In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of… — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
It's such an honor to be representing the USA in an international beauty contest in spite of all the tragedy that's happened… — Olivia Culpo Copy Share Image
Liberalism is that principle of political rights, according to which the public authority, in spite of being all-powerful, limits itself and attempts,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“A dingily bilious sun was seeping through a tent of black clouds. Passersby, spitefully elbowing elbows, were rushing along the pavement. People… — Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Copy Share Image
Basic personality traits develop early in life and over time become inviolable, hardwired. Most people learn little from experience, rarely thinking of… — A.S.A. Harrison Copy Share Image
I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Becoming is the action that births our womanhood, rather than passive act of being born (an act none of us has a… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
In spite of the frightful pogroms which took place, first in Poland and then in unprecedented fashion in the Ukraine, and which… — Denis Fahey Copy Share Image
Merely because I was black, it seemed, I was supposed to listen to Hugh Maskela instead of Carole King, just as I… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault,… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I make it a practice to avoid hating anyone. If someone's been guilty of despicable actions, especially toward me, I try to… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
We cannot count on God to arrange what happens in our lives in ways that will make us feel good.We can, however,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I witness the birth on paper of sentences that have eluded my will and appear in spite of me on the sheet,… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“It was true that Al had asked her to move the jars and magazines, and there was probably a word for the… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
The hardest part of your journey to success will be telling people your crazy dreams and ideas. But I've found as soon… — Karni Liddell Copy Share Image
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
I watch the confusion of friends all numb with love moving like stray dogs to the anthem of night long conversations of… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“God did not created the world. He himself became the world. This is the core of vedantism. Every object, every being, each… — KUNAL NARAYAN UNIYAL Copy Share Image
Those who were unlucky in life in spite of their skills would eventually rise. The lucky fool might have benefited from some… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
True worth is in being, not seeming- In doing, each day that goes by, Some little good, not in the dreaming Of… — Alice Cary Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me. It wasn't just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union together. Some people even forget… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Oh brother, pray; in spite of Satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather neglect friends than not pray; rather fast, and lose… — Andrew Bonar Copy Share Image
The gloomy theology of the orthodox--the Calvinists--I do not, I cannot believe. Many of the notions--nay, most of the notions--which orthodox people… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him. Man can serve his age… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the extraordinary stupidity of the mob. What do… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
to tempt and be tempted are closely allied; and in spite of all the finest moral maxims buried in the mind, when… — Catherine the Great Copy Share Image
In spite the mountains of books written about art, no precise definition of art has been constructed. And the reason for this… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
God did not make us robots. In spite of the denial by Luther, Calvin, and many evangelical leaders today, God gave man… — Dave Hunt Copy Share Image
You may be sure that if you succeed in bringing your audience into the presence of something that affects them, they will… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
In Russia itself the proletariat conquered in spite of the fact that there was no Soviet State in existence at the time… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
I've often told people who ask if there is a God: Get around enough people with horses and see what happens. See… — Buck Brannaman Copy Share Image
I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If you want to meet someone who can fix any situation you don't like, who can bring you happiness in spite of… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As professor of global peace studies at the International Islamic University of Malaysia I am committed to the ending of war also… — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get your emotions going. To be enthusiastic every day and as… — Jim Valvano Copy Share Image
Conservatives believe in the ties that bind us. Society is stronger when we make vows to each other and we support each… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
