18th Century Enlightenment Quotes

#1. We never have that kind of fun now. Thinking of that made me sad. I hope we can have fun again sometime. I found out that I still know how. Maybe you still know how too.

Craig Lancaster

#2. The human race is one big dysfunctional family.

Robert Barron

#3. America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.

Chuck Schumer

#4. Light of compassion and the light of wisdom that arises from our deepest and truest nature surpasses all other lights.

Amit Ray

#5. The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.

M.H. Abrams

#6. You're really spread out now, you've got stuff all over the WORLD! You've got stuff at home, stuff in storage, stuff in Honolulu, stuff in Maui, stuff in your pockets ... supply lines are getting longer and harder to maintain.

George Carlin

#7. I know I'm bitter and a little jaded, and mildly enjoy it, but am I a sad person? Am I happy?
I plan on being happy in the future for sure, but it isn't here yet. So what does that make me, exactly?

Chris Colfer

#8. I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

Jane Austen

#9. I'd love to do something on 'Mad Men' and 'Boardwalk Empire.' I really like period stuff.

Jeremy Allen White

#10. I don't know if my agent will be upset but I quoted him saying that he would jump out a window if I turn down another project.

Erika Christensen

#11. We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me!

Denis Leary

#12. It's wrong to look at what we call 'Enlightenment values' as some fad of the 18th century. It's deeply rooted in ancient history.

Matthew Stewart

#13. Our world is limited by the machinery we carry. It's very different to the 18th and 19th century Enlightenment scientists who were mostly men of God and thought it was their quest to uncover God's great plan.

Bernard Beckett

#14. "If you die, you get to heaven; and if you win, you enjoy the earth" (Gita). Even if you die in this attempt, well and good, many will take up the work, following your example. And if you succeed, you will live a life of great opulence.

Swami Vivekananda

#15. Nick can do a pretty good nice, but it's not the real deal. His is a thin, watery nice, a niceness-au-jus drizzled over a great big asshole sandwich.

Melissa DeCarlo

#16. To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts of ourselves which give us the sentiment of our existence. The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years but he who has most felt life.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#17. his voice was centuries old

Maggie Stiefvater