Existence Quotes

I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

It was a real hand-to-mouth existence in those early days - I'd have whatever dry cereal there was in the house for breakfast, 30 cents to spend on lunch and a hot dog for dinner. I did that for years. So there was definitely a hunger in me, of various kinds, to succeed.

I used to be very routine-based and the new thing in my life is not having a clear, full-time existence.

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals.

That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe.

Though we hear various reports of his existence we can never find the young wizard who is able so they say to graft the soul of a girl to the soul of her lover so that not even the sharp scissors of the Fates can ever sever them apart.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think that questioning our purpose in life and the meaning of existence is something that we all go through at some point.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources.

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity.

I never could get over the fact that The Pixies formed, worked and separated without America taking them to its heart or even recognizing their existence for the most part.

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

I'm a guy who has problems with moderation. All or nothing. Binge and purge. Kill or be killed. Gray is not a color I wear well. I should be dead. I know that. I should not be successful. I know that too. My daily existence is a toss of the coin - one side, fear, the other side, gratitude.

In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bis.

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.

May my soul bloom in love for all existence.

It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence.

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.

Actually, I think most people accept the existence of qualia.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

Generality is, indeed, an indispensable ingredient of reality; for mere individual existence or actuality without any regularity whatever is a nullity. Chaos is pure nothing.

That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.

Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.