....those who become princes through their skill acquire the pricipality with difficulty, buy they hold onto it with ease. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
Writing is self-taught. Consulting other people only teaches you to depend on their reactions, which may or may not be legitimate. Quit… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Like most people my age, my job is the main focus of my life. I don't have some kind of jet-setting fabulous… — Anna Paquin Copy Share Image
Hast thou virtue? acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Very much in my books people find not surrogate families because they are real families. We've got families that we're related to… — Jackie French Copy Share Image
No matter what we have come through, or how many perils we have safely passed, or how many imperfect and jagged -… — Randolph Bourne Copy Share Image
Some philosophers have been of opinion that our immortal part acquires during this life certain habits of action or of sentiment, which… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
“A country whose citizens do not read is already late because "reading" is just the first step to wisdom acquisition. Application of… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
As men get on in life, they acquire a love for sincerity, and somewhat less solicitude to be lulled or amused. In… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The probability of a fatal nuclear detonation is greater now than at any time during the Cold War. As the Russian military… — Alan Cranston Copy Share Image
“Never stop acquiring the commonsense, it is as good as the knowledge.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Your task? To work with all the passion of your being to acquire an inner light. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Today, people are having to spend so much of their money, to acquire a house and to get an education that they… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Language surely does affect our thoughts, rather than just labeling them for the sake of labeling them. Most obviously, language is the… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Whether I affect one person or an entire family, or even a group of people, I feel like I have resources and… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
That’s why an artist must be a warrior and, like all warriors, artists over time acquire modesty and humility. They may, some… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful. — Saffron Burrows Copy Share Image
Men are not philosophers, but are rather very foolish children, who, by reason of their partiality, see everything in the most absurd… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any... Those who infringe upon property… — Ibn Khaldun Copy Share Image
