I have no desire to write historical anything or futuristic anything - I want to find a way to get at the… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is in order to really see, to see ever deeper, ever more intensely, hence to be fully aware and alive, that… — Frederick Franck Copy Share Image
I like to think of fire held in a man's hand. Fire, a dangerous force, tamed at his fingertips. I often wonder… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Yet at the last Beren was slain by the Wolf that came from the gates of Angband, and he died in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Alive. I want to be alive, and I have no idea why, seeing how hideous life is at times. Maybe it's belief,… — Brittainy C. Cherry Copy Share Image
A mutually fulfilled sexual union between two people is the rarest sensation which life can provide. But it is not quite real.… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
You write a character, but in essence, it's just a concept of what it could be, and then actors come in and… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
Christians got a lot of work to do. But, the spirit of Dorothy Day is alive. Martin Luther King is still alive.… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Particularly when the war power is invoked to do things to the liberties of people, or to their property or economy that… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
How can there be methods and systems to arrive at something that is living? To that which is static, fixed, dead, there… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I can't stop some idiot from crashing into a building or blowing up a bus, I can only be your dad and… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
Having a plan enabled us to keep our hope alive. Perhaps in a similar fashion, people who are in their own personal… — Chesley Sullenberger Copy Share Image
The depression belongs to all of us. I think of the family down the road whose mother was having a baby and… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
A challenge to the right of Israel to exist can be construed as a challenge to the existence of the Jewish people… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
I think we all try to figure out ways to ignore the fact that life is about suffering. In the modern world,… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
We set forth on a journey to bring our vision to our country, to keep the American dream alive for all who… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The word ‘holiday’ comes from ‘holy day’ and holy means ‘exalted and worthy of complete devotion.’ By that definition, all days are… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Then the Lord said, "This is the year of crazy, substantial hope." Then I saw many sitting around the Table of the… — Bob Hartley Copy Share Image
If you're alive, you can't be bored in San Francisco. If you're not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life…San Francisco… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Baptism was to put a line of demarcation between your past sins when you are buried with Him by Baptism-you are burying… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
There's nobody in the world that wouldn't change places with the Americans. The economy is phenomenally large, the entrepreneurial class is very… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I've had my breath taken away when a fan told me since watching my speech she has stopped herself being beaten up… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
A warrior must cultivate the feeling that he has everything needed for the extravagant journey that is his life. What counts for… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Clearly the human story is one of acceleration. There has been a Moore curve in terms of the number of people alive… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
I've always wondered what it would be like if the Messiah, or Christ Returned, were actually alive and living in our society;… — James Frey Copy Share Image
Times change. God doesn’t, but times do. We learn and grow, and the world around us shifts, and the Christian faith is… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Since, in the long run, every planetary society will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
It may seem strange, but the most grateful I've ever felt was when I was held up at gunpoint. After I handed… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
You know, I didn't write my books for critics and scholars. I wrote them for students and artists. When I hear how… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified. It is attitude. It is all the things that your parents told you not to do.… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
I woke up early one morning a couple of years ago and felt the tenderness of my being alone, the bitter sweetness… — Roger Housden Copy Share Image
The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious reason will never happen to itself. All… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
In the broadest possible sense, writing well means to communicate clearly and interestingly and in a way that feels alive to the… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
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You make something from things that have happened and from things that exist and from all things that you know and all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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