I have a sense of humor; but over the years that sense has developed one blind spot. I can no longer laugh… — Charles Francis Richter Copy Share Image
Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Publishers, theatrical managers, and critics ask not for the quality inherent in creative art, but will it meet with a good sale,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
When Mussolini decided on war he did not take my advice or that of any other Army chief. In August 1939 the… — Pietro Badoglio Copy Share Image
Fashion understands itself; good-breeding and personal superiority of whatever country readily fraternize with those of every other. The chiefs of savage tribes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A sister is the cure for swollen heads and ego trips. One may a star, a Chief Executive-famous and rich and beautiful.… — Pam Brown Copy Share Image
The greatest factors making for communism, socialism or anarchy among a free people are the excesses of capital. The talk of the… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Your real statesman is first of all, and chief of all, a great human being, with an eye for all the great… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the chief thing about a woman - who is much of a woman - is that in… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Some men of a secluded and studious life, have sent forth from their closet or their cloister, rays of intellectual light that… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
As commander in chief, I will not speak to Vladimir Putin until we've set up that no-fly zone; until we've gathered our… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Malcolm X broke with the N.O.I. in March 1964, and in that last 11 chaotic months, he spent most of the time… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
All sorts of dung and compost contain some matter which, when mixed with the soil, ferments therein; and by such ferment dissolves,… — Jethro Tull Copy Share Image
See that your chief study be about heart, that there God's image may be planted, and his interest advanced, and the interest… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Some Englishmen, of whom Kitchener was chief, believed that a rebellion of Arabs against Turks would enable England, while fighting Germany, simultaneously… — Edward Thomas Copy Share Image
What is the best way to look for one´s chief feature?" someone asked. Simply see yourself. I do not know how to… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
You cannot have all chiefs; you gotta have Indians too. Perfect love cannot be without equality. A friend to everybody and to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing generations of our families, think of our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the chief reasons for the widespread fear of the Huns rested on their ability to travel very long distances in… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
When you're the commander in chief, you're the commander in chief on day one. You don't get like a six-month grace period.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The most important Bible teaching that I remembered when I was in the Navy and when I was Commander-in-Chief, was that we… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
This I hold to be the chief office of history, to rescue virtuous actions from the oblivion to which a want of… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
It's like we're suffering from an identity crisis, and that identity is in our arts and the fact that we don't find… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
It is widely believed that interpersonal relationships of an intimate kind are the chief, if not the only, source of human happiness,… — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Presidents, leaders, to be effective have to represent the whole to the parts and to the world outside. They may live in… — Charles Handy Copy Share Image
What is technically called the 'fungibility' of money, is its chief value as an article of commerce; and this fact could not… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
To extraordinary powers of labor, both mental and physical, he unites that tact and judgement which are requisite to the successful direction… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
A too constant preoccupation with money may seem to indicate the lack of a proper sense of moral values, but [let] those… — Moss Hart Copy Share Image
Your writer, your scientist, your chief official, all have lost the power to revive the early illusion concerning fame and high place.… — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
Experience has taught me that there is one chief reason why some people succeed and others fail. The difference is not one… — Roger Babson Copy Share Image
Man's Chief purpose is the creation and preservation of values; that is what gives meaning to our civilization, and the participation in… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Theres some inherently unique characteristics of Christianity, the chief of which is that Christianity teaches that we are saved by what Christ… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I think it's good to know more than the average guy. If I'm in a bar now and some pretty girl is… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
If people do not organize in the name of their interest, the world will not take them as being serious. And that… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
The egg it is the source of all. Tis everyone's ancestral hall. The bravest chief that ever fought, The lowest thief that… — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest-ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so:… — Scott McClellan Copy Share Image
Sir, no nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion. Nor can be. The Christian religion is the best religion… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There's much that goes to the makin' of a man or woman into somethin' better than a brute beast, but there's three… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
The mayor of New York is the chief executive of the city. It is a complex organization and it requires the requisite… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image