Without Quotes

"A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval"

"Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone"

"We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing, and guide you without trying to tell you what to do"

Benmont Tench, Musician

"The most that one of Jewish faith can do - and some have gladly done it - is to say that Jesus was the greatest in the long succession of Jewish prophets. None can acknowledge that Jesus was the Messiah without becoming a Christian"

Kenneth Scott Latourette, Historian

"A bigot is simply a sociologist without credentials"

Dinesh D'Souza, Author

"Without Hitler, the State of Israel probably would not exist today. To that extent he was probably the Jews' greatest friend"

David Irving, Author

"Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture"

David Bohm, Scientist

"We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature, and to bring life into harmony with the laws of nature"

Dmitri Mendeleev, Scientist

"While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent"

Diego Maradona, Athlete

"It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty"

Dick Thornburgh, Politician

"Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection"

Hans Urs von Balthasar, Theologian

"Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to its own avarice and sadness"

Hans Urs von Balthasar, Theologian

"There's a lot you can do without words"

Craig McCracken, Artist

"To be totally honest, if I could be thinner without it causing a lot of pain and anxiety in my life, I would be. But today the reality is my life is more important to me than my weight - and thank God for that"

Courtney Thorne Smith, Actress

"I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple without being in each other's pockets. I don't see why you have to share the same bathroom"

Jeanne Moreau, Actress

"Fire has impacted every part of our lives - without fire, there would be no shopping, right? - that's how the Internet will intrude on our lives, particularly our kids' lives"

Jay Chiat, Businessman

"You can't imagine a world, quite frankly, without a safe and secure aviation system. And so our job is to really focus on that, and what we need to do to keep it safe and secure"

Janet Napolitano, Politician

"If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing"

Edward Burnett Tylor, Scientist

"Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other"

Edgar Watson Howe, Editor

"But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period"

Debbie Allen, Actress

"No, we always had something to do because I did all the wave runners and jet skis and boats approaching the atolls and stuff like that, so you could do that without showing the actual atoll or the set that you're going towards, but detailing all those guys racing towards it"

David R. Ellis, Director

"Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop"

Dorothy Height, Activist

"If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state"

Cate Blanchett, Actress

"The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator"

Bob Kane, Artist

"Is it philosophical, is it quite allowable, to assume without evidence from fossil plants that the family or any of the genera was once larger and wide spread? and occupied a continuous area?"

Asa Gray, Scientist

"I grew up in a family where the internalized understanding was that the kids were going to grow up into a better world. I worry, because I don't think my kids are going to have that. The world is very scary. The world would be scary without the choices the current administration made, but they just exacerbated it. And it ticks me off. I want my kids to have a good life"

Bradley Whitford, Actor

"Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere"

Bram Stoker, Writer

"Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living"

Bill Dixon, Musician

"No action is without its side effects"

Barry Commoner, Scientist

"Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn't work, and it didn't work, and it just came to a standstill"

Barbara Castle, Politician

"The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it. The house satisfies a requirement. The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone. The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort"

Adolf Loos, Architect

"This planet seems to be in such sorry shape. And I can't ever think about the rest of the universe without coming back home and thinking what the implications for life here would be if we were to really have some definitive proof of extraterrestrial life"

Ann Druyan, Writer

"As priests uphold their people in prayer, so their people are to uphold them with prayer and love, for he cannot work without his people"

Arthur Middleton, Politician

"I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy"

Anthony Doerr, Writer

"I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I can sound mean without attempting to be mean"

Alton Brown, Entertainer

"Man cannot degrade woman without himself falling into degradation; he cannot elevate her without at the same time elevating himself"

Alexander Walker, Businessman

"Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without"

A. R. Ammons, Poet

"In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous"

Archie Shepp, Musician

"Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without"

James C. Dobson, Psychologist

"From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own"

Carl Schurz, Revolutionary

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