Karen Armstrong Quotes

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings.

Karen Armstrong

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 14, 1944

Topics

ReligionThinkNowWhyWayHuman

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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In 1939, Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945, six million Jews and seven million others unable to defend themselves were exterminated.

Joe Wurzelbacher

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Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families.

Melissa Bean

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Yesterday, we sought telescopes good enough to see all the planets. Today, we seek vehicles good enough to reach them.

Robert Kennedy

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In a play, a man comes out and says something. Another man comes out and says something. And by the end of the night, we've learned something we didn't know, In a musical, there is singing and dancing for two hours, but you've got to know everything in 5 minutes. Do it in those 5 minutes or you'll lose them.

Maury Yeston

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I was born in Orange County - in Santa Ana. My dad is from California. I was raised on the East Coast. My first two years were in California, but I claim East Coast. I'm sorry, I don't rep California.

Michael B. Jordan

SorryBornOrangeCaliforniaFirst

Throughout my years in business, I discovered something. I would always ask why you do things. The answers that I would invariably get are: 'Oh, that's just the way things are done around here.' Nobody knows why they do what they do. Nobody thinks very deeply about things in business.

Steve Jobs

BusinessYouNobodyDoneWhyWay

You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.

Stan Getz

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'True Blood' is amazing. I have to give a shout out to 'Melrose Place' because I do watch. I love 'Entourage.' One of my favorite shows back in the day was 'Friday Night Lights.'

Tristan Wilds

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There's always something special when the service academies play each other that's not in any other game. This is not a regular game, and everyone involved knows that.

Roger Staubach

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Well I think fundamentally, what I think surprises me is the creationist movement, and the notion that somehow you can't believe in God if you believe in evolution. But I don't think there's anything in the Bible which prevents a recognition that evolution is a highly plausible way that we came to be here.

Robert Winston

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Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

Molly Ivins

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