Reference Quotes - page 2

All sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it. But all determinations of the understanding are not right; because they have a reference to something beyond themselves, to wit, real matter of fact; and are not always conformable to that standard. (David Hume)
Today, criminal justice functions and justifies itself only by this perpetual reference to something other than itself, by this unceasing reinscription in non-juridical systems. View quote
Michel Foucault
That which brought me into the capacity I now stand in, was the Petition and Advice given me by you, who, in reference to the ancient Constitution, did draw me here to accept the place of Protector. There is not a man living can say I sought it, no not a man, nor woman, treading upon English ground. View quote
Oliver Cromwell
For it is a plain fact that, most certainly in the West, the writings, works of art, musical compositions which are of central reference, comport that which is "grave and constant" (Joyce's epithets) in the mystery of our condition. View quote
George Steiner
There is nothing to which an architect should devote more thought than to the exact proportions of his building with reference to a certain part selected as the standard. View quote
Vitruvius
The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones they are for what they are they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose. It is perfect in every moment of its existence. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
O Heavenly Father, convert my religion from a name to a principle! Bring all my thoughts and movements into an habitual reference to Thee! View quote
Thomas Chalmers
Whenever convictions are not arrived at by direct contact with the world and the objects themselves, but indirectly through a critique of the opinions of others, the processes of thinking are impregnated with ressentiment. The establishment of "criteria” for testing the correctness of opinions then becomes the most important task. Genuine and fruitful criticism judges all opinions with reference to the object itself. Ressentiment criticism, on the contrary, accepts no "object” that has not stood the test of criticism. View quote
Max Scheler
Gold is now money with reference to all other commodities only because it was previously, with reference to them, a simple commodity. View quote
Karl Marx
Serious occupation is labor that has reference to some want. View quote
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
As art is a habit with reference to things to be done, so is science a habit in respect to things to be known. (William Harvey)
Some of Mr. Gregory's poems have merely appeared in The New Yorker; others are New Yorker poems: the inclusive topicality, the informed and casual smartness, the flat fashionable irony, meaningless because it proceeds from a frame of reference whose amorphous superiority is the most definite thing about it-they are the trademark not simply of a magazine but of a class. View quote
Randall Jarrell
For future reference: do not underestimate the seductive power of math. View quote
Rachel Hartman
If all human production (aesthetic or otherwise) has its documentary aspect (i.e., it can be associated, by a knowledgeable reader, with a time and place), does this endanger its aesthetic aspects per se? It is the richness of the pattern that is aesthetically at stake. How many art histories does it take to make us understand that reference (a use context) and historicity are not the same? View quote
Samuel R. Delany
People constantly make pop-culture references. That's why it's called popular culture, because people are aware of it and reference it constantly. View quote
Seth Rogen
That was one of my most surprising discoveries when I dug into the history of average-ism: When you actually get the data, it rarely captures anyone. Which then begs the question, why are we using this as a reference standard for human beings? View quote
L. Todd Rose
In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference. View quote
Augusto Roa Bastos
Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case. View quote
Ben Goldacre
Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference. View quote
Graham Joyce
Well, for future reference, this is my serious face. View quote
Derek Landy
The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized; its terms of reference call for providing amnesty for those who cooperate in telling the truth. It does not lead to prosecution. (Jose Ramos-Horta)
In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good mystery. View quote
Karen Joy Fowler
The fiction Im most interested in has lines of reference to the real world. View quote
Raymond Carver
We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God. View quote
Angelo Scola
Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us. View quote
Adam Clarke