“From my observations, it would seem that the core message of most major religions is right, just and pure. For this reason I can not help but conclude that evil acts committed by religious people are committed not because of their religion, but in spite of it.” PeopleLifeI CanReasonHelpingSeemsEvilReligiousPureMajorsMessagesCommittedCoreObservationSpiteCan Not Author:Derek R. Audette
“It seems strange that some artists fear a blank canvas, when it has been a major contributory factor to great paintings.” Has BeensSeemsArtistFearStrangePaintingMajorsFactorsBlankCanvasBlank Canvas Author:David Luiz
“Do we know what practices would be effective in resisting aliens? Wouldn't the public have to be convinced, in all countries, that there is such a threat? When have the major nations on this planet shown they can agree on any military course of action? Earthlings are already spending a trillion dollars a year on things military. Where would the money come from? Krugman seems to be suggesting more lies are what is needed. How about everybody cutting their military budgets in half and feeding people instead?” PeopleKnowsYearsCountrySeemsWould BeActionLyingCoursesNationsHalfPracticeCuttingMilitaryPlanetsNeededMajorsAgreeDollarsThreatSpendingConvincedAliensBudgetsFeedingResistingSuggestingMilitary Budget Author:Stanton T. Friedman
“Napping is too luxurious, too sybaritic, too unproductive, and it's free; pleasures for which we don't pay make us anxious. Besides, it seems to be a natural inclination. ... Fighting off natural inclinations is a major Puritan virtue, and nothing that feels that good can be respectable.” FeelsSeemsFightingNaturalSleepPleasurePayVirtueMajorsAnxiousInclinationRespectablePuritanLuxuriousUnproductive Author:Barbara Holland
“You don't believe in organized religion, yet a major theme in so many of your works seems to be a quest for God.” BelieveSeemsReligionMajorsDon't BelieveThemeOrganizedQuestsOrganized Religion Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“I had a major surgery, a major abdominal surgery, and a mass was removed from my pelvic area, and I do have some more recovery to do. But everything seems to be fine.” SeemsFineMajorsMassAreasRecoverySurgeryAbdominals Author:Robin Quivers
“I want an iPhone 5, someone said something nasty on twitter, or my boyfriend isn't texting me back, like whatever the thing is that seems so major in your life, when a real disaster hits you suddenly strips it all away and you see what's really important and who you really are.” WantSaidImportantRealSeemsMajorsDisasterNastyIphoneMy BoyfriendTextingIphone 5 Author:Eli Roth
“I make small mistakes every day. But major mistakes? It doesn't seem so. I've examined my service to the Tibetan people and to humanity, and I've done as much as I can in my life.” PeopleI CanDoneSeemsHumanityMistakeMajorsTibetanSmall Mistakes Author:Dalai Lama
“It seems to me that a Christian like myself is presented with major problems, but they're nothing like the problems of the atheist.” ProblemSeemsChristianMajorsAtheistMajor Problems Author:John Lennox
“Setting can be something that is a major player in a scene, something that makes the mood leap from the page. But if an author doesn't handle it right, it falls flat or seems overdone. It is a challenge getting it "just right".” IfsSeemsFallChallengesPlayerSceneMajorsPagesMoodHandleSettingSettingsFlatsLeap Author:Kim Smith
“I seem to respond most to places that are more cosmopolitan because of my Manhattan upbringing. Some of the major international cities I've visited, like Madrid, Rome and London, have a lot of similarities and "New York" elements while ... having their own flavor.” SeemsCitiesNew YorkElementsMajorsInternationalLondonRomeFlavorUpbringingManhattanSimilarityMadrid Author:Bobby Flay
“A new study shows that the child population in San Francisco is dwindling and in fact San Francisco has the smallest share of children of any major city in the United States. That's odd, huh? For some reason couples in San Francisco don't seem to be reproducing as much as couples in other cities. Gee, I wonder what the problem is there? You think it might be something in the Rice-A-Roni?” ThinkingChildrenStatesReasonFactsShowsProblemSeemsMightUnitedCitiesWonderUnited StatesStudyShareCoupleMajorsPopulationOddSmallestSan FranciscoRiceReproducing Author:Jay Leno
“The market is going to love it. The market always seems to applaud major mergers, even though the vast majority of them don't work out and don't increase shareholder value.” SeemsValuesMajorsIncreaseMajorityWork OutShareholdersMergersShareholder Value Author:Barry Ritholtz
