Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known. This was the sound conclusion of the Academic sceptics,… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
I'm not saying I'm proud of the fact I had a long affair with a married man, but it did help my… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn’t be in a worse state… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
I believe at its core we have a Constitution, as our Supreme Court's first great justice, Marshall, said in 1819, and I… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Time, which shows so vacant, indivisible, and divine in its coming, is slit and peddled into trifles and tatters. A door is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The time will come when diligent research over periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden...Many discoveries are reserved for… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
As we at all times criticise the Premier for his management of home affairs, call Mr Butler a fool for his Budget,… — Margaret Hughes Copy Share Image
Mathematics is not something that you find lying around in your back yard. It's produced by the human mind. Yet if we… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the rising expectations… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
But the fact is, Mr. Chairman, for all the challenges the Postal Service of the 21st century faces, it still retains its… — John M. McHugh Copy Share Image
In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Anyway, the way political history is passed down is influenced and spoiled by the closeness of the writers to the political figures… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
For the US, the Kosovo War was a success because it encouraged the development of the Pentagon's 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA).… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
When you are but slightly involved in the world, the effect the world has on you is also slight. When you are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
I learned early to understand that there is no such condition in human affairs as absolute truth. There is only truth as… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
There is no difference in a country between military, economic, and political affairs. It's useful for Business Insider to divide things that… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“Communism is for us not a state of affairs which is to be established, an ideal to which reality [will] have to… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Basically, my parents messed up because it was the Sixties, and they both had affairs, but they had a great love for… — Saffron Aldridge Copy Share Image
When human affairs are so ordered that there is no recognition of God, there is a belittling of man. That is why,… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Isn't is lovely to be all together again?" Raffin said, throwing one arm around Po and the other around Bann. -------- She… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
The concern is over what will happen as strong encryption becomes commonplace with all digital communications and stored data. Right now the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybodys affairs. You have… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“Seated across is a silent affair looking into my eyes; blurring the loud scenery. An incapable dream, an unimagined union-I whisper. Then… — Ranjani Ramachandran Copy Share Image
I repeat that in this sense the most splendid court in Christendom is provincial, having authority to consult about Transalpine interests only,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
It is quite natural and inevitable that, if we spend sixteen hours daily of our waking lives in thinking about the affairs… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
The only difference between the narrator of contemporary affairs and the ordinary historian is that moral judgments about the present provoke fiercer… — Geoffrey Barraclough Copy Share Image
This long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
In our proud love affair with ourselves we pour contempt, whether we know it or not, on the worth of God's glory.… — John Piper Copy Share Image
That was our first time together. Interesting, an interesting experience, but not earth-shaking. But then, I never expected it to be earth-shaking,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And with a practice of writing comes a certain important integrity. A culture filled with bloggers thinks differently about politics or public… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Anarchism is grounded in a rather definite social-psychological hypothesis: that forceful, graceful and intelligent behaviour occurs only when there is an uncoerced… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
When I say I believe in a square deal i do not mean to give every man the best hand. If the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Theodore Roosevelt is among the most captivating of presidents in our time, but his administration is often underestimated. Roosevelt's successes in domestic… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
I still couldn’t stop the sick feeling rising in my stomach. “This could be a disaster.” “How? If anyone even finds it—and… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
There can be - there ought to be - no medium course; a love-affair is either sober earnest or contemptible folly, if… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
Almost all human affairs are tedious. Everything is too long. Visits, dinners, concerts, plays, speeches, pleadings, essays, sermons, are too long. Pleasure… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
I said to this priest: 'Am I expected to believe that if I went out and had an affair that God was… — Diana Dors Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton was impeached primarily for criminal conduct: lying under oath and misleading a federal grand jury about his affair with Monica… — Jonathan Turley Copy Share Image