Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Few persons can be made to believe that it is not quite an easy thing to invent a method of secret writing… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Perhaps the nuclear physicists have come so near to the ultimate secrets that He thinks it time to bring their activities to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as absolute cost of labour; it is all a matter of comparison. Every one gets the most… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
If I were sure I would pass the physicals, I would be on the next space shuttle to Mars or some other… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
As the United States begins a new chapter in our relationship with Cuba, we hope it will create an environment that improves… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Modern statisticians are familiar with the notion that any finite body of data contains only a limited amount of information on any… — Ronald Fisher Copy Share Image
The progress of Science consists in observing interconnections and in showing with a patient ingenuity that the events of this ever-shifting world… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
There is no end to the creativity, ingenuity, and tenacity of those who look for reasons to criticize. They cannot seem to… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Beside all the moral benefit which we may expect from the farmer's profession, when a man enters it considerately, this promised the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough to take classes with Mel Powell at Yale University as well as a semester with Sam Adler at… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
I will venture to assert, that a just translation of any ancient poet in rhyme is impossible. No human ingenuity can be… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Happiness worth having is the warm glow that comes from investing ourselves in the world around us, come what may. It cannot… — Nick Baylis Copy Share Image
In a play, certainly, the subject is of more importance than in any other work of art. Infelicity, triviality, vagueness of subject,… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Star Trek, I thought, was a very inconsistent show, which at times sparkled with true ingenuity and pure science fiction approaches, and… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Though it is true we are the highest and smartest animals, ospreys have eyes we have calculated to be sixty times more… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The Spaniards are perfectly right to govern these barbarians of the New World and adjacent islands; they are in prudence, ingenuity, virtue,… — Juan Gines de Sepulveda Copy Share Image
Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but so to express it as to enable… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
The founder of any branch must be more ingenious than the common man. However, if his achievement is not carried on by… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
A gold standard is the ideal monetary system for those who create wealth through ingenuity, entrepreneurship, and hard work. Gold standards are… — James Rickards Copy Share Image
The specter of color is apparent even when it goes unmentioned, and it is all too often the unseen force that influences… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
In this remarkable time for the world, I refuse to believe it's time to stop believing in the possibilities of our remarkable… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Science is the art of creating suitable illusions which the fool believes or argues against, but the wise man enjoys for their… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Before this country came on the scene, for thousands of years people did things the same way. Within 200 years of the… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Watch human nature; we are so built that if we do not get thrilled in the right way, we will get thrilled… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
But many intelligent people have a sort of bug: they think intelligence is an end in itself. They have one idea in… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
With millions of family wage manufacturing jobs lost since 2001, we need an energy bill that takes bold action to tap into… — Jay Inslee Copy Share Image
This is the way we win over our enemies, not with bigger weapons, or faster ships, but with human courage, ingenuity, and… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
Go looking for conflict, and you'll find it. Go looking for people to take advantage of you, and they generally will. See… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When Steampunk meets adventure and adventure meets comedy and comedy meets ingenuity and ingenuity meets charm and charm meets wonder and wonder… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Nationally, more than one million Asian American entrepreneurs create jobs in their communities, helping fuel local commerce. In New York, we have… — Nydia Velazquez Copy Share Image
The view... from my apartment... was the World Trade Center... and now it's gone, they attacked it. This symbol of American ingenuity,… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I like reading books about kids where there weren't really many adults, where they didn't need an adult to come and solve… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
The way to an American economic comeback, the way to help those out of work today find a paycheck, is to unleash… — Rob Portman Copy Share Image
The implausible, well-nigh-miraculous functioning anarchy that we know as New York is adorned with every excellence of Western art. It is a… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
So powerful, in fact, is simple string in taming the world to human will and ingenuity that I suspect it to be… — E. J. W. Barber Copy Share Image
Peter Hyland's poems are both elegantly wrought and meditatively wild. They testify to an original, restless intelligence. He can cast his imagination… — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces. That is construction. Ingenuity is at work.… — Le Corbusier Copy Share Image
What you hold in your hand is proof of man's power - against which our strength means nothing. It has the force… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