“This famous quote hangs over my desk, as well as the desks of many people with the hubris and optimism to believe they can change the world for the better. It seems implausible, yet time and again history has proven it true. Virtually every major shift in cultural history can trace its origins to the work of a small group, often gathered around an innovative thinker or body of thought.” PeopleWorldBelieveWellsBodySeemsGroupsMajorsOptimismChanging The WorldThinkerDesksProvenInnovativeSmall GroupsHubrisHang Over Author:Alan AtKisson
“The idea that the United States of American might shut down its government over abortion and funding to an organization that is 0.01% of the U.S. budget seems completely insane. Anyone looking at this debate around the world is thinking 'What is this country doing? They have three wars going on, they're trying to manage major problems and they're thinking of shutting down their government over abortion?'” ThinkingWorldTryingIdeasWarCountryStatesProblemSeemsGovernmentMightThreeUnitedUnited StatesMajorsOrganizationDebateInsaneManageAround The WorldBudgetsAbortionFundingMajor ProblemsShutting Down Author:Katty Kay
“When you observe yourself reacting to what are minor things in your life, you will find that the mechanism is the same as when major things seem to go wrong in your life and there is upset.” SeemsMajorsUpsetMechanismMinorsReactingMinor Things Author:Eckhart Tolle
“I'm a pluralist about perspectives on literature. There seem to me to be all sorts of illuminating ways of responding to major literary works, some of them paying considerable attention to context, others applying various theoretical ideas, yet others focusing on details of language, or linking the work to the author's life, or connecting it with other works.” WayIdeasSeemsLiteratureLanguageAttentionPerspectiveMajorsDetailsVariousConnectingTheoreticalRespondingIlluminatingLiterary Works Author:Philip Kitcher
“The major problem for America is we're losing two wars. We're losing in Afghanistan, we're losing in Iraq. And there seems very little likelihood that we're going to increase the number of troops we have in either place to the point that we can prevail.” LittlesTwoWarProblemSeemsAmericaNumbersMajorsLosingIncreaseIraqAfghanistanTroopsLikelihoodMajor Problems Author:Michael Scheuer
“[Donald Trump] is trying to stop immigration into the country from countries where there are major terrorist issues until we can figure out what is going on, but this seems like something else.” TryingCountrySeemsIssuesFiguresTrumpMajorsTerroristImmigrationLike Something Author:Megyn Kelly
“I have friends with deals, both major and indie, and the ones on majors never seem as happy, and quite frankly aren't making music as strong as those on independents.” SeemsStrongDealsMajors Author:Raheem Jarbo
“As matters now stand, the veto seems inappropriate, given the absence of any deep ideological split between major states, and definitely constrains the war-prevention mission of the UN. Similarly, the present permanent five are out of touch with geopolitical realities, and constitute a remnant of a West-centric world order, casting a shadow of illegitimacy across the activities of the most important organ of global policymaking in the UN System.” WorldImportantWarMatterStatesRealitySeemsOrderGivenFiveActivityMajorsShadowWestMissionsAbsencePermanentOrgansSplitsCastingIdeologicalWorld OrderInappropriatePreventionRemnantsConstrainVetoGeopolitical Author:Richard A. Falk
“I have one major problem with the internet: It's full of liars. There doesn't seem to be any way to answer to people lying about you.” PeopleWayProblemSeemsLyingAnswersInternetMajorsLiarsMajor ProblemsPeople Lie Author:John Lydon
“Historically, unfortunately, race seems to be the major division that humanity has imposed on itself, a way of subdividing into smaller groups.” WaySeemsHumanityRaceGroupsMajorsDivision Author:David Mitchell
“The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball.” Has BeensSeemsPresidentInterestingMajorsBaseballLeagueCould Have BeenInteresting ThingsMajor LeagueMajor League Baseball Author:Eddie Vedder
“The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable, believing an attack of major proportions will happen.” PeopleBelieveSeemsHappensCitiesMajorsMassNuclearInevitableProportionBombsGasMaskGermsSuitcasesResignedGreatest FearGas Masks Author:David Wilkerson
“There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down / until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living.” IfsSeemsWaitingOur LivesEventsMajorsTiredSettlingMore TimeThings ChangePromotionBe PatientSettling Down Book:Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great Source: Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great