Isaiah Berlin Quotes

All forms of tampering with human beings, getting at them, shaping them against their will to your own pattern, all thought control and conditioning is, therefore, a denial of that in men which makes them men and their values ultimate.

Isaiah Berlin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: June 6, 1909 - November 5, 1997

Topics

MenControlThoughtValuesWillOwn

If there's something I hate the most, it's feeling helpless, powerless.

Jillian Michaels

HateFeelingSomethingHelplessMost

The feeling of an evolution is a constant for every artist who is pursuing the search of refinement and enlargement of his/her own means of expression.

Andrea Bocelli

SearchArtistFeelingEvolutionOwn

It has been great portraying Gollum, but it will be great to see my face on screen for a change.

Andy Serkis

ChangeGreatFaceWillSeeScreen

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Steve Jobs

LifeChangeMorningTodayMyself

People that create jobs create tax payers, which benefits society as a whole.

Steve Wynn

PeopleSocietyCreateTaxBenefits

Before she made her bid for the U.S. presidency in 1872, Victoria Woodhull worked as one of the first female stockbrokers in the country, starting a firm, Woodhull, Claflin & Company, with her sister in 1870.

Mary Pilon

SisterCountrySheFirstCompany

The tale of the actor struggling to make it is oft-told for a reason.

Mike O'Malley

ActorReasonMakeStrugglingTale

Some days, I'd feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office - at least he doesn't lie about the weather.

Molly Ivins

LieWeatherBetterFeelOfficeDays

Storytelling is ultimately a creative act of pattern recognition. Through characters, plot and setting, a writer creates places where previously invisible truths become visible. Or the storyteller posits a series of dots that the reader can connect.

Douglas Coupland

CreativeRecognitionPlacesBecome

The ruling ethos of Seattle is forlorn apology for our animal impulses.

David Shields

AnimalApologySeattleOurRuling

I do, however, feel reasonably strongly the sense that the job of a piece of argumentative scholarly non-fiction is not the same as the job of a piece of fiction.

China Mieville

JobFeelSameFictionSensePiece

I wouldn't impress my opinions on anyone.

Colm Wilkinson

OpinionsImpressAnyone

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