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Existence Quotes:

quote welfare s purpose should be to eliminate as far as possible the need for its own existence ronald reagan Quotes

Quotation Shirley MacLaine I don t need anyone to rectify my existence The Quotes

Quotation Oscar Wilde To live is the rarest thing in the world Most Quotes

Human-caused climate change threatens almost every aspect of human existence.

- Alan Lowenthal

source: "Climate Change: Case Closed" by Rep. Alan Lowenthal, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 25, 2014.

topic: Climate, Aspect, Existence

Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a pre-existing closely allied species.

- Alfred Russel Wallace

source: Alfred Russel Wallace (1875). “Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays”, p.5

topic: Space, Existence, Time And Space

God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it.

- Andre Weil

source: "Mathematical Circles Adieu: A Fourth Collection of Mathematical Stories and Anecdotes". Book by Howard Whitley Eves, 1977.

topic: Math, Devil, Existence, Mathematics By Mathematicians

Do we fear suffering or apathy most? Is it from experience or the monotony of a commonplace existence that we quickest flee?

- Anna Katharine Green

source: Anna Katharine Green (2016). “THE FORSAKEN INN (Gothic Mystery Classic): Historical Thriller: Intriguing Novel Featuring Dark Events Surrounding a Mysterious Murder”, p.47, e-artnow

topic: Suffering, Apathy, Existence, Monotony

What would have to occur or to have occurred to constitute for you a disproof of the love of, or the existence of, God?

- Antony Flew

source: Antony Flew, John Shosky (1998). “Philosophical Essays”, p.43, Rowman & Littlefield

topic: Existence, Existence Of God

The fabric of existence weaves itself whole.

- Charles Ives

source: Charles Ives (2004). “129 Songs”, p.30, A-R Editions, Inc.

topic: Fabric, Existence

There it is, the sea, the most incomprehensible of non-human existences.

- Clarice Lispector

source: Clarice Lispector (1989). “Soulstorm: Stories”, p.162, New Directions Publishing

topic: Sea, Existence, Humans

A book should either allow us to escape existence or teach us how to endure it.

- David Shields

source: David Shields (2013). “How Literature Saved My Life”, p.197, Vintage

topic: Book, Should, Existence

Romance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself.

- Denis de Rougemont

source: Denis de Rougemont (1983). “Love in the Western World”, p.15, Princeton University Press

topic: Love Is, Romance, Existence

One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it.

- Ernst Gombrich

source: Ernst Hans Gombrich (1978). “The Story of Art”

topic: Genius, Existence, Enjoy

The limitations you are willing to accept establish the boundaries of your existence.

- Erwin McManus

source: Erwin Raphael McManus (2008). “Wide Awake: The Future Is Waiting Within You”, p.10, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Boundaries, Accepting, Existence

I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something - that solitary existence.

- Ewan McGregor

source: "Return of the Jedi: Ewan McGregor" by Devin Gordon, www.gq.com. January 3, 2012.

topic: Ideas, Existence, Solitary, Me Alone

When marriage is what it ought to be, it is indeed the very happiest condition of existence.

- Fanny Kemble

source: Fanny Kemble, Fanny Kemble Wister (1972). “Fanny, the American Kemble: her journals and unpublished letters”

topic: Marriage, Existence

Is there a mechanism of death, that so mutilates existence no one, gets over it not even the dead?

- Galway Kinnell

source: "When the Towers Fell" by Galway Kinnell, www.newyorker.com. September 16, 2002.

topic: Existence, Over It, Get Over

Coffee justifies the existence of the word 'aroma'.

- Glen Duncan

source: Glen Duncan (2007). “I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story”, p.92, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

topic: Coffee, Aroma, Existence

Everything in existence undergoes constant change. The things that surround us, even our selves are temporary manifestations of Ki energy.

- Ilchi Lee

source: Ilchi Lee (2002). “Brain Respiration: Making Your Brain Creative, Peaceful, and Productive”, p.48, Healing Society

topic: Self, Energy, Existence

Fear is the touch of death, death reminding us of its existence.

- Ivan Klíma

source: Ivan Klíma, Paul Wilson (2006). “Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light”, p.110, Grove Press

topic: Fear, Existence

Existence itself is nothing if not an amazement. Good poems restore amazement.

- Jane Hirshfield

source: "Poet Jane Hirshfield On How To Read Poetry And Restore ‘Amazement’". Interview with Claire Fallon, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2015.

topic: Existence, Amazement

I contend that the problem with transsexualism would best be served by morally mandating it out of existence

- Janice Raymond

source: "Dispelling Fictions and Disrupting Hashtags". Interview with Julian Vigo, www.counterpunch.org. August 25, 2014.

topic: Problem, Existence, Transsexuals

You know, you really do choose your existence in a way.

- Jennifer Jason Leigh

source: "What you see and what you get". www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2005.

topic: Way, Existence

Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.

- John Searle

source: "Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language". Book by John Searle, 1969.

topic: Existence, Axioms

Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence.

- John Wyndham

source: John Wyndham (1951). “The Day of the Triffids”, Fawcett

topic: Treasure, Existence, Precarious

The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.

- Lincoln Steffens

source: Lincoln Steffens (1936). “Lincoln Steffens speaking”

topic: Sense Of Humor, Existence

Non-believers in the greenhouse scenario are in the position of those long ago who doubted the existence of God ... fortunately for them, the Inquisition is no longer with us!

- Marcel Leroux

source: Marcel Leroux (2006). “Global Warming - Myth or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology”, p.4, Springer Science & Business Media

topic: Long, Global Warming, Existence, Non Believer, Scenarios

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