Leo Strauss Quotes

God's reasons for communicating with man must be subsumed under his reason for communicating to him his account of his creation of the world - and man.

Leo Strauss

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: September 20, 1899 - October 18, 1973

Topics

GodManWorldCreationHimReason

My parents' usual reprimand was to remind me that I was not the Prince of Wales.

Andrew Solomon

ParentsMePrinceRemindUsual

What's odd is that nobody in my family is an artist. My cousins are, like, secretaries at law firms or nurses or just more blue collar. And I was in a baseball team. I used to be, like, a really big tomboy.

Melonie Diaz

FamilyBaseballBlueTeamLawMore

When interest rates are high you want the average direction in which interest rates are moving to be downward; when interest rates are low you want the average direction to be upward.

John Hull

MovingDirectionYouWantHighLow

I would love to have kids one day. In fact, I'm pretty good with them. I grew up with five half-siblings, the youngest of whom is 11 years younger than me, so I think I learned some pretty cool parenting skills quite early on in life.

Matthew Perry

LifeLoveGoodParentingDayCool

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

John W. Gardner

MotivationalHappinessPowerTrue

When I was small, in the early '70s, my mother took me to see 'Cooley High.'

John Singleton

MotherMeSmallEarlySeeHigh

I don't have much positive to say about motor neurone disease. But it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I could still do.

Stephen Hawking

PositiveMyselfMeSayOthersGet

I'm not representing any organization. I represent the people of Ohio, and a lot of people in Ohio feel very strongly about their Second Amendment rights.

Rob Portman

PeopleOrganizationFeelAmendment

I believe artists deserve all the help they can get, so they can focus on being great artists.

Janina Gavankar

GreatFocusBelieveHelpDeserve

The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world.

Diane Watson

WorldNationAbusePositionCustody

I don't just play the trumpet because it's something that resonates with me: I play the trumpet because I realize it's a means to help free a lot of people that ain't free.

Christian Scott

PeopleMeFreeHelpPlayRealize

I'm not a gourmet. I just like the planet.

Brie Larson

PlanetJustLikeGourmet

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