Hans Jonas Quotes

Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.

Hans Jonas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 10, 1903 - February 5, 1993

Topics

StarsManTheoryThingsModernEven

I always believe in buying things locally; anything locally made is a big plus, along with organic materials. I try really hard to do that, and brands really pop out to me if I know they're trying to be environmentally friendly.

Jessica Hart

MeBelieveTryingKnowTryHard

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

PurposeWorldServeAboveMakeYour

I don't think Albert Einstein could have devised an equation to guide the leader of the free world during the wildly tumultuous post-9/11 realities without a modicum of help from the opposition party and the vast majority of the print and electronic media.

Andrew Breitbart

LeaderWorldFreeThinkMediaHelp

On our swim team, they had something called the 'developmental meet.' I didn't know it was a meet only for the worst kids so that they could get a ribbon, and I'd show up with my friend who was also a terrible swimmer, and we would be amazed that the best kids hadn't bothered to show up. I didn't get it until after college.

Jeff Kinney

FriendBestCollegeTeamKnowMeet

'Lockup,' inside America's supersize prisons on MSNBC, is one of my favorite shows. I get a lot of my inspiration for Blair Waldorf from that show.

Stephanie Savage

AmericaInsideInspirationShowGet

I didn't want to be selling insurance at 40, wondering what would it have been like to do stand-up.

Steven Wright

InsuranceSellingWantWondering

It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.

Robert E. Lee

WarGrowWellTerribleShouldFond

I mean, technology is amoral. It has no morality.

Robert Ballard

TechnologyMoralityMeanAmoral

I'm a big believer in puking out all your thoughts in a single sitting and getting some version of the work down, because the alternative just prolongs the agony. The first draft is hideous and ajskdlkdfksjdfslfjk, but it's just a map for where the big blocks go.

Mary H.K. Choi

WorkThoughtsDownGoSittingMap

With a hardcover, you get two chances, a year apart, for the book to make an impact - often with a new cover featuring artfully crafted snippets of reviews, a new marketing campaign and maybe even a new publisher.

Christina Baker Kline

BookImpactYearYouMarketingNew

Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Seriousness are my closest friends.

Philip Roth

FriendsSeriousnessDeadlySheer

Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument or learning to dance.

Susan Wiggs

LearningPatienceTimeDanceTalent

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