Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns. – Terry Riley
Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs to the ocean, even without major spills. – Sylvia Earle
I’ve seen a range of children’s personalities, so it’s easier to write about them without patronising them, I think. – Sarah Pinborough
I could easily go one or two days without realizing that I’m so, so hungry. That’s the negative outcome of what I’ve become. – Takeru Kobayashi
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. – Sydney J. Harris
When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question. – Sam Taylor-Johnson
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. – Walt Whitman
I won’t dispute that bankers’ privileged treatment in the 2008 crash merits populist scorn. But unfortunately, without a bank bailout, there probably would have been a worldwide depression. – Timothy Noah
Tossing doughnuts, fritters or fried dumplings in fennel sugar adds grown-up complexity without diminishing the indulgence factor. – Yotam Ottolenghi
I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms. – Zebulon Pike
The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice. – Thomas Malthus
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. – Thomas Aquinas