Mla Format Shortening Quotes & Sayings

All of Dostoevsky's heroes question themselves as to the meaning of life. In this they are modern: they do not fear ridicule. What distinguishes modern sensibility from classical sensibility is that the latter thrives on moral programs and the former on metaphysical programs. In Dostoevsky's novels the question is propounded with such intensity that it can only invite extreme solutions. Existence is illusory or it is eternal. If Dostoevsky were satisfied with this inquiry, he would be a philosopher. But he illustrates the consequences that such intellectual pastimes may have in a man's life, and in this regard he is an artist. — Albert Camus

The more I make films, the more I feel less inclined to talk about them and just let people watch them. I feel that the pictures are telling the story, and I can't really add anything except just talking about the technicalities of what happened on the day. — Gurinder Chadha

The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her beauty. — Naomi Wolf

Johnny James was sitting on the front porch, sipping from a glass of gasoline in the December heat, when the doom-screamer came. — Robert McCammon

Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science. — Peter Mullan

For example, the use of chemical weapons [in Syria]- some on the Democrat side have said well, this encourages the North Koreans to use chemical weapons against our troops. — Rand Paul

Diverse groups of problem solvers outperformed the groups of the best individuals at solving complex problems. The reason: the diverse groups got stuck less often than the smart individuals, who tended to think similarly. — Scott E. Page

The smell of gunpowder is sweeter to me than all the perfumes of Arabia. — Pope Julius II

A living organism must be studied from two distinct aspects. One of these is the causal-analytic aspect which is so fruitfully applicable to ontogeny. The other is the historical descriptive aspect which is unravelling lines of phylogeny with ever-increasing precision. Each of these aspects may make suggestions concerning the possible significance of events seen under the other, but does not explain or translate them into simpler terms. — Gavin De Beer

It's hard to be strong and be weak at the same time. So I spent a lot of time sitting still. Sitting still for hours, not moving a muscle. Really concentrated work, so I'm ready. I'm ready for my performance. — Lady Gaga

TMT, too much testosterone. Way more dangerous than TNT. — Robert L. Slater

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering. — Robert Frost

Grassley ordered the APA to disclose how much of its income was drug money. The answer turned out to be a lot - according to the Times, nearly one-third of the organization's $62.5 million annual revenue41 in 2006. Some of it came from advertising, but much of it went to educational programs in which drug companies tutored doctors attending APA conferences in the fine points of prescribing their drugs. — Gary Greenberg

Al-Qaeda's resurgence brings out the worst in the Bush Administration's math and logic. — Jon Stewart

Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster. — Weston H. Agor