In the constitution of Spain as proposed by the late Cortes, there was a principle entirely new to me:... that no person… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have… — Kabir Copy Share Image
There's been an amazing backlash for the last decade in America: political correctness. In many ways, I think that, while we've been… — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering.… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and… — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Danger comes in many forms, I suppose. For some people, it might be jumping off a bridge or climbing impossible moutains. For… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
This withdrawal of theology from the world of secular affairs is made more complete by the work of biblical scholars whose endlessly… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
My experiences of men has neither disposed me to think worse of them nor be indisposed to serve them: nor, in spite… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal ones. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The study of law can be disappointing at times, a matter of applying narrow rules and arcane procedure to an uncooperative reality;… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Consider non your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge. Be careful with… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Americans are inclined to see the world and foreign affairs in black and white. — Richard Kerry Copy Share Image
Society would be a charming affair if we were only interested in one another. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Well, in Washington, this is a very hard time for Eleanor and Franklin. This is when Lucy Mercer first appears. And Lucy… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
The longer I live the more convinced I become that God governs in the affairs of men. And have we now forgotten… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Scientists are entitled to be proud of their accomplishments, and what accomplishments can they call 'theirs' except the things they have done… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
If someone with whom one is having an affair keeps on mentioning some woman whom he knew in the past, however long… — Sei Shonagon Copy Share Image
I'm very crafty! One time I made a television set out of a cardboard box - Everybody thought it was a lark!… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
I found Mr. Carter's actions toward the Republic of China so incredible that they defy description by socially acceptable expletives. If December… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
You are hurting people. you are hurting yourself. I care about myself and I feel more than other people. — Jody Bon Copy Share Image
I have never known more than fifteen minutes of anxiety or fear. Whenever I feel fearful emotions overtaking me, I just close… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Action is an attempt to substitute a more satisfactory state of affairs for a less satisfactory one. We call such a willfully… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
