“When a legislator succeeds, after persevering efforts, in exercising an indirect influence upon the destiny of nations, his genius is lauded by… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Mothers Who Know Honor God They bring daughters in clean and ironed dresses with hair brushed to perfection; their sons wear white… — Julie B. Beck Copy Share Image
Just as women supplement men in private life, so they will supplement men in public life by concentrating their organized efforts on… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
When I am asked about influences, I always say I bow down to Fred Astaire, because when you look at him dancing… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
It is no accident that Hitler, Lenin, Pol Pot and other butchers of note took special pains early in their despotic careers… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
I made a film called "The Theory of Everything," which is based on Jane Hawing, who was married to Stephen Hawking -… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
The essential attribute of a new sense is, not the perception of external objects or influences which ordinarily do not act upon… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do believe in what I call the stewardship of influence as well as the stewardship of affluence. And that is you… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The ability to stand by one's principles, to live with integrity and faith according to one's belief-that is what matters, that is… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
It's tougher for women than men in Hollywood, period, if you ask me. As with most professions, women have generally not found… — Nazanin Boniadi Copy Share Image
As those who have seen Jurassic Park will know, this means a tiny disturbance in one place, can cause a major change… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I think, as you move to the upper ranks of science - ranks being positions of influence and access - you see… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
I say then, that belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
News has a way of distancing us from events, even as it informs us about them. News articles almost always present both… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
Thoughts are things. Negativity is what kills you... It's tough to do, but you've got to work at living, you know? Most… — Jack LaLanne Copy Share Image
Empower me to be a bold participant, rather than a timid saint in waiting, in the difficult ordinariness of now; to exercise… — Ted Loder Copy Share Image
The big players historically hold a lot of influence at Chelsea and while I would never doubt their attempts to win matches… — Eniola Aluko Copy Share Image
Every one should consider himself as intrusted not only with his own conduct, but with that of others; and as accountable, not… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
My education was a huge influence. I trained at the Lee Strasberg Institute at Tisch, which is a huge foundation for young… — Roberto Aguire Copy Share Image
For the first time since I began acting, I feel that I've found my place in the world, that there's something out… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
The performances that I love are ones like Gena Rowlands in 'A Woman Under the Influence,' where women are allowed to be… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
“In a popular state the inhabitants are divided into certain classes,” Montesquieu affirmed in a Marxian manner a century before Marx! So,… — Todor Bombov Copy Share Image
“I do not think there is a person in this world who has been a more ardent admirer of him than I… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
In every revolution there intrude, at the side of its true agents, men of a different stamp; some of them survivors of… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
If I were one of the gods who just wound up supervising humans, I'd want to influence the decision-makers to live according… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
Consider prejudice. Once a person begins to accept a stereotype of a particular group, that "thought" becomes an active agent, "participating" in… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
Grace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often used to hide a lie. The rude shocks and uncomfortably… — Marquis de Custine Copy Share Image
Smug respectability, like the poor, we've had with us always. Today, however, ... such obtuseness is an indulgence we can no longer… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
There are many ways in which people are made aware of their power to believe in the supremacy of Divine guidance and… — Ernst Boris Chain Copy Share Image
It is very easy to slowly lose your self confidence in a business where rejection is a possibility with every trial. It… — Irena A. Hoffman Copy Share Image
I am intrigued with scriptural mythology that tells us that God created a divine feminine presence to dwell amongst humanity. This concept… — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
Pete Townsend for me was a huge influence. Because essentially they were a three-piece band and the way he structured his chords… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
Schwartz's research suggests something important: we can stretch our personalities, but only up to a point. Our inborn temperaments influence us, regardless… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
It is not competition, but monopoly, that deprives labor of its product. Destroy the banking monopoly, establish freedom in finance, and down… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
Even though conditions such as lack of sleep, insufficient food and various mental stresses may suggest that the inmates were bound to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
When I search myself carefully I do think it's from my mother. I even feel strange saying that. Most people, I believe,… — Haskell Wexler Copy Share Image
I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within me. She… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
