In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.
We are so conformist; nobody is thinking. We are all sucking up stuff; we have been trained to be consumers, and we are all consuming far too much.
Content arises out of certain considerations about form, material, context-and that when that subject matter is sufficiently far away.
As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway.
It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.
Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby.
The Indian business has largely grown on the back of exports. The domestic markets, as far as our Indian business is concerned, actually have contracted because of the contraction in the medium and heavy commercial vehicle space.
So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational.
E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it.
So far as I know, there were no pains taken to preserve secrecy on this subject; that is, I saw no attempt made to keep any of the inmates of the Convent in ignorance of the murder of children.
I had sort of given up on conventional journalism. I found it far too restrictive.
There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.
As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings.
All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification.
The threat from the far right is as corrosive as the twisted Islamist ideologies so many Muslims have spoken out against.
Wearing corsets all the time was completely incapacitating, as far as digestion goes.
I get occasional tweets from people asking what shampoo and conditioner I use. I go straight for the Costco brand, Kirkland brand, the bulk shampoo. That's as far as I go.
Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.
I guess as far as leftists are concerned, the United States can't qualify as a 'cultured society' simply because we've actually created a society that works.