Quotes by Thinking I think it was Roger Fry who first coined what he took to be a final definition of a work of art, whether it was a painting, building, poem or Hepplewhite chair. He said that the best works of art are finished products that preserve 'a valuable state of mind'. Alistair Cooke mindartthinking The economic times we are facing... are arguably the worst they've been in 60 years. And I think it's going to be more profound and long-lasting than people thought. Alistair Darling longyearsthinking I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it. Alistair MacLeod storieswritingthinking If there is no ultimate reality, it's pointless to think about how we might get there. Alister E. McGrath mightrealitythinking We must not think that religious concerns swamped all other social activities. They simply provided a focal point for them. Alister E. McGrath socialreligiousthinking Golf is a game, and talk and discussion is all to the interests of the game. Anything that keeps the game alive and prevents us being bored with it is an advantage. Anything that makes us think about it, talk about it, and dream about it is all to the good and prevents the game becoming dead. Alister MacKenzie dreamgolfthinking Sexism goes so deep that at first it's hard to see; you think it's just reality. Alix Kates Shulman realityfirststhinking When farming became a corporate venture, and the distribution of food became corporate, the variety of foods that were considered good diminished greatly. I know that there's a lot of misconception about this, that people think we have more food variety than ever before, but, in fact, if you read any of the studies, you'll find we have fewer foods than before. Alix Kates Shulman venturepeoplethinking Our society has very much limited our choices, even regarding the food we think acceptable. Alix Kates Shulman our-societychoicesthinking I don't really think myself that sex work is necessarily more demeaning than other kinds of demeaning work. Alix Kates Shulman kindsexthinking I think you get mentally ill being homeless. Most of the bag ladies wind up mentally ill pretty quickly - what people would call paranoid - because they are in such danger. I don't know if it's really paranoia because they are in great danger. Terrible things happen to them, and they lose everything. How could they not become at the very least severely depressed? Alix Kates Shulman windpeoplethinking Ever since Freud, being alone has been considered something of a psychological failure. The point, according to Freudian theory, is to be able to love and connect. But I don't believe that at all. I think that being alone and being coupled and being in a group are all natural states in which people can thrive. Alix Kates Shulman believepeoplethinking A serious life means being fully aware of the alternatives, thinking about them with all the intensity one brings to bear on life-and-death questions, in full recognition that every choice is a great risk with necessary consequences that are hard to bear. Allan Bloom life-and-deathmeanthinking Never did I think that the university was properly ministerial to the society around it. Rather I thought and think that society is ministerial to the university, and I bless a society that tolerates and supports an eternal childhood for some, a childhood whose playfulness can in turn be a blessing to society. Allan Bloom supportblessingthinking Various kinds of self-forgetting, usually accompanied by illusions and myths, make it possible to live without the intransigent facing of death-in the sense of always thinking about it and what it means for life and the things dear in life-which is characteristic of a serious life. Allan Bloom selfmeanthinking I've been a politician and so I'm sometimes cynical about what politicians won't do. When I hear a politician say something that makes no sense whatsoever, I think there's one of two things there: There's money or the promise of money. Allan Boesak moneytwothinking I think "post-racial" is a dangerous trap. You can fall into complacency and give your complicity a much more dangerous character. Allan Boesak characterfallthinking What do you think this is, a f****** tea party? No you can't have a f****** glass of water, you can f****** wait like the rest of us. Allan Border glassespartythinking While testimonies can come as dramatic manifestations, they usually do not. Sometimes people think they need to have an experience like Joseph Smith's vision before they gain testimonies. If we have unrealistic expectations of how, when, or where answers come, we risk missing the answers which come as quiet, reassuring feelings and thoughts that most often come after our prayers, while we are doing something else. These answers can be equally convincing and powerful. Allan F. Packer powerfulprayerthinking People think of science as rolling back the mystery of God. I look at science as slowly creeping toward the mystery of God. Allan Hamilton rollingpeoplethinking«145146147148149150151152153154155»
