It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions. Votes: 2
Ben SteinI don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style Votes: 2
Clifford GeertzThe notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both. Votes: 2
Carl SaganI have three sisters and I've always wanted a brother, so I was really interested in that notion. Votes: 2
Ryan PhillippeI thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it. Votes: 2
Ann RichardsMy notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s. Votes: 2
Warren BeattyThe notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash. Votes: 0
Trey Gowdy"The most powerful single idea in mathematics is the notion of a variable." Votes: 0
Alexander DewdneyWhen you're a black superhero you can't erase the notion that you're black. Votes: 0
Cheo Hodari CokerI'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective. Votes: 0
Peter JenningsThe notion that Jews are mythic creatures is well circulating in our culture. Votes: 0
Steven T. KatzSchool reform is not enough. The notion of schooling itself must be challenged. Votes: 0
John Taylor GattoThis notion [skepticism] is more clearly understood by asking "What do I know?" Votes: 0
Michel de MontaigneThe notion of collective contribution, like the Wikipedia, is a very powerful one. Votes: 0
Nicholas NegroponteDemocratic institutions generally give men a lofty notion of their country and themselves. Votes: 0
Alexis de TocquevilleThe Christian notion of the possibility of redemption is incomprehensible to the computer. Votes: 0
Vance PackardI don't have any sentimental notion about how people are going to remember me. Votes: 0
Billy CorganDon't buy into the notion that mistakes can somehow be avoided. They can't be. Votes: 0
John C. MaxwellThe notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate. Votes: 0
Anna WintourI've said goodbye to the overworked notion that architecture has to save the world. Votes: 0
Peter ZumthorTo behave "humanely" it is perfectly possible to do without the notion of "humanity." Votes: 0
Talal AsadThe whole notion that you can equalize opportunity in things that matter is utopian. Votes: 0
Thomas SowellThere's one disturbing notion throughout India that light skin is more attractive than dark. Votes: 0
Freida PintoSome men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion. Votes: 0
Jonathan SwiftWherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself. Votes: 0
William JonesI get inspired by the notion of transforming people into extraordinary versions of themselves. Votes: 0
Elan LeeI rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life. Votes: 0
Constance Baker MotleyYou obtain God only when you get rid of the notion of separateness from God. Votes: 0
Gurumayi ChidvilasanandaIf you feel like loving me, if you've got the notion, I second that emotion. Votes: 0
Smokey RobinsonA mother is beyond any notion of a beginning. That's what makes her a mother. Votes: 0
Meghan O'RourkeThe notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval. Votes: 0
Peter SingerShe's got some sort of notion in her head concerning the eternal rights of women. Votes: 0
Kate ChopinI know people. Most have no earthly notion of the price of a snow-white conscience. Votes: 0
Barbara KingsolverAny realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people. Votes: 0
Michael ManleyThe common notion that free speech prevails in the United States always makes me laugh. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenThe notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint. Votes: 0
Elliott AbramsIt might have been that notion, or just chance, or its more flamboyant relative, destiny. Votes: 0
Carlos Ruiz ZafonHuman vanity cherishes the absurd notion that our species is the final goal of evolution. Votes: 0
Richard DawkinsBelieving is seeing. It's much more effective than the old notion that seeing is believing. Votes: 0
Terrence E. DealHonor's a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs. Votes: 0
Joseph AddisonThat dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband. Votes: 0
Samuel RichardsonFuture orientation is combined with a notion and expectation of progress, and nothing is impossible. Votes: 0
Alan DundesThe blind have no notion of time. The things of time are hidden from them too. Votes: 0
Samuel BeckettThe notion of a record is an obsolete remnant of the days of the 80-column card. Votes: 0
Dennis RitchieIf people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion. Votes: 0
Waris AhluwaliaI could never even entertain the notion that it's an option, to not be an artist. Votes: 0
Dustin YellinI have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people - being always excited. Votes: 0
Lord ByronA trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things. Votes: 0
Jonathan DemmeI write about race in America in hopes of undermining the notion of race in America. Votes: 0
Richard RodriguezLove is a popular romantic notion that leads to nothing but its own brand of misery. Votes: 0
Sharon ShinnI wanted to disprove the notion that you couldn't open a great restaurant in a casino. Votes: 0
David ChangIâm suspicious of the notion of a single book that would benefit everyone to read. Votes: 0
Kristin CashoreWhen I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat. Votes: 0
Lynn AbbeyThe poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed. Votes: 0
Joseph BrodskyWhat a horrifying notion," he said. "A creature with the power to take over one's mind. Votes: 0
Kristin CashoreAnyone who resists the notion of women preachers is functioning as a tool of the devil. Votes: 0
Tony CampoloWe must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. Votes: 0
