The toy business began to drive the [Lucasfilm] empire. It’s a shame. They make three times as much on toys as they… — Gary Kurtz Copy Share Image
My arguments for liberal empire or whatever you want to call it - hegemony, primacy, you name it - are really activated… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Beginning under the Roman Empire, intellectual leadership in the West had been provided by Christianity. In the middle ages, who invented the… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
We have decided to bring to an end the most unequal, most unjust, most barbarous war of our age, and have chosen… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
The problem is Russia is a country that has lost 300 years of its history, in terms of most of what was… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The division of the Roman world between the sons of Theodosius marks the final establishment of the empire of the East, which,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
American Empire- it is an empire that lacks the drive to export its capital, its people and its culture to those backward… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires ... We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
... the connection between imperial politics and culture is astonishingly direct. American attitudes to American "greatness", to hierarchies of race, to the… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
What sets imperialism of the capitalist sort apart from other conceptions of empire is that it is the capitalist logic that typically… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
“Most Americans are aware of the brutality and injustice used to maintain the excesses of their selfish consumer society and empire. Yet… — Curtis White Copy Share Image
What can Americans learn from the Olympics spectacle? According to the IMF, China will succeed America as the dominant economic power in… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
National Defense A strong USA defense brought down the Soviet Union. It was Ronald Reagan - first in a speech at Notre… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Part of Sykes's motive was rooted in religiosity. A devout Catholic, he regarded a return of the ancient tribe of Israel to… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Malcolm Bradbury made the point, and I don't know whether it's a valid one or not, that the real English at the… — William Golding Copy Share Image
I was just in a few episodes the first season [ of Empire]. They didn't kill me, but I haven't been back… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
Allah Himself has ordered that any person, any nation, any empire whose evil outweighs its good, there is a force in our… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
My 40 years in the foreign service and the careers of many of my friends became associated with the fall of the… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
If all the barbarian conquerors had been annihilated in the same hour, their total destruction would not have restored the empire of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
[Chinese] are a huge empire now, you'll soon be - in a few years two billion people in the world. So, you… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I've often said that the desire to lecture China on how it should behave in the world is wrong. China was around… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Somehow, she had grown into a woman in between the fall of kings and collapse of worlds. Once she had been terrified… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Being a unique superpower undermines the military intelligence of strategy. To think strategically, one has to imagine oneself in the enemy's place.… — John Berger Copy Share Image
We must now face the difficult task of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity .. For the first time… — Romano Prodi Copy Share Image
It looks perverted and wasteful to us, but then one thing that empires are not about is the efficient use of resources… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
Indeed, China may never acquire the geo-political influence and reach that Great Britain enjoyed in the 19th century and the United States… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
If you want something bad enough, you've got to make a bold move. George Washington, took on the British Empire. Neil Armstrong… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
When I'm asked about the relevance to Black people of what I do, I take that as an affront. It presupposes that… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
Look at these humans! How could such glacial slowness even be called life? An age could pass, virtual empires rise and fall… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from… — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
Why did you want to go and distract me like that? I was quite in my element and everything.' Conall laughed. 'Someone… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
In fact, for a period stretching over seven hundred years, the international language of science was Arabic. For this was the language… — Jim Al-Khalili Copy Share Image
The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We're bankrupting our country and we have an empire that we're trying to defend which costs us $1 trillion a year. And… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Gandhi was important for another reason as well: his country was suffering under the British Empire, and yet he was leading a… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Perhaps Western civilization is in a post-decline phase, or maybe the decline is just taking a really long time, like the Roman… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we don't want to admit; the loss of… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
We live in an age of apologies. Apologies, fake or true, are expected from the descendants of empire builders, slave owners and… — Alec Guinness Copy Share Image
While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
![“The toy business began to drive the [Lucasfilm] empire. It’s a shame. They make three times as much on toys as they do on films. It’s natural to make decisions that protect the toy business, but that’s not the best thing for making quality films.” quote by Gary Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d51/gary-kurtz-239014_best-things_the-toy-business-began-to-drive-the-luca_86301.png)
![“White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires ... We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was ... we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.” quote by Al Sharpton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a27/al-sharpton-2091_architecture_white-folks-was-in-the-caves-while-we-bl_1328323.jpg)
![“I was just in a few episodes the first season [ of Empire]. They didn't kill me, but I haven't been back in season two or three. I don't know if they have plans for me or not. But I enjoyed working on it. And I think it's a really talented group of actors and, boy, very enterprising to try and…” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1c2/judd-nelson-4498_actors_i-was-just-in-a-few-episodes-the-first-s_1611000.jpg)
![“[Chinese] are a huge empire now, you'll soon be - in a few years two billion people in the world. So, you should be more compassionate, more understanding. And above all, you don't need all their trouble.” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/751/elie-wiesel-341_billions_chinese-are-a-huge-empire-now-you-ll-soo_28398.png)
