Fundamental Quotes - page 2

All the big powers...they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right. (Jack Kevorkian)
One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may. View quote
Joseph Smith
In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people. View quote
George Mason
Time travel may be achieved one day, or it may not. But if it is, it should not require any fundamental change in world-view, at least for those who broadly share the world view I am presenting in this book. View quote
David Deutsch
The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive. View quote
Thomas Sowell
I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe. View quote
Brian Greene
The very idea that there is some kind of conflict between science and religion is completely mistaken. Science is a method for investigating experience... Religion is the fundamental, necessary internalization of our system of more permanent values. View quote
Carroll Quigley
People think that creativity is largely a matter of talent, experience, or luck. They are wrong. Talent, experience, and luck are all key elements, but there is something more fundamental, accessible, and powerful that you can use to multiply your creative effect. View quote
Richard Koch
Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away. View quote
Ben Carson
Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it. View quote
Milan Kundera
Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in the social life of man. (Albert Einstein)
The human mind is our fundamental resource. View quote
John F. Kennedy
There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness. View quote
Michael E. Porter
You've recognised a fundamental feature of an addict's life. Maintaining your habit is so important you've no real interest in anything else. View quote
Marian Keyes
The key to recognizing who Jesus was is to recognize this fundamental truth: He was a Jew. View quote
Reza Aslan
The fundamental problem for Republicans when it comes to the environment is that whatever you say is viewed through the prism of suspicion. View quote
Frank Luntz
The point of meditation is not merely to be an honest or good person in the conventional sense, trying only to maintain our security. We must begin to become compassionate and wise in the fundamental sense, open and relating to the world as it is. View quote
Chogyam Trungpa
Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks which leades to a distorted, ego-centered version of spirituality; we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques. This fundamental distortion may be referred to as spiritual materialism. View quote
Chogyam Trungpa
Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge. View quote
Bill Cosby
It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating - on our taxes or on the football field. View quote
Dan Ariely
Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually, spontaneous learning is more fundamental. (Alison Gopnik)
As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism. View quote
Christopher Dawson
The game of golf doesn't come rushing back to you. Last week I made a couple of fundamental mistakes that I probably wouldn't have made in the heat of the battle back when I was in my heyday, and those things have got to come back. View quote
Greg Norman
The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality of result. It's equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference. View quote
Robert Reich
What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights. View quote
Tom G. Palmer