Writing a poem ... is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Well, years and years ago, I started to ask myself three very simple questions, which dominated my life for many years. One… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A love affair begins with a fantasy. For instance, that the beloved will always be there. — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
The Dreyfus Affair is an exceptional case. It's true that here and there you can find some dregs of anti-Semitism, but the… — Jean-Marie Le Pen Copy Share Image
Scientists themselves readily admit that they do not fully understand the consequences of our many-faceted assault upon the interwoven fabric of atmosphere,… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
It was an American who said that while a Frenchman's truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman's truth was more… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
On the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Control of thought is more important for governments that are free and popular than for despotic and military states. The logic is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Exasperation with the threefold frustration of action -- the unpredictability of its outcome, the irreversibility of the process, and the anonymity of… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
It's hard to hear the story of a love affair between two straight men, one of whom is the most divine woman… — Brian Topp Copy Share Image
Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women's… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
We may be assured by past experience, that such a practice [as some states charging high taxes on goods from other states]… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Money values do not simply mirror the state of affairs in the real world; valuation is a positive act that makes an… — George Soros Copy Share Image
If it be taught that all who are born have a right to support on the land, whatever be their number, and… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
The average American never loses his sleep about affairs which relate to his society and to our whole country. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The concern is over what will happen as strong encryption becomes commonplace with all digital communications and stored data. Right now the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As Minister of Foreign Affairs. I will work on deepening Haiti's links with its traditional partners from the North and the South,… — Laurent Lamothe Copy Share Image
If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Physical pain is not a simple affair of an impulse, travelling at a fixed rate along a nerve. It is the resultant… — Rene Leriche Copy Share Image
Life is a short affair; We should try to make it smooth, and free from strife. — Euripides Copy Share Image
By the time it's considered socially acceptable to start screwing, most of us are sexually constipated, and this is often an incurable… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and… — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
