Lars Svendsen Quotes & Sayings

Ash opened the door, stopping the males before they could go in, "Learn some manners."
Letty gave them a salute before walking in, rifle in hand.
"That's rather chauvinistic," one of the males huffed.
Ash let out an amused laugh. "I didn't let her in first because she's female, you jackass. I let her in first because she likes to shoot things, and I'm very considerate that way. — Charlie Cochet

The key for hipsters is that they usually try really hard, but the important thing is they want to come across like they don't try. To make it look effortless. I don't mind. It really fits New York, the hipster look. — Henrik Lundqvist

For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

Traditions have been replaced by lifestyles. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

We apply fight-or-flight reflexes not only to predators, but to data itself. — Chris Mooney

Self-identity is inextricably bound up with the identity of the surroundings. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

The difference between imaginary and real object creates a continuos desire — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

True eloquence is irresistible. It charms by its images of beauty, it enforces an argument by its vehement simplicity. Orators whose speeches are "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing," only prevail where truth is not understood, for knowledge and simplicity are the foundation of all true eloquence. Eloquence abounds in beautiful and natural images, sublime but simple conceptions, in passionate but plain words. Burning words appeal to the emotions as well as to the intellect; they stir the soul and touch the heart. — Albert Ellery Bergh

Heidegger's concept for the kind of being we ourselves are is Dasein. Literally it means 'being-there'.We are the sort of beings who are there, in the world. What characterizes Dasein is that its existence is a concern for it in its existence. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

In order to live a meaningful life,
humans need answers, i.e., a certain understanding of basic existential questions. These 'answers' do not have to be made completely explicit, as a lack of words does not necessarily indicate a lack of understanding, but one has to able to place oneself in the world and build a relatively stable identity. The founding of such an identity is only possible if one can tell a relatively coherent story about who one has been and who one intends to be. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

I love sushi, I love fried chicken, I love steak. But there is a limit to my love, — Jonathan Safran Foer

Don't interrupt my anxiety attack. It's rude. — Jamie McGuire

Anthropocentrism gave rise to boredom, and when anthropomorphism was replaced by technocentrism, boredom became even more profound. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

I had many of the trappings of success. I was a lawyer. I drove a nice car and I had nice things. But "things" don't make a rich life. — Robin Sharma

To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're a size 2 or a 22, just be who you are. — Queen Latifah

We National Socialists are enemies, deadly enemies, of the present capitalist system with its exploitation of the economically weak ... and we are resolved under all circumstances to destroy this system. — Gregor Strasser

One mood can be replaced by another, but it is impossible to leave attunement altogether. However, profound boredom brings us as close to a state of un-attunement as we can come. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

The highest mission of music is to serve as a link between God and Man. — Corinne Heline

In debate, one randomly was assigned to one side or the other. This had at least one virtue - it made one see that there was more than one side to these complex issues. — Joseph Stiglitz

True nonresistance is the one true resistance to evil. It kills and finally destroys the evil sentiment. — Leo Tolstoy

Animals can be understimulated, but hardly bored. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

A utopia cannot, by definition, include boredom, but the 'utopia' we are living in is boring. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

Traditions brings continuity to one's existence, but this sort of continuity is precisely what has been increasingly lost
throughout modernity. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

We spontaneously relate to ourselves and the world by means of the technical object. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

The body of Christ needs to mature until we can distinguish a true prophetic word from merely the word of a prophet. Many modern Christians are afraid to reject anything spoken by one who claims to be a prophet or prophetess. — Iverna Tompkins

In real science a hypothesis can never be proved true ... A science which confines itself to correlating phenomena can never learn anything about the reality underlying the phenomena, while a science which goes further than this and introduces hypotheses about reality, can never acquire certain knowledge of a positive kind about reality; in whatever way we proceed, this is forever denied us. — James Jeans