I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
More than the diamond Koh-i-noor, which glitters among their crown jewels, they prize the dull pebble which is wiser than a man,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
George Stigler Nobel laureate and a leader of Chicago School was asked why there were no Nobel Prizes awarded in the other… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
I don't like honors. ... I've already got the prize: the prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Let us watch against unbelief, pride, and self-confidence . If we go forth in our own strength, we shall faint, and utterly… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
The two don't necessarily translate, especially if you're a prize fighter: you've fought all your life, you've fought all these fights, and… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
I would like to congratulate my partners in peace - Mr. Yitzhak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Mr. Shimon Peres,… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
The fact that in the last 10 years only five of the 40 Turner Prize nominees have been painters tells you more… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons of… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
For that, one has to drop all the masks, one has to risk many things, particularly respectability. That is a bribe by… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Accustom yourself to look first to the dreadful consequences of failure; then fix your eye on the glorious prize which is before… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
They say that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. Truth be told, we don't love him because of that, but he was… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate As reek o' the rotten fens, whose loves I prize As the dead… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Fredrika Bimm, what do you think you're doing?" "Freaking out. Losing my mind. Thinking about snapping your husband's spine. Squashing the urge… — MaryJanice Davidson Copy Share Image
I did not like prizes at school. I didn't like tests or exams, or the 11+, or O-levels. Later I hated B.A.s… — Billy Childish Copy Share Image
My co-winners, Peter Diamond and Christopher Pissarides, and I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Foundation… — Dale T. Mortensen Copy Share Image
Well I don't know how many pounds make up a ton, Of all the nobel prizes that I've never won, And I… — Andy Partridge Copy Share Image
I had the privilege of knowing and working with Norman Borlaug - who has been aptly described by the Nobel Peace Prize… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
There are many who say they want to be victorious Christians, but few are willing to endure the discipline necessary to make… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Every last souvenir of the love we had, the prizes & the debris of this relationship, like the glitter in the gutter… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whatever, everyone who makes movies… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
