Whole Quotes

Well, biology today as I see it has an amiable look - quite different from the 19th-century view that the whole arrangement of nature is hostile, 'red in tooth and claw.' That came about because people misread Darwin's 'survival of the fittest.'
Lewis Thomas

Nature, Today, Different

Much of today's public anxiety about science is the apprehension that we may forever be overlooking the whole by an endless, obsessive preoccupation with the parts.
Lewis Thomas

Science, Today, May

Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
Eartha Kitt

Business, Bland, Generally

Healthful whole foods improve our brain function as well.
Marilu Henner

Brain, Improve, Function

I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing, all the way through school, was I was just a goof... I didn't care.
Dominic Monaghan

Cool, School, Care

In order for a man to feel whole, he needs someone to look up to and someone to look up to him.
Pamela Anderson

Someone, Him, Order

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.
Kofi Annan

Women, Men, Society

When you truly give up trying to be whole through others, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others.
Shakti Gawain

End, Give, Through

When it comes to the game of life, I figure I've played the whole course.
Lee Trevino

Life, Game, Played

My whole life story is kind of a backhanded compliment.
Tori Spelling

Life, Story, Compliment

All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks.
Michelangelo Antonioni

Freedom, Trying, Find

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.
Al Yankovic

Career, Longer, Irony

My whole family is lactose intolerant and when we take pictures we can't say cheese.
Jay London

Family, Pictures, Cheese

I have really good female friends. I've never bought the whole men-and-women-can't-be-friends thing. I think that's sort of nonsense.
Josh Radnor

Good, Friends, Nonsense

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people are full of doubts.
James P. Hogan

Problem, Themselves, Full

When I moved out of London 13 years ago, I found a whole other reason not to drive. This was because my new husband Dan, unlike my dad, did drive, and this became a great source of fun and adventure.
Julie Burchill

Great, Dad, Fun

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.
Jose Saramago

Change, Society, Political

Gymnastics is my whole life, and I dream of going to the Olympics and being a world champ.
Aly Raisman

Life, Dream, Gymnastics

'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record; that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate.
Eddie Van Halen

Knowledge, Why, Year

I'll always leave the same set of strings on my guitars when I'm recording. If I break one I'll just replace it instead of putting on a whole new set of strings.
Eddie Van Halen

Same, Leave, Break

Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing.
Peter Hammill

Art, Big, Picture

Being a mom makes me feel whole and like I understand the meaning of life.
Rebecca Romijn

Life, Mom, Understand

Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do.
Cameron Diaz

Character, Play, Fact

I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is a whole group of people out there who want me to fail. It's a weird vibe.
Kevin Costner

Whatever, Group, Weird

The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.
Elton John

Family, Business, Successful

It has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that created the huge gap between the human brain and that of our closest living relatives, the anthropoid apes. Whole groups of hominids with inferior brains could not win wars and were therefore exterminated.
Jane Goodall

Human, May, Brain

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.
Etty Hillesum

Important, Deep, Two

Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public.
Iain Duncan Smith

Said, Word, Public

We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
Iain Duncan Smith

Work, Society, Challenge

When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first page.
Brody Armstrong

Time, Someone, Book

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Related Definition

Whole Definition

J. R. R. Tolkien

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us