Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Now, since everything else is furnished with the exact amount of needle and thread required to maintain its being, it is in… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The late great Horace Lloyd Swithin (1844-1917), British essayist, lecturer, satirist, and social observer, wrote in his autobiographical Appointments, 1890-1901 (1902), "When… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
I can't deny that it will be a historic event for an African-American to become president. And should that happen, all Americans… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I am very grateful that I am in touch with so many different church groups. I am always very moved by the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The king and the dauphin both like to see me on horseback. I only say this because all the world perceives it,… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
No true work since the world began was ever wasted; no true life since the world began has ever failed. Oh, understand… — Frederic Farrar Copy Share Image
The sun rises every morning and sheds light, vanquishing the night's darkness. The rooster also rises every morning only, unlike the sun,… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
It is but little of the world yet that hath heard the lost estate of mankind and of a Savior, Christ Jesus;… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
America can be a very hysterical country intellectually and very puritanical, too. You probably have fun in private, but to the rest… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Newton's great generalization, which he called the "third law of motion," was that "Action and reaction are always equal to each other;"… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Man... is an inextricable tangle of culture and biology. And not being simple, he is not simply good; he has... a kind… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As I would learn later on, developed countries will always welcome the Einsteins of this world -- those individuals whose talents are… — Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa Copy Share Image
A great leader needs to love and respect people, and he needs to be comfortable with himself and with the world. He… — Leo Hindery Copy Share Image
I've said multiple times that the world's first trillionaire is going to be the person who exploits the resources of asteroids, the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I enjoy the making of the film and it's something for me to do. If nobody ever comes to my films, if… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Am I a fruitcake? I don't know. Perception is reality, so if I sit here and say, "I'm not a fruitcake, I'm… — Macy Gray Copy Share Image
All the great masters have understood that there cannot be great art without the little limited life of the fable, which is… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Finland actually made Internet access a human right a while back. That was a clever thing of Finland. But that's like the… — Peter Sunde Copy Share Image
Where's Lori?" he asked when he saw the nurse wasn't there. "She's not avoiding me, is she?" His grandmother slipped off her… — Susan Mallery Copy Share Image
We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Jonathan Hardy. The clever wit and joy he brought to his performance… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
In the Story of Reality man does not rescue himself for his own glory. Instead, God rescues man for His glory. Every… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
If the world is to hear the church's voice today, leaders are needed who are authoritative, spiritual, and sacrificial. Sacrificial, because this… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
When I am an old man, I will tell my grandchildren bedtime stories about when I won the Champions League, hopefully when… — Angel Di Maria Copy Share Image
Any time you have a song that is directly connected to a very specific musical trend of the moment, you have immediately… — Ryan Tedder Copy Share Image
A good, finished scandal, fully armed and equipped, such as circulates in the world, is rarely the production of a single individual,… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
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I have set off and found that there is no end to even the simplest journey of the mind. I begin, and… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Look, I hate to sound like Pollyanna, but I literally can't wait to get to work in the morning. I've got steady… — Christopher Meloni Copy Share Image
We live in a world where people don't all have the same scruples, where all blows can be given, and where, in… — Nicolas Sarkozy Copy Share Image
Who has not remarked the readiness with which the closest of friends and honestest of men suspect and accuse each other of… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Unselfishness is God. One may live on a throne, in a golden palace, and be perfectly unselfish; and then he is in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
To me, what defines a New Yorker is the edge that one develops from having actually lived here. Once you have it,… — Donald Trump, Jr Copy Share Image
The devil was a great loss in the preternatural world. He was always something to fear and to hate; he supplied the… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
In a world wounded by conflicts, where violence is justified in God's name, it's important to repeat that religion can never become… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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God doth not govern the world only by his will as an absolute monarch, but by his wisdom and goodness as a… — Stephen Charnock Copy Share Image
If you want to control the world you need to control the oil. Therefore the destruction of Iraq is a prerequisite to… — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
We have the most expensive compliance system in the world. The IRS brags that they spend 35 cents for every $100 they… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
