Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will… — John Selden Copy Share Image
I mention this fact as tending to support what I have often heard stated, namely, that a shark's sense of smell is… — George Grey Copy Share Image
To speak less of oneself than what one really is, is folly, not modesty; and to take that for current pay which… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
One man is proud when he has caught a poor hare, and another when he has taken a little fish in a… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
And for anyone who ever thought that Ellen and I broke it off because of sexuality, you couldn't be more mistaken. And… — Anne Heche Copy Share Image
Do you think it will rain? Milo: But I thought you were the Weather Man? No, I'm the Whether man, for it… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
There is a man whose qualities can be savored by people who are getting old... The painter qualities are carried to the… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
Indeed. I have often thought that when a man selects one word over another he often reveals far more of himself than… — Mark Hodder Copy Share Image
It's important to recognize the vital role that the financial markets play in our economy and that so many of you are… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The houses of this country (Maharashtra) are exceedingly strong and built solely of stone and iron. The hatchet-men of the Govt. in… — Aurangzeb Copy Share Image
The genius of Man in our time has gone into jet-propulsion, atom-splitting, penicillin-curing, etc. There is left none over for works of… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
In the end I came to see that the true prophet of the modern world was Samuel Butler: when he suggested that… — Robert Aickman Copy Share Image
T pleaseth me when I see through the meadows The tents and pavilions set up, and great joy have I When I… — Bertran de Born Copy Share Image
A prince must not have any objective nor any thought, nor take up any art, other than the art of war and… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I can never understand why I should eat at one or sleep at eleven, if it is, as it often is, my… — Zona Gale Copy Share Image
I repent me of the ignorance wherein I ever said that God made man out of nothing: there is no nothing out… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
So holy and so perfect is my love, And I in such a poverty of grace, That I shall think it a… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Never look for right in the other man, but never cease to be right yourself. We always look for justice in this… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Keeping accounts, sir, is of no use when a man is spending his own money, and has nobody to whom he is… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It's absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book 'An American Dream' is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
In 1975 a Senate committee headed by Frank Church found that the [Central Intelligence] Agency had planned a number of assassination operations,… — Jim Garrison Copy Share Image
Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the… — Charles Lyell Copy Share Image
He also said we should carve in the year and place where I was born, but I said no. As a man… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Even if you accept the theory of man-made climate change, wind turbines are a rotten way to reduce CO2 emissions, or to… — Roger Helmer Copy Share Image
Perhaps some day someone will explain how, on the level of man, Auschwitz was possible; but on the level of God, it… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Examples teach us that in military affairs, and all others of a like nature, study is apt to enervate and relax the… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The Pseudo-liberals monopolize the teaching jobs at many universities. Only men who agree with them are appointed as teachers and instructors of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Mr. Anwar is a respected colleague and a man of integrity, who in his capacity as finance minister showed strong dedication to… — Paul Martin Copy Share Image
Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty;… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz… — Michael Easton Copy Share Image
Bodies of holy men and women exude Miraculous oil, odour of violet. But under heavy loads of trampled clay Lie bodies of… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Happy season of virtuous youth, when shame is still an impassable barrier, and the sacred air-cities of hope have not shrunk into… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
There is not on earth so base a knave as the man who wins the love of a woman when he knows… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Women and men are divided by gender, made into the sexes as we know them, by the social requirements of heterosexuality, which… — Catharine MacKinnon Copy Share Image
If you were an actor, anybody could go on Broadway and take a George Carlin hour and do it on stage as… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
Because," she said, "that is what men would call it. They invented Satan, didn't they? Satanic is merely the name they give… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image