There isn't a King Lear for women, or a Henry V, or a Richard III. You reach a level where you can… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
Artificial lighting, air-conditioning, and automobiles, all powered by fossil fuels, swaddle us in our giddy modernity. In our ergonomic chairs and acoustical-panel… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer and I have my mind...and a mind needs books as a sword… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king,… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Set before us the conduct of our own British ancestors, who defended for us the inherent rights of mankind against foreign and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and… — Jonathan Toews Copy Share Image
Eighty and six years have I served Christ, nor has He ever done me any harm. How, then, could I blaspheme my… — Polycarp Copy Share Image
The Gadianton Robbers from the Book of Mormon are loose among us. The King-men, and women, are running our government. And, worst… — John Andreas Widtsoe Copy Share Image
Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Good friends find pleasure in one another's company. Let us know pleasure in the company of our best Friend, a Friend who… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
The old alchemy, or what was just called alchemy, has a history. Most people, if they've been trained in sciences, think of… — Fred Alan Wolf Copy Share Image
Lord Krishna... proclaims Self-realization, true wisdom, as the highest branch of all human knowledge-the king of all sciences, the very essence of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Richard, might I ask you something? We've talked tonight of what you must do, of what you can do, of what you… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
The office of Speaker is almost as ancient as Parliament itself. It emerged in the Middle Ages when the Commons - the… — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them — I've seen them. I saw bones piled… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
I saw in 'the wandering Jew' the personification of the Jewish people, exiled in the Middle Ages. Nevertheless, they are once again… — George Sand Copy Share Image
That was what they did with themselves, those two Gracelings, along with a small band of friends: They stirred up trouble on… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
This king governs without decapitation or corporal punishments. Criminals are simply fined, lightly or heavily, according to the circumstances. Even in cases… — Faxian Copy Share Image
We talk a lot about Malcom X and Martin Luther King JR, but It's time to be like them, as strong as… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Superciliousness is not safe after all, because a person who forms the habit of wearing it may some day find his lower… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers. But I'm here to tell… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Men and kings must be judged in the testing moments of their lives. Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
If the English want a king, it is their business. If the Russians want communism, it is their business. If the Americans… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Somewhere there was once a Flower, a Stone, a Crystal, a Queen, a King, a Palace, a Lover and his Beloved, and… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
She was married for seven years to a concrete castle king. She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar and… — Harry Chapin Copy Share Image
The common law of chattels, that is to say, the law ultimately adopted by the King's courts for the regulation of disputes… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
Whether it's a fully enlightened Christ or Buddha, or just a more aware Martin Luther King, Kennedy or Gandhi, what did they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and vapour,… — Johann Joachim Becher Copy Share Image
LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by… — Charles Inglis Copy Share Image
You mean one human is good, but a hundred humans is bad?" "Exactly. One human is just a person. A hundred humans… — Joel Shepherd Copy Share Image
The people who have impacted the world didn't live long. Martin Luther King. John F. Kennedy. These people who impact the world… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
Ignorant, unconscious and dishonourable part of a society want and like kings, dictators, padishahs and all sort of despots; educated, conscious and… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
His background and knowledge can't be transplanted overnight, ... I'd make a point that unless you sat on the throne, you don't… — Jeri Ryan Copy Share Image
You can't judge a man by watching him live. . . . I personally watched Babe Ruth at bat three times, and… — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
While Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The politician who once had to learn to flatter Kings has now to learn how to fascinate, amuse, coax, humbug, frighten, or… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,'' and, 'Ah, I saw you on… — Mattie Stepanek Copy Share Image
Part of why I have started writing about love is feeling that our culture is forgetting what Martin Luther King taught. We… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
