Finding Quotes - page 8

If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution. (Albert Einstein)
To recognize that some of the things our culture believes are not true imposes on us the duty of finding out which are true and which are not. View quote
Allan Bloom
The search for meaning is not limited to science: it is constant and continuous--all of us engage in it during all our waking hours the search continues even in our dreams. There are many ways of finding meaning, and there are no absolute boundaries separating them. View quote
Ervin László
Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one. View quote
William Wycherley
The successful editor is one who is constantly finding newwriters, nurturing their talents, and publishing them with critical and financial success. View quote
A. Scott Berg
Writing is a matter of finding the appropriate balance of dinosaurs and sodomy. View quote
Michael Swanwick
Finding happiness is not as simple as having good friends or a full social life. The crunch issue is our ability, or inability, to find within ourselves a sense of meaning or deeper purpose, something not found in everyday life. View quote
Mark Vernon
Like roots finding water, we always wind up moving towards what sustains us. View quote
Mark Nepo
We can always create more inventory. You don't just turn people away. The challenge is finding new ways to accommodate people. View quote
Mark Richardson
The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both. (Death) View quote
Markus Zusak
It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding. (Markus Zusak)
When fear makes your choices for you, no security measures on earth will keep the things you dread from finding you. But if you can avoid avoidance - if you can choose to embrace experiences out of passion, enthusiasm, and a readiness to feel whatever arises - then nothing, nothing in all this dangerous world, can keep you from being safe. View quote
Martha Beck
All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these leaders instead of their own purpose attach to the spiritual leader and become fanatical and controlling. That's why Jesus tried to tell his followers not to get attached to outward form. View quote
Martha Beck
I absolute adore epic journeys that require a protagonist to fight for every victory in the hopes of finding triumph. View quote
Megan Chance
I am a teacher and the reason I'm a teacher is because I'm learning as hard as I can. I'm not any different from anybody else. I am searching and having some success finding answers. View quote
Andy Andrews
Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself. View quote
Mohsin Hamid
If you are unable to change many aspects of your work, you must alter your mindset – learning to stop thinking about your work as boring or dull; viewing the glass as half full rather than half empty; finding the positives in your daily work and career. View quote
Nigel Cumberland
I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This is what you learn from studying the old townscapes of the Swiss farmers. View quote
Peter Zumthor
But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself --- avoid trying to be something you're not. For a goddess, that's especially hard. We can change so easily. -Aphrodite. View quote
Rick Riordan
The key then to attaining this higher level of intelligence is to make our years of study qualitatively rich. We don't simply absorb information - we internalize it and make it our own by finding some way to put this knowledge to practical use. View quote
Robert Greene
And, uh, I did that, and there was nothing more ridiculous to me than finding the weight of the earth because I didn't care how much the earth weighed. (Rube Goldberg)
Life, I sometimes think-like dreams, like stories, like plans, even like lies if you will-is to be pondered on, interpreted, interrogated: but you had best not try to change it too radically in the middle, or you risk never finding its secret. View quote
Samuel R. Delany
Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it. View quote
Tamera Mowry
Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves. View quote
Trudi Canavan
In the beginning I looked around and, not finding the automobile of my dreams, decided to build it myself. View quote
Ferdinand Porsche