Quotes by Notion My notion of spirituality was different than it is now, but even if I'd been the most fundamentalist of believers, I would have assumed that God had better things to do than arbitrarily smite me with shaking palsy. Michael J. Fox spiritualitynotiondifferent I set forth notions that are human and my own, simply as human notions considered in themselves, not as determined and decreed by heavenly ordinance. Michel de Montaigne heavenlynotiondetermined I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it. Michel de Montaigne debatenotionschool The notion of love as a potentially destructive and potentially redemptive human force is something that comes across in all my books. Mohsin Hamid notionforcebook Americans have only the dimmest notion of what their constitutional freedoms are - and what it took to get them...[and] the willingness to surrender what we're supposed to be fighting for is a recurring part of our history. Nat Hentoff notionsurrenderfighting The notion of collective contribution, like the Wikipedia, is a very powerful one. Nicholas Negroponte wikipedianotionpowerful Moving to the country is a very bold thing to do. You can have vague romantic notions about doing that, but in actuality, it can be a terrifying thing. Nick Cave notioncountrymoving When our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these beliefs from us. Nhat Hanh notionbeliefreality To be or not to be is not the question. Nhat Hanh be-or-not-to-benotion I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic. Noah Baumbach cinematicnotionthinking Mutual commitment to ideals - yes; the stifling of all dissenting notions - no. Norman Lamm stiflingnotioncommitment We must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life. Northrop Frye notioneducationalpreparation Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic. Noam Chomsky idioticpurenotion The conception of Godhead formed by some devout philosophers and mystics has quite rightly been so immeasurably vast, though still assuredly utterly inadequate and necessarily beneath reality, that the notion of a God revealed in human formborn, sufferin. Oliver Lodge philosophernotionreality My sense of a poem - my notion of how you revise - is: you get yourself into a state where what you are intensely conscious of is not why you wrote it or how you wrote it, but what you wrote. Philip Levine notionstatesconscious I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much do anything you want. I always kind of just went ahead and tried things. Pierre Omidyar notionkindwant We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. R. Buckminster Fuller earning-a-livingdrudgerynotion For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are. Ricki Lake preconceived-notionsnotionwho-you-are Expand your notion of what adversity is. Robert Greene notionadversity Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women. Roger Ebert regionsnotionmiddle-east«1234567»
