32 Benign Quotes for You to Enjoy

Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain why there is so much suffering, misfortune and misery in the world. Julian Baggini

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In the past, Britons were scathing about the cruelties of the old Roman empire and the excesses of Catholic empire builders such as the Spanish and the French. They convinced themselves that their empire was different and benign because it rested on sea power and trade rather than on armies. Linda Colley

Old Power Past Roman Empire Britons Benign Rested About Rather Excess Empire Armies French Catholic Because Builders Trade Were Than Roman Different In The Past Spanish Themselves Convinced Sea

I look suspicious if I dress in sort of benign clothes, going to the airport. Ariel Pink

Clothes Benign Airport Dress Look Sort Going Suspicious

The Spy Act strikes a right balance between preserving legitimate and benign uses of this technology, while still, at the same time, protecting unwitting consumers from the harm caused when it is misused and, of course, designed for nefarious purposes. Cliff Stearns

Time Technology Balance Preserving Strikes Benign Purposes Consumers Between Protecting Course Misused Still Caused Spy Same Same Time Legitimate While Act Uses Right Designed Right Balance Harm

I've heard directing talked about as being a benign dictatorship, and I think that's probably the best way a director should be. They're open to collaboration and feedback from people, but ultimately, it's got to be that one person's vision. That's what I think makes a film really stand out. Felicity Jones

Best Director People Vision Feedback Dictatorship Think Collaboration Way Benign Out Best Way About Directing Open Talked Makes Got Heard Ultimately Person Being Really Should Stand Film

The earth's history over the past several million years is that for every 100,000 years, we go through a dramatic climatic cycle where we get 90,000 years of ice age and 10,000 years of a warm period. I think people today just have the expectation that we deserve a perfectly benign climate forever. Hugh Ross

Today History Age People Past Expectation Every Think Dramatic Earth Benign Several Through Perfectly Over Period Climate Go Years Forever Get Just Where Ice Ice Age Warm Cycle Deserve Million Million Years

Before 'Sunny' came along, I would audition and do chemistry reads with very funny actors. And then they would cast someone who was beautiful and benign. I don't think that very funny men wanted to headline with very funny women. They wanted to be the funny ones, and they wanted the wife to be the wife. That was very frustrating. Kaitlin Olson

Funny Beautiful Women Wife Men Chemistry Before Think Benign Would Sunny Someone Cast Headline Along Reads Audition Came Very Wanted Frustrating Then Who Actor

I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I don't know what the future holds, if anything. Maggie Smith

Future Wind Feeling Think Assumed Too Benign Rum Out Kind Would Would-Be Had Takes Know Because Felt Sails Been Years Years Ago Anything Holds Little Your Serious Lump

First of all, every new company today is being built in the face of massive economic headwinds, making the challenge far greater than it was in the relatively benign '90s. Marc Andreessen

Today Challenge Face First Every Relatively Benign Economic New Massive First Of All Greater Built Making Than Being Far Company

There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out. Martin Seligman

Good Reality People Control Think Others Benign Out Find Some About More Scientific Still Optimism Very Optimistic Handle Than May Jury Realism Interesting Themselves Skill Found Illusions Dispute Actually

A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a writer, if he's any good, is not an entirely benign entity in the world. Michael Cunningham

Good People World Feelings Living Think Benign Slightly Entirely Entity Writer Cruel He Part Simply Any Package Certain Disregard

Perhaps the more benign and poetic sense of God is established when we are babies in the moments of primal joy we might call 'the epiphanies of infancy' - the sensation of being blissfully held and feeling complete and at one with everything - yet having no words or no need to say it but instead to just assimilate the feeling. Michael Leunig

God Joy Words Feeling Sense Babies Complete Everything Benign Say Having More Poetic No Words Primal Instead Perhaps Call Blissfully Infancy Just Sensation Established Being Might Held Moments Assimilate Need

I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine. Mike DeWine

Benign Kids Distracting Find Constantly Fine Something Texting Just Personally

The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really basically have, sort of, benign dictatorships, need to get with the program if they want to have long-term security and prosperity from terrorism. Mitch McConnell

Terrorism Change Prosperity President Our Benign Security Only Allies Long-Term Feels Sort Friendly Rogue Dictatorships Get Want Regimes Really Who Even Basically Need Program

Personally I find the democratic chaos of the Internet fascinating, and for the most part really benign. Moby

Internet Chaos Benign Find Part Most Democratic Personally Really Fascinating

It's sometimes too easy to point fingers when circumstances dramatically go awry, but as an addict, I'm ultimately responsible for my own decisions, no matter how benign or tragic the consequences. Moby

Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And, although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences, the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign. Nina Fedoroff

Health Consequences Benign Abound Dire About Potential Foods Myths Environment Observed Genetically Concerns Although Scientific Been Up Effects Unexpected Far Scrutiny Modified Held Many Expressed

How come foreign accents are so sexy? If I say, 'I'm going to the store,' it sounds boring, benign and rudimentary. But if it's said with an accent, it sounds fundamentally cool. Rachel Nichols

Rudimentary Benign Say Sexy Boring Come Accent Accents Said How Foreign Sounds Going Store Cool Fundamentally

How do you survive living in a cell knowing you are innocent? Many of those exonerated whom I have met seem to have a more benign, grateful attitude toward life than those of us who walk free. Many find a religious or spiritual stronghold. Richard LaGravenese

Life Attitude Spiritual You Grateful Walk Innocent Free Met Living Benign Those Find Religious Seem More Toward Knowing How Survive Than Cell Us Who Many Whom

Whereas recessive traits require two bad copies of a gene to become noticeable, a dominant trait expresses itself no matter what the other copy does. A benign example of dominance: If you inherit one gene for sticky wet earwax and one gene for dry earwax, the sticky earwax gene wins out every time. Sam Kean

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You don't plan on doing reality TV if you plan on getting involved in politics. My show was pretty benign, but you do say and do things that are dumb at that age. Those shows have me locked in at age 25. Sean Duffy

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