Herbert Spencer Quotes

Sundry manifestations of nature in men and women, are greatly perverted by existing social conventions upheld by both. There are feelings which, under our predatory régime, with its adapted standard of propriety, it is not considered manly to show; but which, contrariwise, are considered admirable in women. Hence repressed manifestations in the one case, and exaggerated manifestations in the other; leading to mistaken estimates.

Herbert Spencer

• Feelings
• Social
• Mistaken
• Manifestation
• Admirable
• Manly

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• I think that people that are not sensitive, who seem to bang through life, do survive, but I don't think they get the really soaring feelings that people who are more artistically bent can get.

  

  Fannie Flagg
  • People
  • Life
  • Feelings

• My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • People
  • Fear
  • Social

• The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Feelings
  • Distance
  • Ability

• Initially, when I joined Twitter, I was active. But, later, I felt that whatever I was tweeting or saying on a social platform turned out to be a little boring.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Social
  • Saying
  • Boring

• In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.

  

  La India
  • People
  • Life
  • Music

• Music is what our feelings sound like.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Music
  • Feelings
  • Sound

• I've got weird conflicting feelings about my generation.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Feelings
  • Weird
  • Generation

• I don't go to church any more, but I think that Catholicism is rather like the brand they use on cattle: I feel so formed in that Catholic mould that I don't think I could adopt any other form of spirituality. I still get feelings of consolation about churches.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Think
  • Church
  • Feelings

• As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

  

  Om Puri
  • Man
  • Feelings
  • Young Man

• There is a significant momentum behind the social Internet. A wide range of public investors were very enthusiastic about that.

  

  Yuri Milner
  • Internet
  • Social
  • Momentum

• I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Political
  • Feelings
  • Answer

• When I'm feeling down on myself or not feeling good about who I am, or maybe something happened and I'm feeling depressed, I eat to fill that void. Afterwards I'll beat myself up about it. I regret doing it, but I'll turn around and do it again.

  

  Janet Jackson
  • Up
  • Good
  • Feeling

• We have a tendency to think of GOD being glorified only in the manifestation of his mercy----- He is just as glorified by His justice.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • Justice
  • Mercy

• I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.

  

  Brian Wilson
  • Thinking
  • May
  • Sometimes

• The Pound is sinking, the Peso's failing, the Lira's reeling, and feeling quite appalling.

  

  Paul McCartney The Beatles
  • Feeling
  • Feelings
  • Politics

• He is less likely to be mistaken who looks forward to a change in the affairs of the world than he who regards them as firm and stable.

  

  Francesco Guicciardini
  • World
  • Change
  • Mistaken

• I'm always looking for ways to connect myself with American people and that American feeling. I'm trying to pick up on the feeling of places, like the Los Angeles feeling or the New York feeling... Los Angeles is much better for me that way.

  

  Takashi Murakami
  • People
  • Up
  • Trying

• I have officially endorsed no one, ... I feel it's too soon.

  

  B. R. Hayden
  • Feelings
  • Endorsed

• The darkness crumbles away. It is the same old druid Time as ever.

  

  Isaac Rosenberg
  • Darkness
  • Away
  • Crumbles

• I say this on behalf of the EU3 (Britain, France and Germany): We do not wish to see Iran referred to the Security Council.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Wish
  • Iran
  • Security Council

• I do my best work under pressure, so I’ll nick an artery, and my husband isn’t allowed to stanch the bleeding till I’ve banged out a chapter.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Work
  • Husband
  • Pressure

• Wasn't that the point to being married? That you had a partner, someone you trusted, to help with important decisions.

  

  Sarah Addison Allen
  • Decision
  • Helping
  • Married

• I couldn’t decide whether it was better to be the art, or the artist.

  

  Chris Campanioni
  • Art
  • Artist
  • To Be

• Sundry manifestations of nature in men and women, are greatly perverted by existing social conventions upheld by both. There are feelings which, under our predatory régime, with its adapted standard of propriety, it is not considered manly to show; but which, contrariwise, are considered admirable in women. Hence repressed manifestations in the one case, and exaggerated manifestations in the other; leading to mistaken estimates.

  

  Herbert Spencer
  • Feelings
  • Social
  • Mistaken