurzweil

  Light, Technological Change, Machines

  "Want to impress your friends? Tell them internet growth is sigmoidal, not exponential" by Charles Arthur, www.theguardian.com. November 26, 2007.

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• You believe that flag burning shows disrespect towards those who have fought to preserve our freedoms. Punishing protestors shows an even more profound disrespect for the ideals that these people died for. An intact flag is worthless if it no longer stands for freedom. A flag burned to ashes challenges us to remember just exactly what freedom is.

  Mary Ruwart

  Freedom, Believe, People

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• I was deeply impressed and moved by his masterful playing. He was highly polished, profound, subtle, and intense. He was extremely fluent in a great combination of the traditional vernacular with his own. Hearing it unfold and being in a position to participate was a great pleasure. Part of being an accompanist is that the stronger the soloist, the more I can do all that I know to do. So, Joe was as good as it gets.

  Pete La Roca

  Music, Good As It Gets, Stronger

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