Rowan Williams (Rowan Douglas Williams) Quotes

We can at least see that the question is asked, and asked on the basis of a clear recognition that there is no way of manipulating our environment that is without cost or consequence - and thus also of a recognition that we are inextricably bound up with the destiny of our world. There is no guarantee that the world we live in will "tolerate" us indefinitely if we prove ourselves unable to live within its constraints.

Rowan Williams

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• Environment
• Destiny
• Environmental
• Recognition
• Sustainability

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• It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.

  

  Tamara Mellon
  • Work
  • Important
  • Women

• We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.

  

  Mac Thornberry
  • Energy
  • New
  • Research

• It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Up
  • Good
  • Kids

• I'm a serial dater. When I see someone I like, we go on multiple dates.

  

  Lance Bass NSYNC
  • Like
  • See
  • Someone

• I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Time
  • Work
  • Beautiful

• I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.

  

  Tayari Jones
  • Good
  • Work
  • May

• America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.

  

  Ferdinand Mount
  • America
  • Way
  • Most

• The problem we have in America is the systematic erosion of our religious values in an attempt by certain liberal groups to expunge our Christian heritage from the public square.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • America
  • Problem
  • Christian

• Josh Brolin is fascinating to watch because he is just so effortless. It's like watching a really gifted athlete run, and I just didn't have that.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Like
  • Athlete
  • Just

• I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Believe
  • Freedom
  • Artist

• I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.

  

  Ma Jian
  • People
  • Believe
  • Live

• Make-up is an extension of your clothes.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Up
  • Clothes
  • Your

• Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

  

  Irving Kristol
  • Opportunity
  • Democracy
  • Equality

• What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • People
  • Community
  • Back

• People need to know that they are not alone, that they have not been abandoned; but that there is One Who loves them for what they are, Who cares about them.

  

  Dada Vaswani
  • People
  • Know
  • Alone

• I think one of the reasons that I got so good at it, as somebody making radio stories, is that on the radio I can actually - I can understand what's happening in the interview and can make a connection in a way that makes sense.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Good
  • Think
  • Understand

• Businesses succeed when societies themselves succeed. When countries are affected by violence and the absence of the rule of law, business can and must be a messenger of peace.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Business
  • Law
  • Peace

• Horror movies are all about getting your attention; you always have to be on guard. People love to be on the edge - there's nothing like a surprise.

  

  P. J. Soles
  • People
  • Love
  • Attention

• Lloyd George said that Harding's speech on American naval aspirations made him feel that he would pawn his shirt rather than allow America to dominate the seas. If this was to be the outcome of the League of Nations propaganda, he was sorry for the world and in particular for America.

  

  David Lloyd George
  • World
  • American
  • America

• My favourite artists are the ones who are human, and you know they're not in a failure-proof environment.

  

  Ezra Furman
  • Environment
  • Human
  • Artists

• You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'

  

  Yaya Toure
  • People
  • Money
  • Father

• I'm not saying that being gay is what defines me, but at the same time, if you feel like you have to hide it, then it becomes what defines you. You keep it hidden, and the secret becomes you.

  

  Alan Ball
  • Time
  • Gay

• I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that.

  

  David Arquette
  • People
  • Work
  • Different

• We can at least see that the question is asked, and asked on the basis of a clear recognition that there is no way of manipulating our environment that is without cost or consequence - and thus also of a recognition that we are inextricably bound up with the destiny of our world. There is no guarantee that the world we live in will "tolerate" us indefinitely if we prove ourselves unable to live within its constraints.

  

  Rowan Williams
  • World
  • Environment
  • Destiny