Joseph Butler Quotes

Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.

Joseph Butler

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• Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.

  

  Naval Ravikant
  • Real
  • Business
  • Present

• Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God doesn't change. The reality of worship doesn't change, not at heart, anyway. So Christianity appears to be stuck.

  

  J. I. Packer
  • God
  • Heart
  • Reality

• You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Art
  • You
  • White

• I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.

  

  Samantha Fox
  • Love
  • Strong
  • Own

• For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • People
  • God
  • Respect

• We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Same
  • Vices
  • Ladder

• The first time Adrian saw me was on tape. But you should know that this never works - never in the history of movies has someone been cast from a video.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Time
  • History
  • Me

• Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

  

  Eckhart Tolle
  • Good
  • Future
  • Effort

• I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.

  

  Manny Pacquiao
  • Happy
  • Know
  • Everyone

• I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.

  

  Kacy Catanzaro
  • Up
  • Sleep
  • Discipline

• Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.

  

  Gary Hume
  • Up
  • Small
  • Space

• It's very difficult to balance different audiences and talk to each one without selling the others short. There is no universal literature - or, if there is, I don't know how to write it.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
  • Different
  • Balance
  • Literature

• We're homebodies. I've gotten to see my kids' first steps, first smiles, first words. Every day is a weekend.

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • Kids
  • Words
  • Day

• The reason I was angry all the time was that Gloria Steinem and all those people, without reading my work, were saying all these horrible things against me.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• I'm living my dream right now. I get to make music, perform and travel.

  

  Ville Valo HIM
  • Music
  • Dream
  • Travel

• I mostly want to be friends with my children.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Children
  • Friends
  • Want

• Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Up
  • Time
  • Doing

• No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right.

  

  Barry Manilow
  • Music
  • Feeling
  • Come

• She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker.

  

  Lara Flynn Boyle
  • Age
  • Young
  • Hard

• Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • People
  • Fear
  • Confidence

• Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Great
  • Men
  • Power

• Well, I would never admit to copying Karl Rove's play book, but there's no doubt that what the Bush people did in 2004 was impressive. They had neighbors talking to neighbors. They did a remarkable job increasing Republican turnout in states like Ohio and Florida.

  

  David Plouffe
  • People
  • Job
  • Book

• “This is all thousands of years old. It’s the same the world over. Anyone who has ever walked upright has loved beer, celebrated over it, told talks over it, hatched plots over it, courted over it. It’s what we do as a species. It’s what makes us human. We brew.”

  

  Alan D. Eames
  • Loved
  • Beer
  • Celebrated

• Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.

  

  Joseph Butler
  • Doubt