R. Buckminster FullerThe notion that I had become a political lightning rod was painful for me to experience. Votes: 0
Susan RiceI think it's an old fashioned notion that fashion needs to be exclusive to be fashionable. Votes: 0
Marc JacobsThe notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawThe false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. Votes: 0
Isaac AsimovWe must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life. Votes: 0
Northrop FryeThe whole notion of an embassy is like 'The Other.' That's what makes Washington interesting. Votes: 0
Steven HollI believe novels can have secrets from their author, a notion I imagine would appall Nabokov. Votes: 0
Steve EricksonThe progressive notion of the state as a loving, caring parent is becoming a bipartisan affair. Votes: 0
Jonah GoldbergThat's part of the appeal of time-travel movies: The notion of going back and fixing something. Votes: 0
Rian JohnsonI refuse to give in to the notion that the American people can't handle complicated information. Votes: 0
Barack ObamaIt is time to lay to rest the notion that germs jump into people and cause diseases. Votes: 0
E. CheraskinPeople have this notion of me being this sweet, nice girl, but I'm kind of a pervert. Votes: 0
Michelle BranchI've never been one of those people, who subscribe to this notion that the book is dead. Votes: 0
George BrandisI don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing. Votes: 0
Linus TorvaldsI hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a womanâs life. Votes: 0
Beatrix PotterI've never paid attention to politics. I only have the vaguest notion of what the IRA is. Votes: 0
Nicholas HaslamI guess I had this silly notion that things would be different now, since I was different. Votes: 0
Pittacus LoreThe whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe. Votes: 0
William Eldridge OdomThe whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe. Votes: 0
William OdomThe notion dies hard that in some sort of way exports are patriotic but imports are immoral. Votes: 0
David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron HarlechWe have a mistaken notion of antiquity, calling that so which in truth is the world's nonage. Votes: 0
Joseph GlanvillEveryone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it. Votes: 0
Laurieann GibsonThe notion that one can liberate another soul from captivity is an illusion of the very young. Votes: 0
Iris MurdochAs a novelist, I remain interested in the notion of a single reckless act and its consequences. Votes: 0
Anita ShreveBelieving is seeing" is much more effective for me than the old notion that seeing is believing. Votes: 0
Harmon OkinyoHow poetic you are," she said. "I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception. Votes: 0
Gregory MaguireIn my view, we ought to replace the notion of analytic philosophy by that of synthetic philosophy. Votes: 0
Philip KitcherOf course you have to believe in destiny; that everything is sheer chance is an intolerable notion. Votes: 0
Fay WeldonLike many a modern parent, I had no clear notion of how to help my most troubled child. Votes: 0
Jean SassonCan any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things? Votes: 0
Henry FieldingIn the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether, Votes: 0
Ingrid NewkirkI'm a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes. Votes: 0
Wayne ThiebaudI never was able to believe in the existence of next year except as in a metaphysical notion. Votes: 0
Madame de StaelMy notion of an elegant table is you don't leave the knife sticking out of the mayonnaise jar. Votes: 0
Sue GraftonThere may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads. Votes: 0
Nancy GibbsThe idea that all souls are mortal is the only notion surely terminating love and all its forms. Votes: 0
Criss JamiThe notion that anything is gained by fixing a language in a groove is cherished only by pedants. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenMy notion's to think of the human beings first and let the abstract ideas take care of themselves. Votes: 0
Virginia WoolfOur notion of what makes a paradise always returns to the image of a beautiful and fruitful garden. Votes: 0
Jeff CoxI don't think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street. Votes: 0
Andrew CuomoThere is only one inborn error. and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy. Votes: 0
Arthur SchopenhauerEvery notion is born along with its form. I make reality of ideas as they come into my head Votes: 0
Meret OppenheimAs a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then. Votes: 0
David DinkinsA man would never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human male. Votes: 0
Simone de BeauvoirThe notion of infinity is our greatest friend; it is also the greatest enemy of our peace of mind. Votes: 0
James PierpontThe notion that you do not negotiate with terrorists is not the history of humanity or of the world. Votes: 0
Juan Manuel SantosI assure you. I have no notion of treating men with such respect. That is the way to spoil them. Votes: 0
Jane AustenI don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me. Votes: 0
Jeanne MoreauSingle ladies, the only thing we need to be rescued from is the notion that we need to be rescued. Votes: 0
Mandy HaleAt that moment, the urge to be writing was stronger than any notion she had of what she might write. Votes: 0
Ian McewanI thought I was so ugly for so long, and I wasted so much of my life on this dumb notion. Votes: 0
Margaret ChoI toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further. Votes: 0
Martin ParrFor the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive Votes: 0
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