People rise and fall on the basis of the makings of institutions. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
One of the things that I'm fascinated about generally is the rise and fall of everything, from civilizations to families to companies. — Satya Nadella Copy Share Image
“Because it's eternal, the rise and fall of the sun. It's forever. Just like us” — Jay McLean Copy Share Image
The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall. — Len Goodman Copy Share Image
“Kings rise and fall, Dunk thought, and cows and smallfolk go about their business.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
Empires rise and fall like the abdomen of God. It's just the universe breathing. — Wes Nisker Copy Share Image
“He'd watched the world change around him, civilizations rise and fall, and although he could have anything, anyone, he wanted her.” — Lisa Kessler Copy Share Image
I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
I’ve seen the nations rise and fall. I’ve heard their stories, heard them all, but love’s the only engine of survival. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Why is hesed love so important? Because life is moody. Feelings come and go. Pressures rise and fall. Passions ebb and flow.… — Paul E. Miller Copy Share Image
It is doubtful if a more extensive anthology of errors (William Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich) concerning the personality… — Harry Elmer Barnes Copy Share Image
“I doubted there was any part of Charleston she could show Carter that he didn't know about. Carter had been around to… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind become still. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the Self watches their return.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes… — John Boyd Orr Copy Share Image
We are Americans, speaking the same language, adopting the same customs, holding the same general opinions... and shall rise and fall with… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
We look at mountains and call them eternal, and they seem... but in the course of time, mountains rise and fall, rivers… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that have lain dormant now lift, now toss their crests, and fall… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
But there’s a reason we recognize Hamlet as a masterpiece: it’s that Shakespeare told us the truth, and people so rarely tell… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
A teenage girl lay asleep on the sofa, curled up under a red-and-black knitted afghan. She was on her side, with one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Like almost all of Beefheart's recorded work, [Trout Mask Replica] was not even "ahead" of its time in 1969. Then and now,… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
The rise and fall of images of the future precedes or accompanies the rise and fall of cultures. As long as a… — Fred Polak Copy Share Image
The student of biology is often struck with the feeling that historians, when dealing with the rise and fall of nations, do… — Ronald Ross Copy Share Image
I found a book facing out that I'd always meant to read: William Shirer's 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.'… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as agflation. Rising commodity prices, or increases in any prices, do not cause inflation. Inflation is what… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
As the pen rises from the page between words, so the walker's feet rise and fall between paces, and as the deer… — Robert Macfarlane Copy Share Image
“Are you sure that’s a real spell?’ said the girl. ‘Well, it’s not very good, is it? I’ve tried a few simple… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“More truth: I have an infatuation problem. It’s not just Beardsley. It’s all of them. I’ve felt this for a hundred other… — Kayla Rae Whitaker Copy Share Image
“A strong wind is blowing and there are little crests of foam on the waves. Look carefully at the millions of shimmering… — Gombrich Ernst H Copy Share Image
“You are my life.” Though his words were barely a whisper, they seemed to echo from somewhere deep within him, enveloping my… — Aimee Carter Copy Share Image
“When I describe for my far-away friends the Northwest’s subtle shades of weather — from gloaming skies of ‘high-gray’ to ‘low-gray’ with… — Brenda Peterson Copy Share Image
“His hands shift to my shoulders, and his fingers brush over the edge of my bandage. He pulls back with a puckered… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“All right, Kitten. Tell me what’s going on.” I kissed her shoulder because it was the only place my lips could reach… — Penny Reid Copy Share Image
“Calling resists privatization by insisting on the totality of faith. Calling resists politicization by demanding a tension with every human allegiance and… — Os Guinness Copy Share Image