Paul Ricoeur Quotes

Testimony demands to be interpreted because of the dialectic of meaning and event that traverses it.

Paul Ricoeur

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: February 27, 1913 - May 20, 2005

Topics

MeaningEventBecauseTestimony

If you are not frightened, you are not original.

Jimmy Iovine

YouOriginalFrightened

Well look, I don't begrudge anybody in the voters and their views.

Jim Talent

LookWellAnybodyViewsVoters

Theories pass. The frog remains.

Jean Rostand

FrogPassRemainsTheories

When I saw houses in Palmdale going for $500K, I knew something was wrong. If you got foreclosed, I don't feel sorry for you!

Tom Leykis

SorryFeelYouWrongGoingSaw

Abortion on demand, throughout the full nine months of a pregnancy, for virtually any reason, became public policy in the United States of America. No other developed democracy had, or has, such a permissive abortion regime.

Robert Casey

DemocracyAmericaAbortionReason

As humanity goes online, it's becoming an extremely advanced, large-scale processing unit.

Luis von Ahn

HumanityBecomingOnlineUnitGoes

My career is over. I'm just playing now and having a great time. I like to keep busy, and I'm doing what's fun for me.

Dick Van Dyke

GreatTimeFunMeBusyDoing

I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I've heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal. I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it.

Dorothea Lange

CourageQualityAnimalUnexpected

You should never be put into a mold based on your gender.

Daya

GenderYouNeverMoldYourShould

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

Bob Newhart

GreatThoughtSatisfactionNeverOut

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be an intellectual.

Anthony Burgess

IntellectualIntelligentMayHeToo

I'm the chief science officer of a foundation that works on the application of regenerative medicine to the problem of aging.

Aubrey de Grey

ScienceAgingMedicineFoundation

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