A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives.
Robert Emmet

A mechanical encounter or other energy-exchange may cause tissue damage.
James J. Gibson

Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.
Albert Pike

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
Jack Nicholson

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.
Gore Vidal

And when they encounter works of art which show that using new media can lead to new experiences and to new consciousness, and expand our senses, our perception, our intelligence, our sensibility, then they will become interested in this music.
Karlheinz Stockhausen

Anytime you have a difficult encounter with your child, there is a good chance that at least one of these factors is bringing out the worst in him or her: transitions, time pressure, competition for your attention, conflicting objectives.
Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

At Berkeley I had my first encounter with real professional scientists.
Robert B. Laughlin

Do not join encounter groups. If you enjoy being made to feel inadequate, call your mother.
Liz Smith

Even if we encounter some shameful events in the past, we shouldn't avoid or hide them.
Moo-hyum Roh

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
John Milton

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.
Georg C. Lichtenberg

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.
Gustav Stresemann

History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances.
Donald Creighton

However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute.
Frederick Reines

Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.
Francois Mauriac

I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no return to political anti-Semitism, then this encounter, deeper than any theology, may happen.
Lionel Blue

I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity.
Lionel Blue

I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter.
Patricia Heaton

I think all art is about control - the encounter between control and the uncontrollable.
Richard Avedon