Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

Falsehood, like a drawing in perspective, will not bear to be examined in every point of view, because it is a good imitation of truth, as a perspective is of the reality, only in one. But truth, like that reality of which the perspective is the representation, will bear to be scrutinized in all points of view, and though examined under every situation, is one and the same.

Alan Watts

Increasingly, we're developing all kinds of systems for verifying reality by echoing it.

Alan Watts

The past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.

Alan Watts

Beyond positive and negative, what is Reality?

Alan Watts

But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

Alan Watts

Everybody is fundamentally the ultimate reality...

Alan Watts

I am amazed that Congressmen can pass a bill imposing severe penalties on anyone who burns the American flag , whereas they are responsible for burning that for which the flag stands: the United States as a territory, as a people , and as a biological manifestation. That is an example of our perennial confusion of symbols with realities.

Alan Watts

Our view of reality is like a chart of the sea - the truer it is, the less likely we will become lost.

Alan Watts

The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all systems of definition are relative to various purposes, and that none of them actually “grasp” reality.

Charles Caleb Colton

Those who have resources within themselves, who can dare to live alone, want friends the least, but, at the same time, best know how to prize them the most. But no company is far preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

John Roberts

Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on.

Edith Wharton

Society soon grows used to any state of things which is imposed upon it without explanation.

Ed Koch

In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.

Charles Lamb

He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society.

Arthur Balfour

Society, dead or alive, can have no charm without intimacy and no intimacy without an interest in trifles.

J. B. Priestley

Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.

Lee Hall

I don't think theatre has changed; it's society that has changed.

Boman Irani

The day we learn to allow an ambulance to pass through in traffic, might be the first step towards being a truly responsible society.

David Selby

I did a lot of personal appearances because I was under contract to ABC.

Luke Pasqualino

I like a girl that takes pride in her appearance - looks are important to me, but it's also important she gets on with my friends and family. If my parents don't like a girl, then she's instantly a no-go.

E. B. White

The other players did not testify before this committee, ... We are asking for these results in the context of Palmeiro's appearance before the Government Reform Committee.

Marisa Miller

I'm definitely aware that the physical appearance is a very temporary gift. I'm very thankful for the opportunities that I've been able to experience, but I keep it all in check and don't let it consume me.

Gerald Schwartzbach

Was there anything about his appearance or demeanor that evening that struck you as unusual?

Baltasar Gracian

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

Atharva Veda

Man is but the Image of God. Even Nature is but an appearance of God; the reality is He alone.

Juvenal

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

Juvenal

Trust not to outward show. [Lat., Fronti nulla fides.]