Scrupulous people are not suited to great affairs. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune Copy Share Image
A state of affairs which leads to daily vexation is not the right state. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Artist colonies are notorious for breaking up marriages and housing affairs. — Kerry Cohen Copy Share Image
Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do. — Bradley Whitford Copy Share Image
Gods are nothing without their worshipers; they act on the affairs and the passions of men. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
'Meet the Press' is the oldest and most treasured public affairs show on television. — David Shuster Copy Share Image
Generally our confidences move downward rather than upward; in our secret affairs, we employ our inferiors much more than our bettors. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Friendship is the only point in human affairs concerning the benefit of which all, with one voice, agree. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Keep from prying into other people's affairs, for such prying gives occasion for slander, judgment, and other grievous sins. Why do you… — Tikhon of Zadonsk Copy Share Image
Motion picture making is a very, very involved affair. It is completely my baby. I'm a thorough professional. I plan films right… — Dev Anand Copy Share Image
It is a small soul, buried beneath the weight of affairs, that does not know how to get clean away from them,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs. — Carroll O'Connor Copy Share Image
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Right and left; the hothouse and the street. The Right can only live and work hermetically, in the hothouse of the past,… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
The full meaning of life, the collective meaning of all human desires, is fundamentally a mystery beyond our grasp. As a young… — Eugene Wigner Copy Share Image
I will employ my strength for the welfare of the German people, protect the Constitution and laws of the German people, conscientiously… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The US and Canada are now increasingly isolated in the hemisphere, and sooner or later, I think we're going to find that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I wish I had the luxury of time to read and write like grad students do. That sounds pretty awesome. When I… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
How many hearts with warm, red blood in them are beating under cover of the woods, and how many teeth and eyes… — John Muir Copy Share Image
I've always had a love affair with New York City, and I've threatened to get an apartment there one day. But it… — Steve Antin Copy Share Image
Why doesn't anyone address the substantive question of why other states blatantly interfere in Israel's internal affairs? Israel does not meddle in… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
“Ella finds this story inside herself: A woman, loved by a man who criticises her throughout their long relationship for being unfaithful… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism. Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
Home is a place in the mind. When it is empty, it frets. It is fretful with memory, faces and places and… — Maeve Brennan Copy Share Image
“An attachment grew up. What is an attachment? It is the most difficult of all the human interrelationships to explain, because it… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
Most Iranians are sick and tired of revolutions. They've had one for the last 25 years, and they don't want another one.… — Kenneth M. Pollack Copy Share Image
“Father is pleased with your progress. You humans are all the same you know. You’re always refusing just to enjoy the moment… — Anna Aquino Copy Share Image
“For some reason she found that Allan Harrington's attitude of absolute detachment made the whole affair seem much easier for her. And… — Margaret Widdemer Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that all books aren't that way. I think that might apply to any book I was writing. The book… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image