Recently I was reading somewhere or other an Italian curio-dealer who attempted to sell a 17th century crucifix to J.P. Morgan. Inside… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Perhaps people need to understand some history here. Rene Descartes, in the late 16th, early 17th century, postulated that body, mind, physicality… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
“It combined corrupt simplicity with delicate ferocity, a curious variety of civilization; a tiger with a simper.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I'm from Holland and the history of "Admiral" is something you would read about when you're at school. Nobody knows about these… — Roel Reine Copy Share Image
Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I would love to do a period piece - in the 18th or 17th century. To me, it would be such an… — Amy Smart Copy Share Image
I'd share a pic if the digital camera battery wasn't as flat as 17th century Earth. — Simon Haynes Copy Share Image
You cannot gauge the intelligence of an American by talking with him; you must work with him. The American polishes and refines… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Technologically I live in the 17th century. I have a very simple cell phone. I say I live through the kindness of… — Iris Apfel Copy Share Image
Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
Order can arise from chaos without anyone or anything directing the process when unstable combinations of atoms perish and others persist. In… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
The data, however, do indicate that Christians who see Jews through a 17th-century lens, believing that most are thoroughly religious, are thoroughly… — Marvin Olasky Copy Share Image
The technologies for the alternative energy sources exists today. The economics are compelling. The public health is compelling. Why would we maintain… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
Religion is a practical discipline and in the 17th century in the West, we turned it onto a head trip. But it's… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
17th century philosophers were not in a position to understand the mind as well as we can today, since the advent of… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
The spirit must be freed from tethers so strong and feelings never put to rest, so that the lift of life may… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can't wait to… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of… — Harry Seidler Copy Share Image
Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk. — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
[17th-century] Puritans were the first modern parents. Like many of us, they looked on their treatment of children as a test of… — C. Sommerville Copy Share Image
Literate households in the 17th century would have had the Bible, John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress," and a couple of other books.… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
Aristotle saw nature as intelligent and purposive, whereas for the Epicureans, and the 17th century 'mechanical' philosophers, there is no intentionality in… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, 19th-century scientists were just as ready to jump to the conclusion that any guess about nature was an obvious fact, as… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I think we as Americans know there's a much better alternative than the 17th century practice of burning rocks to power our… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
The word crap is actually another word that's very, very old. It was taken over from 17th century England by the pilgrim… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
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