Christopher Dawson Quotes
For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity.Christopher Dawson
Quotes to Explore
-
Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
Karl Kraus -
Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
Jack Welch -
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
Manfred Eigen -
The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.
Salman Rushdie -
A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
Q-Tip -
I never got into politics for it to be a career.
J. C. Watts
-
I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
Dan Marino -
Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
Adam Brody -
The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
Carl Jung -
Statistically, Portland, Oregon has the most street kids, like kids that run away from home and live on the street. It's like a whole culture thing there. If you walk around on the streets, there are kids living on the streets, begging for money, but it's almost like a cool thing. They all just sit around and play music and squat.
Laura Ramsey -
I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
Lana Del Rey -
To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.
Eckhart Tolle
-
I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
Candice Bergen -
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
Irwin Shaw -
I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas.
Ian Anderson -
I'm not an ardent feminist - well, maybe I am an ardent feminist. I just roll my eyes at the way women are constantly used and how sensitive men are about photographs of themselves.
Sally Mann -
We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'
Jacki Weaver -
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
Sally Ride
-
Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long.
Lao Tzu -
I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.
Dolly Parton -
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
Quintilian -
I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. I come to place before the Legislature of Massachusetts the condition of the miserable, the desolate, the outcast. I come as the advocate of helpless, forgotten, insane men and women; of beings sunk to a condition from which the unconcerned world would start with real horror.
Dorothea Dix -
It is my sincere opinion that our precious time on earth should not be spent attempting to justify unbelievable acts of cruelty, death, and disease as a part of 'God’s Plan' or the greater good — and clinging to ancient texts that preach ill-concealed bigotry and sexism. Instead, we should find ways to make this life happy and satisfying, without regard to the unknowable nature of an afterlife.
David G. McAfee -
For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity.
Christopher Dawson