He [Osama bin Laden] is clearly an odd combination of a 12th-century theologian and a 21st-century CEO. He runs an absolutely unique… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Sacredness of human life! The world has never believed it! It has been with life that we settled our quarrels, won wives,… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Practically speaking, a life that is vowed to simplicity, appropriate boldness, good humor, gratitude, unstinting work and play, and lots of walking,… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
On the contrary, a trust in the staying power and travel-worthiness of such good should encourage us to credit the possibility of… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
Each of us believes himself to live directly within the world that surrounds him, to sense its objects and events precisely, and… — Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle Copy Share Image
When it comes to morality, I'd rather have an unfaithful president like Bill Clinton, who tried to reform welfare, than a faithful… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
Nobody else in the world can do what we can do. And nobody else is willing to do it for altruistic reasons.… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
What is love? Love is when one person knows all of your secrets, deepest, darkest, most dreadful secrets of which no one… — Aleatha Romig Copy Share Image
This Excellent Mathematician having given us, in the Transactions of February last, an account of the cause, which induced him to think… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Police thrillers are so widely read and police dramas so commonplace on television that many people think they have a good understanding… — Daniel Horan Copy Share Image
From the moment we are born, the world tends to have a container already built for us to fit inside: A social… — Paige Bradley Copy Share Image
J. K. Rowling is one of my favourite authors, and I really admire how she created this big wizarding world. But I… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
The thing I love so much about the UN, is that they're so obviously corrupt. It's not like the Oil-for-Food scandal was… — John Hamill Copy Share Image
With a woman he's crazy about, he'll put in all the overtime in the world. He'll be doing things for you, he'll… — Sherry Argov Copy Share Image
I don't tally the world, asking, "Would this annoy you? Would this annoy you?" That's so far removed from where I'm at… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking.… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
I´d read fantasy if they had simple names like Jane and Bob from Wagga," I say. "Why does it have to be… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
You need to constantly remind yourself what is the most important thing that is happening in the world - what is the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Whatever art offered the men and women of previous eras, what it offers our own, it seems to me, is space -… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The Arts, especially film, transcend all cultural barriers, hopefully offering an avenue where all people can find a common place to meet,… — Carson Grant Copy Share Image
What drew me to Kazakhstan was a curiosity to learn about life in this 'middle earth' of steppe between the endless forests… — Tim Cope Copy Share Image
If you think you aren't valid for whatever reason, let my existence and the way the world embraces my existence tell you… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
Turn around and believe that the good news that we are loved is better than we ever dared hope, and that to… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“The day arrived,when myriad teary rivers flow and the muted wind faintly died in his tears—an altar for the beloved one's departure,for… — Nithin Purple Copy Share Image
The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk.… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
What is especially disturbing about the political left is that they seem to have no sense of the tragedy of the human… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The center has had the challenge of always having to be reasonable, balanced. If you're on the right, you can reach to… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
In honoring the Wright Brothers, it is customary and proper to recognize their contribution to scientific progress. But I believe it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In great misfortunes, people want to be alone. They have a right to be. And the misfortunes that occur within one are… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
MIA stands for 'missing in action,' which is the way others can experience you when you're too busy multi-tasking, being pulled at… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
America is very conservative. It is not a very modern country. If you look at the population, they are very serious, very… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
Now, what does a vampire do with a computer? Keep track of investments? Send e-mail to other vampires as you all plot… — Carrie Vaughn Copy Share Image
Be reflective...and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical world, out of its petty… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not… — Bruce Barton Copy Share Image
According to the technical language of old writers, a thing and its qualities are described as subject and attributes; and thus a… — William Whewell Copy Share Image
The function of the artist is the mythologization of the culture and the world. In the visual arts there were two men… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The idea of self-effacement, the idea that you feel so powerless that the only tiny morsel of power you have is over… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The world is a resource for us and we have access to the world because of the kind of bodies and skills… — Alva Noe Copy Share Image
Companies need to have a lot more flexibility with their people... . If somebody wants to golf around the world for two… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Then it is in me, too, the psychotic streak. A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image