Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
I don't believe that unemployment is all voluntary, by anticipation of future wage movements or this sort of thing. I know you… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
Let me tell you something 'bout these rich Uptown folk," said Cokie. "They got everything that money can buy, their bank accounts… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
Let him never cease from prayer, who has once begun to pray, even though his life is ever so bad. For prayer… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
According to accounts of the Buddha's life, it would seem that he had a very deep relationship with nature. He was not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
During the Qin Dynasty, all books not relating to practical concerns such as agriculture or construction were ordered burned by the emperor… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
I [do not know] when the end of science will come. ... What I do know is that our species is dumber… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
A day of grace is yet held out to us. Both North and South have been guilty before God; and the Christian… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
And what of my extended family-birds, beasts, and reptiles? They too have drowned. Every single thing I value in life has been… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Although it is easier to find information these days, it is easier than ever before to find misinformation, pseudo-facts, unsupported and fringe… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The comrades throughout the Party must take all this fully into account and be prepared to overcome all difficulties with an indomitable… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
We must, therefore, be confident that the general measures we have adopted will produce the results we expect. most important in this… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The greatest achievements in the science of this [twentieth] century are themselves the sources of more puzzlement than human beings have ever… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Through it [Science] we believe that man will be saved from misery and degradation, not merely acquiring new material powers, but learning… — Ray Lankester Copy Share Image
Christianity is not a patent medicine. Christianity claims to give an account of facts - to tell you what the real universe… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
From Finding the Center to Reading and Writing: A Personal Account, the story remains the same: in a journey unique to myself,… — Caryl Phillips Copy Share Image
Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Around the world, we can see the results of exploitation which destroys much without taking future generations into account. Today, all men… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
But, indeed, the science of logic and the whole framework of philosophical thought men have kept since the days of Plato and… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
The more we know about this universe, the more mysterious it is. The old world that Job knew was marvelous enough, and… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
Sacred interpreter of human thought, How few respect or use thee as they ought! But all shall give account of every wrong,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Lawyers are shy of meddling with the Law on their own account: knowing it to be an edged tool of uncertain application,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Many a man, brought up in the glib profession of some shallow form of Christianity, who comes through reading Astronomy to realize… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
For every hiker, climber or canoeist who gets into trouble, there are thousands more who don't. Peter Bronski's compelling account of misadventures… — Jim Wickwire Copy Share Image
Three Mormon scholars have thoroughly researched one of the most shameful events in Mormon history. They have produced a very detailed, insightful… — Robert V. Remini Copy Share Image
If the people would but analyze the human equation of a prison they might better account for the crimes that are visited… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
The generation of Isaiah did not require the detailed description; his account, "I saw the Lord," &c., sufficed. The generation of the… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate it, and… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Newton advanced, with one gigantic stride, from the regions of twilight into the noon day of science. A Boyle and a Hooke,… — Thomas Young Copy Share Image
foreign policy is about trying to project the European model, its values, its principles, to the outside world. But at the moment,… — Pierre Vimont Copy Share Image
Money managers have to account for their actions to their shareholders, which means they have an undue fear of underperformance. We invest… — Richard Chandler Copy Share Image
For thousands of years, human beings had screwed up and trashed and crapped on this planet, and now history expected me to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
When you take the entire system into account, ways of developing more of something in one dimension can actually create scarcities in… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
The misfortune in the state is, that nobody can enjoy life in peace, but that everybody must govern; and in art, that… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I am open to [the notion of theistic revelation], but not enthusiastic about potential revelation from God. On the positive side, for… — Antony Flew Copy Share Image
You try every trick in the book to keep her. You write her letters. You quote Neruda. You cancel your Facebook. You… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Science can give us only the tools in the box, these mechanical miracles that it has already given us. But of what… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Education is like a diamond with many facets: It includes the basic mastery of numbers and letters that give us access to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In contrast to the written account-which, depending on its complexity of thought, reference, and vocabulary, is pitched at a larger or smaller… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image