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.
Quotes to Explore
-
Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
-
Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
-
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
-
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.
-
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.
-
I never got into politics for it to be a career.
-
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.
-
Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
-
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.
-
To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.
-
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.
-
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
-
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.
-
We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'
-
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
-
American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.
-
In the winter of 2012, as my fiftieth birthday approached, I began to write what turned into my autobiography, a look at my own life through the lens of food.
-
Health and well-being, as well as how we can live in harmony with our planet, is something I'm passionate about.
-
I've been racketeered on.
-
I'm super organized, but a horrible house cleaner.
-
Buy into good, well-researched companies and then wait. Let's call it a sit-on-your-hands investment strategy.
-
I like Dancing of Indian girls more than my parents' prayers . Because they dance with love and passion . But my parents just say their prayers because they got used to it .
-
Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.
-
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.
