#existence

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#existence #exists #merely #philosopher #poet

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#commenting #existence #i #into #like

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one. ↗

— William James

#best #deserves #existence #i #immortal

China has been committed to the independent foreign policy of peace and has developed friendship and cooperation with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#been #china #coexistence #committed #cooperation

The reader feels as if he is in Chongjin, where starving people ate the bark off trees; or atop Mount Taesong with the elite of Pyongyang, whose existence is a mix of sadism and whimsy; or with the masses who are bombarded day and night with the propaganda of North Korea's alternate reality. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#ate #bark #bombarded #day #elite

First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#amount #certain #complex #darwinian #darwinian theory

The problem with allowing God a role in the history of life is not that science would cease, but rather that scientists would have to acknowledge the existence of something important which is outside the boundaries of natural science. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#allowing #boundaries #cease #existence #god

I spent my childhood in an imaginary world - probably because I needed an escape. I think that's one of the reasons people have imaginations - because they can't maintain existence here. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#childhood #escape #existence #here #i

I think one's sexuality can be the center of life, and coming out and discovering your sexuality is something that really can define your existence. ↗

— Mia Kirshner

#coming #define #discovering #existence #i

Only a literary work that reveals an unknown fragment of human existence has a reason for being. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#existence #fragment #human #human existence #literary