I do not believe that ever any building was truly great…

“In the deep shadow of the tree there was a deeper shadow yet, black, inchoate, vague—a crouching form full of savage vigor and menace.…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“In repose his face seemed to become darker still, and as the wattage of those green eyes fell their somber hue made Margritta think…

— Robert McCammon

Wherever the human mind is healthy and vigorous in all its proportions, great in imagination and emotion no less than in intellect, and not…

— John Ruskin

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should…

— William Strunk, Jr

We think that a powerful and vigorous movement is impossible without differences - "true conformity" is possible only in the cemetery.

— Joseph Stalin

Relations between States, as between individuals, must be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance with...truth, justice and vigorous and sincere co-operation.

— Pope John XXIII

Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them… for really new ideas of…

— Jane Jacobs

Look at what I am proposing, and we [wih Bernie Sanders] have a vigorous agreement here. We both want to reign in the excesses…

— Hillary Clinton

Many times people can access that being stage more fully and more easily if at first you are actually doing something. If you run,…

— Shakti Gawain

There are believers who by God's grace, have climbed the mountains of full assurance and near communion, their place is with the eagle in…

— Charles Spurgeon

When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of…

— Austin Farrer

If you put together all the ingredients that naturally attract children - sex, violence, revenge, spectacle and vigorous noise - what you have is…

— Judith Martin

The clatter of a changing world is not pleasant, and those who have enjoyed the comforts and protection of the old order may be…

— Helen Keller

I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in Syria. This…

— Rand Paul