The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power"… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
My question would be whether there is active persecution of atheists. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The brain of a person in love will show activity in the amygdala, which is associated with gut feelings, and in the… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I remember Anthony Perkins saying, "Real is not necessarily interesting." So real is not enough. But what happens as an actor is… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
I concluded that an active sexual relationship between two people of the same sex might therefore reflect the love of God in… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
I always cringe when people tell me they don't eat breakfast, as though that's a good thing. Eek! You have to start… — Alison Sweeney Copy Share Image
Our hunger signal will remain active until we take in an adequate supply of nourishment. — Brendan Brazier Copy Share Image
Kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
Most people think witches are a coven of lesbians dancing naked in the forest celebrating the semen stolen from imprisoned hypnotized males,… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. The one thing in the world, of value,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Lord Jesus, Who in the Eucharist make your dwelling among us and become our traveling companion, sustain our Christian communities so that… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
We sang a lot of church music. We were very active Baptists. Supposedly, I started singing when I was being given a… — Jim Foglesong Copy Share Image
Ideas are intelligent active things which present themselves to your consciousness for expression. You can only be receptive and express them as… — Harvey Dunn Copy Share Image
Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face. That is a… — J. C. R. Licklider Copy Share Image
In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try… — Alija Izetbegovic Copy Share Image
But when we observe, we are forced to pay attention. We have to move from passive absorption to active awareness. We have… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Perseverance means to continue in a given course until we have reached a goal or objective, regardless of obstacles, opposition, and other… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
A man who's active and incisive can yet keep nail-care much in mind: why fight what's known to be decisive? Custom is… — Alexander Pushkin Copy Share Image
Experience has taught me that those who give their time to the absorbing claims of what is called society, not having leisure… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive… — Aurora Levins Morales Copy Share Image