King of the animals — as thou hast described him — I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international… — Charles Albert Gobat Copy Share Image
In any regime there is always something that one should agree with, and in Shades there are quite a few notions that,… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
The fundamental characteristic of the scientific method is honesty. In dealing with any question, science asks no favors. ... I believe that… — Ira Remsen Copy Share Image
You know, I think of the global economy as an inverted triangle, resting on the shoulders of the American consumer. And if… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
True knowledge of good and evil as we possess is merely abstract or general, and the judgment which we pass on the… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
During the socialist period, the government became too big. That created a crowding-out effect in the private economy, and it gave everybody… — Antonis Samaras Copy Share Image
As an old creative industry full of cruelty and moral sense, British journalism once flourished on the imperative that people required the… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
World War III will be triggered off not by suppressed nationalists seeking political independence, as happened the first time around when the… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Don't wait for a feeling or love in order to share Christ with a stranger. You already love your heavenly Father, and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
To be disciplined does not mean being silent, abstaining, or doing only what one thinks one may undertake without risk; it is… — Ferdinand Foch Copy Share Image
Our inhuman enemy inspires the thought that God loves mankind, and that He quickly forgives this sin. But when we observe the… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
I do think that it's really important for leaders of countries to be very clear and careful in the statements they make… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
As with most fine things, chocolate has its season. There is a simple memory aid that you can use to determine whether… — Sandra Boynton Copy Share Image
A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter's garret in Paris… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
It is learning how to stand alone, unpopular and sometimes reviled, and how to make common cause with those other identified as… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
We are on the brink of a new energy order. Over the next few decades, our reserves of oil will start to… — Fatih Birol Copy Share Image
Nor can We predict happier times for religion and government from the plans of those who desire vehemently to separate the Church… — Pope Gregory XVI Copy Share Image
The security of the Nation is not at the ramparts alone, Security also lies in the value of our free institutions. A… — Murray Gurfein Copy Share Image
We certainly have to have a view about knowledge in order to decide whether some version of foreknowledge is necessary for inquiry… — Gail Fine Copy Share Image
Progressive liberals seem incapable of stating the obvious truth: that we who are well off should be willing to share more of… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
He saved us in order that He might begin to transform His world into the kind of world that He willed for… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
You're sincere, but in order not to upset your views you avoid talking with people who think differently. You pick your thoughts… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Young people are dazzled by the brilliancy of antithesis, and employ it. Matter-of-fact men, and those who like precision, naturally fall into… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
One of the first things I did as a new Member of Congress was help form a bipartisan Mississippi River Caucus so… — Ron Kind Copy Share Image
My argument is focused on the fact that a relatively small percentage of the world's Muslim countries are impacted by this order.… — David B. Rivkin Copy Share Image
Why is man man? As long as we have had minds to think with, stars to ponder upon, dreams to disturb us,… — Robert Ardrey Copy Share Image
... I am not afraid of priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Only when we succeed in creating such an order under which people receive for their labor from the society not according to… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
What is happening now is of a geological and biological order of magnitude. We are upsetting the entire earth system that, over… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
In order that the mind should see light instead of darkness, so the entire soul must be turned away from this changing… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Making all of those words work together is difficult. It took a lot of cleaning up, a lot of rewriting scenes in… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
The conservative "thinks of political policies as intended to preserve order, justice, and freedom. The ideologue, on the contrary, thinks of politics… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Imperialism is the factor in American policy, not just since 1898, but in fact long before it when we were expanding across… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Spent the fortnight gone in the music room reworking my year's fragments into a 'sextet for overlapping soloists': piano, clarinet, 'cello, flute,… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
As the index tells us the contents of stories and directs to the particular chapter, even so does the outward habit and… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Some people can do one thing magnificently, like Michelangelo, and others make things like semiconductors or build 747 airplanes -- that type… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
What is this thing we call government? Is it anything but organized violence? The law orders you to obey, and if you… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
