Leo Strauss Quotes
Our understanding of the thought of the past is liable to be the more adequate, the less the historian is convinced of the superiority of his own point of view, or the more he is prepared to admit the possibility that he may have to learn something, not merely about the thinkers of the past, but from them.
Quotes to Explore
-
All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
-
I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
-
I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
-
I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
-
That's all TV acting is. Like, let me find my mark and seem like I'm still acting. Sometimes they'll put sandbags there, but then it's even funnier because you're walking and you're, like, stepping into sandbags, so now you look like you're having a seizure.
-
Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
-
We sold OkCupid to Match in January of 2011. In September of 2012, I became CEO of all of Match, which is the operating segment of IAC that contains all of the dating properties.
-
It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.
-
My favorite albumn ever is Jeff Buckley's GRACE. I feel a weird unexplainable connection to him.
-
If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
-
I'll always be American in my world view and allegiance. American in the naive way I go to other countries and tell them how they should treat their poor or clean their water.
-
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
-
My sister is an ER doctor, and my brother is a teacher.
-
When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.
-
Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
-
Behind every easy role, there is a lot of hard work that goes in.
-
There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock.
-
I love going to my supermarket. Sounds so rock 'n' roll, eh?
-
Bacteria are single-celled organisms. Bacteria are the model organisms for everything that we know in higher organisms. There are 10 times more bacterial cells in you or on you than human cells.
-
If Britain votes to leave the European Union, then that could have huge implications for the entire island of Ireland and, given all the predictions, would run counter to the democratic wishes of the Irish people.
-
It was a stellar performance. I may as well give up now and make way for an older man.
-
That's not right. That's not even wrong.
-
Our understanding of the thought of the past is liable to be the more adequate, the less the historian is convinced of the superiority of his own point of view, or the more he is prepared to admit the possibility that he may have to learn something, not merely about the thinkers of the past, but from them.
