Ignorance may be bliss, but it certainly is not freedom, except in the minds of those who prefer darkness to light and… — Robert Hugh Benson Copy Share Image
The imagination acquires by custom a certain involuntary, unconscious power of observation and comparison, correcting its own mistakes, and arriving at precision… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
You don't learn charm. It's not something that you can acquire. I have used it much in my life with great success,… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The humans have a curious force they call ambition. It drives them, and, through them, it drives us. This force which keeps… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where that language… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history,… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Just as composers go to concerts and artists visit galleries, writers read. You will learn, in the most enjoyable way, more about… — Judith Barrington Copy Share Image
I'm addicted to laughing. I go to see a lot of comedy shows. I'm addicted to playing really loud and obnoxious rock… — Nadia Giosia Copy Share Image
Adam and Eve entered the world naked and unashamed - naked and pure-minded. And no descendant of theirs has ever entered it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If a person has enough desire, he will acquire the talent, he will build his skills. — Bobby Unser Copy Share Image
That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
... when all violence subsides in the human heart, the state which remains is love. It is not something we have to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is also true that the less possible it becomes for a man to acquire a new fortune, the more must the… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Go to the place where the thing you wish to know is native; your best teacher is there. Where the thing you… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Thanks to feminism, women can now acquire status in two ways: through marriage or their own achievements. Cure cancer or marry the… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
The Cox Report documents a systematic, well-planned effort by the Chinese military at the highest levels to target and acquire technology for… — Charles Bass Copy Share Image
Instead of encouraging the student to devote himself to his studies for the sake of studying, instead of encouraging in him a… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
“The buddha-dharma does not invite us to dabble in abstract notions. Rather, the task it presents us with is to attend to… — Steve Hagen Copy Share Image
The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the… — Ike Skelton Copy Share Image
The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake. — William McKinley Copy Share Image
I fully share the Congress's objective of promoting nonproliferation and combating Iran's efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and missile… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Since karma is meeting self, we acquire karma as we meet self in our many attitudes and emotions; when we serve in… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
