Furnell Chapman Quotes & Sayings

There is much: recognition of the fact that human beings live indeterminate and incomplete lives; recognition of the power exerted over and upon us by our own habits and memories; recognition of the ways in which the world presses in on all of us, for it is an intractable place where many things go awry and go astray, where one may all-too-easily lose one's very self. The epistemological argument is framed by faith, but it stands on its own as an account of willing, nilling, memory, language, signs, affections, delight, the power and the limits of minds and bodies. To the extent that a prideful philosophy refuses to accept these, Augustine would argue, to that extent philosophy hates the human condition itself. — Jean Bethke Elshtain

What about those Promises of yours to never leave me? she asked, stammering too much this time. His cruel smirk was as gut-wrenching as his words - Promises are meant to be broken, sweetheart. — Khadija Rupa

Despite the great advantages of digital video and the great ease of using the medium, still those who use it have first to understand the sensitivities of how to best use the medium. — Abbas Kiarostami

When love switch its self off doesn't mean it never loved, it just had a period — Jinzo Sloatch

The most dangerous risk in life is to risk nothing — Matthew Armstrong

We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally. — Dalai Lama

I'm trying to look at many, many things in modern life that I believe are going faster, and I'm trying to look at why they're going faster and what effect they have on us. We all know about FedEx and instant pudding, but it doesn't mean we've looked at all the consequences of our desire for speed. — James Gleick

Everybody in America is angry about something. — Anthony Braxton

Their faces were the way women's faces are when they've been talking about you behind your back and they think you've heard: embarrassed, but also a little defiant, as if it were their right. — Margaret Atwood

I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and cool. — John Lasseter

Now thyself is more important than Know thyself. — Mel Brooks

Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about things. And anyway the first place is good thing. — Olga Korbut

For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together. — Margaret J. Wheatley

Life's temporary for a reason; it gets boring after a while. — Doug Stanhope