Without Quotes

"It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be"

Isaac Asimov, Scientist

"Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war"

William S. Burroughs, Writer

"Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

"No one can enjoy freedom without trembling"

Emile M. Cioran, Philosopher

"America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization"

Georges Clemenceau, Leader

"I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery"

Joan Rivers, Comedian

"A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself"

David Ogilvy, Businessman

"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast"

Leonardo da Vinci, Artist

"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart"

St. Jerome, Saint

"In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis"

Quentin Crisp, Writer

"The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood"

Buddha, Leader

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without"

Buddha, Leader

"Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love"

Leo Buscaglia, Author

"This idea was also brought out very clearly by Wallace, who emphasized that apparently reasonable activities of man might very well have developed without an actual application of reasoning"

Franz Boas, Scientist

"God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering"

Saint Augustine, Saint

"Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!"

Joseph Addison, Writer

"Words, without power, is mere philosophy"

Muhammad Iqbal, Poet

"Power without abuse loses its charm"

Paul Valery, Poet

"Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions"

E. T. Bell, Mathematician

"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them"

Alfred North Whitehead, Mathematician

"Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live"

John Dewey, Philosopher

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work"

Emile Zola, Novelist

"You could not receive a young man in your room; you might be permitted to have him to tea in one of the public reception rooms, but you could accept no invitation from young men to tea or other entertainment without a chaperone from the College"

Dora Russell, Celebrity

"With reference to other religions, the Church sees a great difference between them and herself. The other religions are expressions of the human soul seeking God, with some beautiful spiritual insights, but also not without errors. Christianity is rather God seeking humanity"

Francis Arinze, Clergyman

"Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how best to proceed in the war against terror and prevent future attacks"

Jim Ryun, Athlete

"I like fruit baskets because it gives you the ability to mail someone a piece of fruit without appearing insane. Like, if someone just mailed you an apple you'd be like, 'huh? What the hell is this?' But if it's in a fruit basket you're like, 'this is nice!'"

Demetri Martin, Comedian

"Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death"

Pearl S. Buck, Novelist

"Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy"

Peggy Noonan, Writer

"It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I'm finished I'm not going to be on the front page, but I'm going to be just as happy without the publicity"

Terry Fox, Athlete

"One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance"

John Barrow, Politician

"I loved the material when I first read it, and the experience of making the film was a great one. So when we came around to complete the trilogy, I just signed on board without even reading the scripts because the experience of the first film was so good"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster"

Sun Tzu, Philosopher

"Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat"

Sun Tzu, Philosopher

"How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?"

Mahalia Jackson, Musician

"A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself"

Theodor Adorno, Philosopher

"The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning"

George F. Kennan, Historian

"For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement"

Mikhail Saakashvili, Statesman

"We have to learn again that science without contact with experiments is an enterprise which is likely to go completely astray into imaginary conjecture"

Hannes Alfven, Scientist

"Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable"

J. Martin Kohe, Psychologist

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