Existence Quotes

The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the "I," under another form, continues the task of existence.

Talking, it seemed to me, was the point of adult existence.

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence.

There's always been some moron-who usually went by the name of 'producer' - who would have to justify his existence, and interfere.

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.

Surely one of the most visible lessons taught by the twentieth century has been the existence, not so much of a number of different realities, but of a number of different lenses with which to see the same reality.

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious few zillion years of existence not even a memory.

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.

When I was living in New York, I had this slightly wannabe bohemian existence and took up painting, at which I'm appalling. I also bought several guitars.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.

I couldn't care less about fashion. If I had taken any clothes home, they would have remained in my closet for the rest of their existence.

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.

I think that every band tries to mature their sound through their existence, you know?

There are metaphysical problems, problems of human existence, that philosophy has never known how to grasp in all their concreteness and that only the novel can seize.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

In short, we cannot grow, we cannot achieve authentic discovery, and our eyes cannot be cleansed to the truly beautiful possibilities of life, if we simply live a neutral existence.

At Leeds the idea of an international labour organization appeared in a trade-union text which also drew attention to the danger to the working classes inherent in the existence of international capitalist competition.

The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself.

The existence of inherent limits of experience in no way settles the question about the subordination of facts of the human world to our knowledge of matter.

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism.

You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.

I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.

As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for the survival of us all. And because I am proud of being Jewish, I am worried by the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the world.

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.

Any existence deprived of freedom is a kind of death.

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism.