Condition Quotes

There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does seem like a medical condition of shock and horror.

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

Taming the financial markets and winning back democratic control over them is the central condition for creating a new social balance in Germany and Europe.

Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago.

No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious.

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.

The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.

When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.

Only towards the end of this process are any of the chapters in fully readable condition, a state of affairs that used to alarm my wife. But Joan's got used to it.

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It's a battle you can't hope to win - it's a battle that's going to go on forever. It's part of the human condition.

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence.

Order is a necessary condition for anything the human mind is to understand.

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.

Definitely not a sitcom, that's my first condition. No sitcoms.

I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock.

What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.

I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection.

The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.

Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.

There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now.

Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.

Your body has enough weight for you to be in perfect condition just working against yourself.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.