Far from being marginalized, as is presently the case, nineteenth-century freethought was a social movement at the core of our national life.
– Fred Whitehead
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- The [twentieth century] could well go down in history not so much as a century of progress but as -œthe century of superficiality. – Billy Graham
- the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life. – Oscar Wilde
- It is not the victory of science that distinguishes our nineteenth century, but the victory of scientific method over science. – Friedrich Nietzsche
- She could have happily lived inside any nineteenth century novel. – Kate Atkinson
- Difficult for actors to extemporise in nineteenth-century English. Except for Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs, who speak that way anyway. – Emma Thompson
- Galton was a world renowned anthropologist back in the nineteenth century, though he was a big overshadowed by his cousin, Charles Darwin. – Hunter Shea
- A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution. – Martin Luther King Jr
- We must stop calling the looting of our national wealth, a share in the national cake. – Sunday Adelaja
- Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement. – Alfred Adler
- Overeating at Thanksgiving is a case in point. It’s a national tradition. – Eric Samuel Timm
- It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. – Charles ens
- Choice is the basis of every part of your existence, but so is fear. The difference is, choice creates movement, where fear limits movement. – Rn Gaudette
- It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking. – Ron Paul
- Poverty said the same thing, century after century, but in different kinds of sentences. – Martin Amis
- Just behind his jaw bones a tiny movement was perceptible, like the movement of gills in a fish. – John Collier
- If an art form is marginalized it’s because it’s not speaking to people. – David Foster Wallace
- The only differences between a cult and a religion are the numbers of adherents and the degree to which they are marginalized by the rest of society. – Sam Harris
- Open-handed generosity and caring for the poor and marginalized as if we were caring for Jesus himself are extensions of our worship. – C Christopher Smith
- Shame, as an emotion, has a core meaning, in relating individuals to wider social groups and norms — real or imagined. – Peter N Stearns
- Presently the newly awakened psychology will gradually accomplish what pure religious devotion might have done: throw out Paul, and let Jesus in! – Jan Willem Kaiser
- The SECRET to financial security is not to have more money, but having MORE CONTROL over the money we presently have. – AuliqIce
- If what we presently believe to be true is not producing a Kingdom result, we may need to reconsider what we believe to be true. – Blake L Higginbotham
- Presently, one after another, like shyly hopping sparrows, her friends arrived, black against the snow. – Marcel Proust
- The monitor presently shows the Windows Blue Screen of Death, though this does not alarm him, as the BSoD is the universal screen saver in Hell. – Robert Olen Butler
- To be now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently abeast! – William Shakespeare
- I am an atheist, but as far as blowing up the world in a nuclear war goes, I tell them not to worry. – Fred Hoyle
- Social Security is neither social, nor secure. – Edw C Young
- Being denied their original birth certificates isn’t just a problem for adoptees. It’s a social problem, requiring social change. – DaShanne Stokes
- Following trends on social media will not lead to social consciousness. – Carlos Wallace
- Individual liberty may be unable to solve every social problem, but collective violence is unable to solve any social problem. – Jakub Boydar Winiewski
- Social media is just that – social. – John Patrick Hickey
- How far is too far? When you love a band so much that its songs fill the empty spaces inside your head and heart, is that too far? – Bert Murray
- We can hardly get to the very far for the very far we can think of is the far we have not yet reach – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- I found the kingdom of far far away, prince charming would not be so far. – Arzum Uzun
- The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. – Benjamin Rush
- What we perceive as the present is the vivid fringe of memory tinged with anticipation. – Alfred Whitehead
- Science is a river with two sources, the practical source and the theoretical source. – Alfred North Whitehead
- Religion is what an individual does with his solitariness. – Alfred North Whitehead
- The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things. – Alfred North Whitehead
- It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect. – Colson Whitehead