I am an adherent of the ideal of democracy, although I well know the weaknesses of the democratic form of government. Social… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The ideal of self-advancement which the civilizing west offers to backward populations brings with it the plague of individual frustration. All the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The prospective colonization of space responds, not to the particular problems of the American nation, or of any other nation, but to… — Louis J. Halle Copy Share Image
We are bound by ideals that teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these ideals. Every… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Formerly it was the fashion to preach the natural; now it is the ideal. People too often forget that these things are… — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
Look, "Gender trouble" includes a critique of the idea that there are two ideal bodily forms, two ideal morphologies: the masculine and… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Deepen you knowledge of Jesus which ends loneliness, overcomes sadness and uncertainty, gives real meaning to life, curbs passions, exalts ideals, expands… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The strongest and most evil spirits have to date advanced mankind the most: they always rekindled the sleeping passions - all orderly… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Maybe Dauntless was formed with good intentions, with the right ideals and the right goals. But it has strayed far from them.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
America undermines its own ideals when it ignores the very values it is promoting around the world. You cannot ask other people… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American President of the United States. And that has to… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image. It was the land of the unexpected,… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
They offer me neither food nor drink - intellectual nor spiritual consolation... [Conservatism] leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal; it conforms to… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I think that America is an ideal place for the privileged homeless, who are used to different cultures. It's easiest and most… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Conscience is what? It is putting together a moral act and a moral ideal, and measuring the act by the ideal. It… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
“This is the only time for high ideals because those ideals are all that we have. We aren't just fighting for our… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
My sport has transformed my body to be powerful for a specific task over years of training and competition. The more tuned… — Lauren Fleshman Copy Share Image
The sense of space within the reality of any building is a new concept wherever architecture is concerned. But it is essential… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Biblically defined marriage is a man and a woman for life, and so anything different than that is not God's ideal whether… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Indeed, the ideal for a well-functioning democratic state is like the ideal for a gentleman's well-cut suit it is not noticed. For… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Religious leaders and men of science have the same ideals; they want to understand and explain the universe of which they are… — Arthur Keith Copy Share Image
What borders on the criminal is the poor teaching and neglect of those subjects that deal with the history of ideas and… — John Mortimer Smith Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a man who goes around with a little oil can… — Baba Amte Copy Share Image
Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a form of poetic prose, musical but without… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I guess in America we're so sold on this ideal of the perfect, well-adjusted family that is able to confront any conflict… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
The perception of the West as mostly a "knight of democracy" has been replaced with the disappointed belief that pragmatism, often cynical… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
I want to strip my work of 'effects' until it stands monolithic, based on reality and yet transcending it. It must flow… — Shiko Munakata Copy Share Image
An ideal day starts with putting on a good, smart, fun show where I learn something and ends with me fending off… — Willie Geist Copy Share Image
America may not be the best nation on earth, but it has conceived loftier ideals and dreamed higher dreams than any other… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Be sure to incorporate your pooch into your daily activities to make her feel like a true family member. You can do… — Joyce Jillson Copy Share Image
Love cannot triumph unless it becomes the one passion of our life. Without such passion we may produce isolated acts of love;… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
Some people ask who they are and expect their feelings to tell them. But feelings are flickering flames that fade after every… — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
Unlike dragons, I love spicy salsa. In fact, the spicier the better. For me, the ideal taco toppings are chopped onion, some… — Adam Rubin Copy Share Image
In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
I came to see that man finds meaning in his existence only through the active demonstration of his human self, a cosmos… — Pramoedya Ananta Toer Copy Share Image
Ah! the best righteousness of our man-of-war world seems but an unrealized ideal, after all; and those maxims which, in the hope… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
You cannot believe what you are saying." "Well, no. Hardly ever. But the philosopher is like the poet. The latter composes ideal… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I do not like the Broadway theatre because it does not know how to say hello. The tone of voice is false,… — Julian Beck Copy Share Image