A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle...… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art to imitate nature; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings,… — Melissa Bean Copy Share Image
In Leon's account of his life, no-one was mean-spirited, no-one schemed or lied or betrayed; everyone was celebrated at least in some… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Science corrects the old creeds, sweeps away, with every new perception, our infantile catechisms, and necessitates a faith commensurate with the grander… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
But I, you know, if I could choose a period to go back to, I think I would like to live through… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
He who is infatuated with Man leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal,… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
Witches is being sold as an account of the Belvoir scandals, but in truth, Tracy Borman has written a thorough and beautifully… — Bella Bathurst Copy Share Image
Man is a great blunderer going about in the woods, and there is no other except the bear makes so much noise.… — Mary Hunter Austin Copy Share Image
What's really important about WikiLeaks is that the Russian government has engaged in espionage against Americans. They have hacked American websites, American… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
emotion clouds the rational, and many perspectives guide the full reality. To view current events as a historian is to account for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
You will never be able to truly step inside another person, to see the world as he sees it, until you develop… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When the Christian doesn't find joy on account of his happenings, he can always find joy in spite of them. — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
Science moves, but slowly, slowly, creeping on from point to point. ... Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
To believe that your husband, wife, parents, kids, boss, job, bank account, or body is even partly responsible for your emotions, to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We need to increase access to health insurance through Health Savings Accounts and high deductible policies, so individuals and families can purchase… — Michael Steele Copy Share Image
Astronomy is ... the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced. — William Whewell Copy Share Image
The estimated loss of up to six million dead is founded too much on both emotional, biased testimonies and on exaggerated data… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The courts cannot garnish a fathers salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property on behalf of his children, in our… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
Nonetheless, I'm not sure this entirely accounts for my Buddhist voice, which tells me forever to give up writing, to give up… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
The more details we learn about the chemical basis of life and the intricacy of the genetic code, the more unbelievable the… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
Sense of smell, of course, is only one of those dog qualities that can't be replicated or improved upon. I've been researching… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image