[For] men to whom nothing seems great but reason ... nature ... is a cosmos, so admirable, that to penetrate to its… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Stealing ideas from contemporaries is rude and tasteless. Stealing from the long dead is considered literary and admirable. The same is true… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Politeness. Now there's a poor man's virtue if ever there was one. What's so admirable about inoffensiveness, I should like to know.… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I've been offered nymphomaniacs, kleptomaniacs, pyromaniacs, homicidal maniacs and just plain maniacs. I think producers felt that after playing a long series… — Greer Garson Copy Share Image
The emperor of the East was no longer guided by the wisdom and authority of his elder brother, whose death happened towards… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
But of all other stupendous inventions, what sublimity of mind must have been his who conceived how to communicate his most secret… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Only in the Roman Empire and in Spain under Arab domination has culture been a potent factor. Under the Arab, the standard… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Sundry manifestations of nature in men and women, are greatly perverted by existing social conventions upheld by both. There are feelings which,… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Bad as "independence" is, the main fault of the Federal Reserve System - an admirable system if conducted in the public interest… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
There has been a constant struggle on the part of the military element to keep the end- fighting, or readiness to fight-superior… — Alfred Thayer Mahan Copy Share Image
What we are told of the inhabitants of Brazil, that they never die but of old age, is attributed to the tranquility… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The Bible is not merely a book-it is a living power. . . . Nowhere as in the Bible can be found… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The gap between ideals and actualities, between dreams and achievements, the gap that can spur strong men to increased exertions, but can… — George Will Copy Share Image
Jazz is really about the human experience. It’s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
The problem isn't who is in charge. It's what is in charge. The problem is that people are encouraged to function as… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
It is not the willingness to kill on the part of our soldiers which most concerns me. That is an inherent part… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You know, Qhuinn's an interesting character." Saxton reached out with an elegant hand and picked up his port. "He's one of my… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
I was always able to understand my friend who decided to quit smoking and who, through an effort of will, succeeded in… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
If that one is already a great artist, who knows how to educe from a small piece of wood the face of… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
The author brings to the table a healthy skepticism of the conventional wisdom, an admirable ability to separate fact from fancy, and… — Alan Abelson Copy Share Image
Many of the familiar little things that we use every day have typically evolved over a period of time to a state… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
Americans were people who wanted to leave every place better than they found it, to leave every man more of a man… — Stella Benson Copy Share Image
Suddenly Po shot into the courtyard from the north vestibule whooping. Katsa, seeing him, broke into a run and they tore at… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
When artists connect to a system because they want to make a living, it's their own choice. In fashion, designers don't have… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
I have already related to you great and admirable things; but, if you might be induced to adventure upon the hazard of… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
The stately heavens which glory doth array, are mirrors of God's admirable might; there, whence forth spreads the night, forth springs the… — William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling Copy Share Image
The form of government which you admire, when its principles are pure is admirable indeed. It is productive of every Thing which… — John Adams Copy Share Image
There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But he still says so. There was no link between Saddam Hussein and… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
One of the presidents we could have done without… There are some things I admire about Tyler, but there were also plenty… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Changing the way we talk is not political correctness run amok. It reflects an admirable willingness to acknowledge others who once were… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
The question we should be asking is not why people are sometimes cruel, or even why a few people are usually cruel… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life are showing a kind of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness.… — William Martin Copy Share Image
How admirable and beautiful is the simplicity of the Evangelists! They never speak injuriously of the enemies of Jesus Christ, of His… — Jean Racine Copy Share Image
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