Quotes by Principles If you don't believe there's some organising principle, or somebody up in the sky pulling the strings, then it can be very stressful. And nature itself is very arbitrary - it's not malevolent or benevolent; it doesn't even know we're here. Michael Shannon principlesskybelieve In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious. Michael Shermer curiouscynicalprinciples It's not the principles that kill you in the end. It's the books. Michael Swanwick principlesendsbook The 'divide & conquer' principle has been successfully implemented on our planet and is being used very effectively to keep us under control and in a perpetual state of conflict. Michael Tellinger conquerconflictprinciples Okinawa, one of the longest-lived and healthiest populations in the world, practice a principle they call hara hachi bu: Eat until you are 80 percent full. Michael Pollan populationprinciplespractice I am a great believer that all the primary research has to be done before principle writing begins. I'm a huge advocate of plotting. Michael Scott doneprincipleswriting Here is a good principle: If need be, give up your principles! Mehmet Murat Ildan giving-upprinciplesneeds To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based. Michel Houellebecq unbearableprinciplesdesire He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture. Michelangelo principlesdoebeauty We cannot be held to what is beyond our strength and means; for at times the accomplishment and execution may not be in our power, and indeed there is nothing really in our own power except the will: on this are necessarily based and founded all the principles that regulate the duty of man. Michel de Montaigne principlesmenmean The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. Michelle Bachelet proactiveagentsprinciples Resistances do not derive from a few heterogeneous principles; but neither are they a lure or a promise that is of necessity betrayed. They are the odd term in relations of power; they are inscribed in the latter as an irreducible opposite. Michel Foucault principlesoppositespromise Science is about principles. It's about concepts. It's not about memorizing the parts of a flower. It helps to know some of these things, but if that's all you do that's not science, science is about principles and concepts. Michio Kaku flowerprincipleshelping I thought if I could do stand-up comedy well enough, I could parlay it back into films - like Charlie Chaplin and Woody Allen did. They merged principles of comedy and drama together, and that's what my first film really was, a stab at that kind of comedy. Mike Birbiglia principlestogetherdrama That principle can be summed up in three simple words. Thoughts Become Things! Mike Dooley law-of-attractionprinciplessimple Sometimes principles must be quitted without blinking en eye to discover the new paths! Mehmet Murat Ildan eyeprinciplespath It is no hard matter to get children; but after they are born, then begins the trouble, solicitude, and care rightly to train, principle, and bring them up. Michel de Montaigne trainingprincipleschildren Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity. Mike Leigh principlesrealintegrity Always get back to your core principles. Mike Krzyzewski get-backcoreprinciples The sanctity proceeds out of the belief... that ancient principle where God says "before you were formed in the womb I knew you," and so for the first time in my public life I sought to stand with great compassion for the sanctity of life. Mike Pence compassionprinciplesfirsts«7172737475767778798081»
