Phil Klay Quotes
Pity sidesteps complexity in favor of narratives that we're comfortable with, reducing the nuances of a person's experience to a sound bite.
Quotes to Explore
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
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I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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Bullfights have so much color. Not just the matador but also the bull, the arena, and the public. It's all very festive.
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I've always been busy, but I wasn't always successful.
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We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.
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My music is very innovative, in a class by itself. Nobody else is saying anything of value. What I'm trying to do is get people to think, to alter their consciousness. It's not your typical platinum formula for success.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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One city can look at other cities relative to their city and learn something. It's a matter of sharing the patterns of what exists in one society based on landscape or cultural values versus other cities.
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I've decided to recast myself as Utopian. I like this landscape of the M25 and Heathrow. I like airfreight offices and rent-a-car bureaus. I like dual carriageways. When I see a CCTV camera, I know I'm safe.
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Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
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I'm thinking when I meet the right person - and I do believe that I will - he's going to be younger. Not cougar territory, though. I won't go out with someone who could be my son!
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Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.
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There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding animal intelligence - not the least being that we can't even agree whether nonhuman species are conscious. We accept that chimps and dolphins experience awareness; we like to think dogs and cats do. But what about mice and newts? What about a fly? Is anything going on there at all?
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If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.
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Henry Corbin creates the world - most of all his examination of the imagination and what the imagination was for him. Some philosophers would think of the imagination as a synthetic ability, how you put different things together. Artists more think of the imagination as creativity. So I really like the way that he presents the imagination as a faculty that allows one to experience worlds that are not exactly physical but are real nonetheless.
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Pity sidesteps complexity in favor of narratives that we're comfortable with, reducing the nuances of a person's experience to a sound bite.
