It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every… — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
Unless the power of the corporation can be organized on an accepted principle of legitimacy, it will be taken over by a… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Being married or having children does not mean you are living an effective life” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
...from the same principles, I now demonstrate the frame of the System of the World. — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine ideas, bright… — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
I'm a fatalist… I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted,… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
Character is made up of core moral principles called the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, caring, fairness and citizenship. Each… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody wants to be loved -- not everybody. ... You never heard anybody… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
By centering our lives on correct principles and creating a balanced focus between doing and increasing our ability to do, we become… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
“Living by your principles will always be the harder path. But you have to do it anyway. You have to do what’s… — Zoe Cannon Copy Share Image
My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Personally I do not believe in a national agency devoted only to the negro blind because in spirit and principle I am… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Tools arm the man. One can well say that man is capable of bringing forth a world; he lacks only the necessary… — Novalis Copy Share Image
By consequence I hold that no one ever did, or can do, anything for "society."... Comte invented the term altruism as an… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
... fain would I turn back the clock and devote to French or some other language the hours I spent upon algebra,… — Jessie Belle Rittenhouse Copy Share Image
Whether you were talking about Pillsbury, Burger King, Godfather's, the National Restaurant Association, in each one of those situations, I had a… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
The principle of Creative Limitations calls for freedom within a circle of obstacles and restricted boundaries. Talent is like a muscle: without… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principle. Its principles are… — Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Copy Share Image
Science, unguided by a higher abstract principle, freely hands over its secrets to a vastly developed and commercially inspired technology, and the… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
I am a student of universal spiritual principles, and I read theology and spiritual writings, so my grasp of basic spiritual principles… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I didn't approve of murder on general principles. Not even of people who seemed to go around begging for it. — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger. — Plato Copy Share Image
The principle of life is that life responds by corresponding; your life becomes the thing you have decided it shall be. — Raymond Charles Barker Copy Share Image
Blind zeal is soon put to a shameful retreat, while holy resolution, built on fast principles, lifts up its head like a… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
The most basic of conservative principles is that if you reward bad behavior you get more of it. — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Emancipation from every kind of bondage is my principle. I go for recognition of human rights, without distinction of sect, party, sex,… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to… — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
Relativity theory forced the abandonment, in principle, of absolute space and absolute time. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
If what charms you is nothing but abstract principles, sit down and turn them over quietly in your mind: but never dub… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The organization of ofices follows the principle of hierarchy ... each lower office is under the control and supervision of a higher one — Max Weber Copy Share Image
The Upanishads do not reveal the life of any teacher, but simply teach principles. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The third principle is that any philosophic knowledge is only valuable if it is true or if it works. — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
