Roberto Unger Quotes

In a world of democracies, the most deserving basis of national differences is that the different states of the world should represent a form of moral specialisation within humanity.

Roberto Unger

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• I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Believe
  • History
  • Accidents

• We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Fell

• I never got into politics for it to be a career.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Career
  • Never
  • Politics

• I think beautiful independent films are made, and I think they're as close to what theater can be because they're not loaded with all of the extra stuff. It's human, and it's more organic, but theater is very unique... It's a different connection altogether.

  

  Sam Underwood
  • Different
  • Think
  • Beautiful

• When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.

  

  Ralph Thomas Walker
  • Character
  • Knowledge
  • Respect

• All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Man
  • Imagination
  • Creative

• I'm not sure the least educated members of the population are missing out on the advances in medical technology as much as they are adopting harmful behavioral habits that shorten their life.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Life
  • Technology
  • Missing

• People want to think that staying in shape costs a lot of money. They couldn't be more wrong. It doesn't cost anything to walk. And it's probably a lot cheaper to go to the corner store and buy vegetables than take a family out for fast food.

  

  Florence Griffith Joyner
  • People
  • Family
  • Money

• The larger the German body, the smaller the German bathing suit and the louder the German voice issuing German demands and German orders to everybody who doesn't speak German. For this, and several other reasons, Germany is known as 'the land where Israelis learned their manners'.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • German

• Adolescents never understand that the best way to avoid notice is to behave normally.

  

  Orson Scott Card

• The watchers below pulled in their breath all at once. The air felt suddenly shared. The man above was a word they seemed to know, though they had not heard it before.

  

  Colum McCann
  • Air

• My hairstyle is not common in India, where my parents come from.

  

  Anand Giridharadas
  • Parents

• I look forward to physical activity; it's a release from stress and a nice distraction. It puts me in a better mood. I never used to take classes before, but then I tore my plantar fascia so I couldn't run. I started taking SoulCycle classes, which I know are polarizing. People have strong opinions. Even though I can run again, I still go.

  

  Ellie Kemper
  • People
  • Strong
  • Nice

• What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear?

  

  Donald Pleasence

• I think the value of venues like CNBC is that they give investors an opportunity to reevaluate the situation minute by minute, but maybe we don't need to follow the market so closely.

  

  Maria Bartiromo
  • Opportunity
  • Value

• What can I do, I asked myself, that is so spectacular that no one will be able to say he had seen it before? The answer was perfectly obvious. I would send a midget up to bat.

  

  Bill Veeck
  • Up

• Two to three years down the road, other companies not on a model like Dell's will be in trouble.

  

  Jimmy Johnson
  • Road
  • Model

• America is home to the best researchers, advanced manufacturers, and entrepreneurs in the world. There is no reason we cannot lead the planet in manufacturing solar panels and wind turbines, engineering the smart energy grid, and inspiring the next great companies that will be the titans of a new green energy economy.

  

  Brad Schneider
  • World
  • Great
  • Home

• I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling.

  

  Bernard Hinault

• When I fly to Chile to surf or go snowboarding in Russia or some other adventure, I try to include the family when I can and go see friends along the way.

  

  Laird Hamilton
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Fly

• I just like playing guys, normal dudes. That's the stuff that I really enjoy watching: when it feels grounded.

  

  Daniel Kaluuya

• The devil is not fighting religion. He´s too smart for that. He is producing a counterfeit Christianity, so much like the real one that good Christians are afraid to speak out against it.

  

  Vance Havner
  • Good
  • Real
  • Fighting

• I see. So you playacted the role of a rake who was only pretending to be in earnest, knowing you would come across as though you had the lowest of motives, when in fact, you were sincere?” “Precisely.” She gave a short, wry laugh and shook her head at him. “Convoluted sir! You are a maze.” He shot her a sulky glance. “I thought you were going to say I was amazing.” “That, too,” she admitted with a rueful smile, capturing his square chin between her fingertips.

  

  Gaelen Foley
  • Laughing
  • Pretending
  • Earnest

• In a world of democracies, the most deserving basis of national differences is that the different states of the world should represent a form of moral specialisation within humanity.

  

  Roberto Unger
  • Democracy
  • Humanity
  • Differences