Thomas Hobbes Quotes

Nature (the Art whereby God hath made and governs the World) is by the Art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an Artificial Animal. For seeing life is but a motion of Limbs, the beginning whereof is in some principal part within; why may we not say, that all Automata (Engines that move themselves by springs and wheels as doth a watch) have an artificial life?

Thomas Hobbes

Quotes to Explore

I feel pressure, but my emotions just don't show that much in my face.

Inbee Park
- Feel
- Pressure
- Emotions
I think, for me, Julian Schnabel set a great precedent in being able to cross over so successfully. I feel like his artwork is kind of big, grand, and bombastic, yet the films that he makes are very beautifully sensitive, and I just feel that his filmmaking sensibility is very different from his artwork.

Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Great
- Different
- Me
I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.

Salma Hayek
- Life
- Important
- Small
I think it is the fact that birds are two-legged, like us, which gives them something of our balance and gesture and makes them nearer to us.

Quentin Blake
- Think
- Balance
- Birds
I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.

Ian Somerhalder
- Want
- Way
- Story
As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.

Carl Van Vechten
- Power
- Inspiration
- Beauty