#rely

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality. ↗

— Herbert Read

#developed #forms #i #i am #independent

But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind. ↗

— Thomas Reid

#common sense #distinctions #fastidious #first #found

I believe that the organisers of this conference have chosen a very timely subject for our discussion - because the 21st century will confront us with an entirely new set of challenges. ↗

— Lord Robertson

#because #believe #century #challenges #chosen

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#everything #excuse #had #impossible #lead

I think it's cooler when girls have favorite pieces of clothing rather than an entirely new wardrobe every few months. ↗

— Cameron Russell

#cooler #entirely #every #favorite #few

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt. ↗

— Vita Sackville-West

#doubt #every #face #fear #rarely

It must be able to assist in devising the method of solution of problems and not merely solve them. ↗

— Cliff Shaw

#assist #devising #merely #method #must

I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they commit. ↗

— Wallace Shawn

#believe #bush #cheney #commit #crimes

I am relying on the theory that playing golf is just like riding a bike and that I haven't forgotten how. ↗

— Jennifer Wyatt

#bike #forgotten #golf #haven #how

Film acting is really the trick of doing moments. You rarely do a take that lasts more than 20 seconds. You really earn your spurs acting onstage. I needed to do that for myself. I would hate to say at the end of everything that I never did a stage play. ↗

— Sam Shepard

#did #doing #earn #end #everything