Death never mattered at those times - in the early days I even used to pray for it: the shattering annihilation that… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
It is an observation of one of the profoundest inquirers into human affairs that a revolution of government is the strongest proof… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Happiness is yours in the here and now. The painful states of anxiety and loneliness are abolished permanently. Financial affairs are not… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Geoffrey's personal style was very different from mine. He has a lovely speaking voice, a quiet speaking voice. But at Cabinet we… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
...by serving as the dominant power in the Gulf, WE maintain a 'stranglehold' over the economies of other nations. This gives us… — Michael Klare Copy Share Image
Because subjects like literature and art history have no obvious material pay-off, they tend to attract those who look askance at capitalist… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really an affair… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
Gardening is a cooperative affair. I am a part of a neighborhood in which plants, dirt, rocks and a human family participate… — Jim Nollman 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
Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I have to say, as a young woman of color, and this may sound controversial, in sci-fi, anything is possible. In sci-fi… — Kandyse McClure Copy Share Image
Men who neglect philosophy while busying themselves with ordinary affairs are like the Suitors [in the Odyssey] who desired Penelope but went… — Gorgias Copy Share Image
The great affair, the love affair with life, is to live as variously as possible, to groom one's curiosity like a high-spirited… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you… — Marian Anderson Copy Share Image
Marriage is a very strange thing. It’s a very public institution, it’s meant to tell the world that two people are going… — Shashi Deshpande Copy Share Image
To think that the affairs of this life always remain in the same state is a vain presumption; indeed they all seem… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Since ancient times, the philosophers' secret has always been this: we know that God does not exist, or, at least, if he… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Our Party's Songun-based revolutionary leadership, Songun-based politics, is a revolutionary mode of leadership and socialist mode of politics that gives top priority… — Kim Jong Il Copy Share Image
The Persians are very fond of wine ... It is also their general practice to deliberate upon affairs of weight when they… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What kind of person would run for president of the United States in today's political climate? It would have to be somebody… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
On the whole, however, the critic is far less of a professional faultfinder than is sometimes imagined. He is first of all… — Robert Wilson Lynd Copy Share Image
The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
