The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature... It… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
To me, the essence of keeping the soul nourished is obedience to one's conscience. I don't think that the soul can be… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If the state, with all of the emotional resources at its command, cannot finance its most basic and vital activities without resort… — Mancur Olson Copy Share Image
Over the years, Britain has made her own, unique contribution to Europe. We have provided a haven to those fleeing tyranny and… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is much more suspicious of international institutions; much more skeptical of the contributions that America's traditional allies have made; more… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Into the cultural and technological system of the modern world, the patriotic spirit fits like dust in the eyes and sand in… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
I believe that Silicon Valley is truly a place of excellence and the impact of this tiny community on the world is… — Jeffrey Skoll Copy Share Image
You take the huge income that comes with a big gas tax, and you use it to pay off regressive taxes like… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
We don't have a choice. A united democratic Eurasian continent welded together by common economic interests is our only hope and contribution… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The point of the feminist movement wasnt simply to set our underwear on fire and muscle into small spaces in the male-dominated… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I felt I could still make a contribution with ideas. I didn't know how, and it has taken me some time to… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
“Don't value your self worth by others or external things but by appreciating who you are within. And if you must measure… — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
God preserve us from writers who regurgitate what they have learnt from books! It is people's secrets we want to know -… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
German Nazism could not have succeeded in establishing itself except as a result of the theoretical contributions of Fichte, Goethe and Nietzsche,… — Abul A'la Maududi Copy Share Image
It requires a conviction that every people has a unique contribution to give to mankind, and that this they must make or… — Lawren Harris Copy Share Image
I have never received full credit from the SPLA [Sudanese People's Liberation Army], because the men are very sexist and feel that… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
What moved us was not so much what would it do for South Africa, but there has been a great keenness on… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
You can use the tax code to make people smoke less. You can use the tax code to make 'em smoke more.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
What, after all, is the purpose of a woman’s life? The purpose of a woman’s life is just the same as the… — Louise McKinney Copy Share Image
Maybe, just maybe, there should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
For his major contributions to the analysis of algorithms and the design of programming languages, and in particular for his contributions to… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
Science contributes to our culture in many ways, as a creative intellectual activity in its own right, as the light which has… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Perhaps the toughest call for a coach is weighing what is best for an individual against what is best for the team.… — Tom Landry Copy Share Image
I don’t want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I’m not interested in power, or piles… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Your happiness is the most significant contribution that you could make. In your reaching for happiness, you are opening a vortex which… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
It is not enough for [the investor] to know all the factors that can possibly contribute to the determination of a future… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Anyhow, all mankind's ideas and interests, all human aims and motives, are exhibited, fully formed, in a three-year-old child. The kid is… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I am very proud of my musical growth and contributions to the band in the last four years. I have nothing but… — Derek Sherinian Copy Share Image
His teaching became a turning point in chess history: it was from Steinitz that the era of modern chess began. The contribution… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
This is a beautiful and hopeful time to be alive. We are at a turning point, and your contribution to the world… — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and… — Aung San Copy Share Image
If we want to make progress in key areas now, we have to build a multi-stakeholder process, harnessing the appropriate energies. So… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Not all of us are as effective as we could be, should be, or need to be, but some of the [most… — Michael C Dawson Copy Share Image
There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between record labels, publishing companies and artists [about the compensation they get from streaming services]… — Sean Parker Copy Share Image
For me, success is when I'm making a contribution and fully engaging all of my talents. In terms of the key quality,… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
Do not cringe and make yourself small if you are called the black sheep, the maverick, the lone wolf. Those with slow… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan four times accepted the limits in contributions of what he could take, what he could spend, and the public funding… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image