Oh righteous doom, that they who make Pleasure their only end, Ordering the whole life for its sake, Miss that whereto they… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
All religions bear traces of the fact that they arose during the intellectual immaturity of the human race - before it had… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity… — Margaret Cavendish Copy Share Image
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business,… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
A President must call on many persons--some to man the ramparts and to watch the far away, distant posts; others to lead… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
When we can say no not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good… — Charles Warren Stoddard Copy Share Image
To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the position in life of a parent, it is his duty to share his crust with his children. If… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would have to be at least one… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Being raised Catholic in a pressure-cooker household besieged by alcohol and bill collectors enforced and heightened a sense of sentry duty in… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
I have a very hard time with this word 'non-violence,' because I don't believe that I am non-violent. ... Right now, I… — Betty Williams Copy Share Image
I got jury duty and I didn't want to go, so my friend said, "You should write something really really racist on… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
It is not so much what we get out of life as what we put into it that determines how large our… — Frank C. Lockwood Copy Share Image
It indicates a person who has not only good manners but who possesses a sense of balance, a sure mastery of himself,… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
The hymns of David, the plays of Shakespeare, the metaphysics of Descartes, the crimes of Borgia, the virtues of Antonine, the atheism… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against legislative encroachments, this consideration… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Life is a warfare; and he who easily desponds deserts a double duty--he betrays the noblest property of man, which is dauntless… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin: "God has favored our undertaking." God will… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I was a little-known political consultant until Bill Clinton made me. When he came upon hard times, I felt it my duty… — James Carville Copy Share Image
When people are too comfortable, it is not possible to restrain them within the bounds of their duty? They may be compared… — Cardinal Richelieu Copy Share Image
It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
When society is rightly organized, the wife and mother will have time, wish and will to grow intellectually, and will know that… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
We believe it is our duty to deliver on the result of the E.U. referendum while maintaining close economic ties with our… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
Sen. Frist has every right, and indeed the duty, to see that every presidential nominee for the Federal bench at every level… — John Jay Hooker Copy Share Image
If we can give up attachment to our roles as helpers, then maybe our clients can give up attachment to their roles… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
“Surely you can entrust your task to your friends." "No," said Taran, after a long pause, "I have taken it on myself… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Who has ever attempted to draw a line of separation between the duties of men and women, as moral beings, without committing… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
Intellectualism' is the belief that our mind comes upon a world complete in itself, and has the duty of ascertaining its contents;… — William James Copy Share Image
I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk… — Nellie Bly Copy Share Image
Sir, if you think that I am that kind of a man, you have missed your mark. I would rather die a… — Sam Davis Copy Share Image
The government have only a small majority in the House of Commons. I want to make it quite clear that this will… — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
Writers seem mesmerized by the state - the temporal entity. The word 'perestroika' is impressed somehow on our minds. But that is… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I would define, in brief, the Poetry of words as the Rhythmical Creation of Beauty. Its sole arbiter is taste. With the… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“His duty he always faithfully did; but duty is sometimes a dry obligation, and he was for irrigating its aridity whensoever possible… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
What I have appreciated about the 'Call of Duty' games is the scale of production. It's not an indie game. It's not… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
We humans have a powerful instinct to flee from peril. It takes a special kind of courage, a deep sense of duty,… — William Barr Copy Share Image
For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Irrespective of the conflict with America it is a human duty to show sympathy with the American people, and be with them… — Muammar al-Gaddafi Copy Share Image
