Reason ought not, like vanity, to adorn herself with ancient parchments, and the display of a genealogical tree; more dignified in her… — Suzanne Curchod Copy Share Image
I don't say that I'm an atheist. I don't like that term, because I think it mirrors the certitude of religion. I… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
When a man is overcome by anger, he has a poisoned fever. He loses his strength, he loses his power over himself… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
We should lay aside every hindrance and endeavour by uniting the whole force and spirit of our people to raise again a… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When I was young, I couldn't imagine women of 60 falling in love. For one thing, people used to stay married; they… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
A good wife is like the ivy which beautifies the building to which it clings, twining its tendrils more lovingly as time… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
One of the things that you see ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists agree on is that strong relationships are a key to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you of course… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
Alternative explanations are always welcome in science, if they are better and explain more. Alternative explanations that explain nothing are not welcome...… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
Ancient wisdom: deal in personal trust; your word is your bond; avoid extremes; treat the money you invest for others as something… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Essential to our personal faith and development is the unmistakable knowledge that our Father and our Savior want us to succeed. They… — Dean M. Davies Copy Share Image
Even if these stories are 3,000 years old, there's still so much about the characters, about the dilemmas, about their understanding of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Sometimes, in the trenches, you get the sense of something, ancient. One trench we held, it had skulls in the side, embedded,… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
I wonder if I can write this history, or if on every page there will be some sneaking show of a bitterness… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Knowledge has always been important, of course. The ancient Egyptians did not raise the stones for the pyramids relying on the incantations… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
When I was young, beautiful ancient statues were castrated, so that the eye might not be corrupted… Nothing was gained, unless horses… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
No invader has ever conquered the heart of Poland, that spirit which is the inheritance of sons and daughters, the private passion… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
From antiquity, Latin died but is still studied in seminaries and elite universities. So did Sanskrit in Asia. iI was replaced by… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
I've just always been a coin collector, ever since my grandfather had some ancient coins that he passed down to me, it's… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
It's curiosity, and always a sense of poetry. You see it in particular in the chapter "Iceland" where I'm reciting ancient Icelandic… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
The new history is really ancient history newly discovered. Journalists are taking crash courses in the blood-drenched background of Serbs, Croats, Bosnians,… — Henry Grunwald Copy Share Image
His own voice was older than he was. Ancient, unearthed from some mystical subterranean place...The voice seemed to make his whole body… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
I thought it must be desperate to be old. To wake up in the morning and remember that you were ancient -… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
When you are enlightened and have united your mind with the deepest and most ancient part of the mind of the universe,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
O, You who are ever giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
“In little pockets of conversation, old men were telling stories of ancient floods. Women were talking of about how much rain there'd… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“The ancient Ionians were the first we know of to argue systematically that laws and forces of Nature, rather than gods, are… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“O light! This is the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate. This last… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Amygdalin ('Laetrile')..has been employed medically for many centuries. Ancient herbal pharmacopeias recommended the bitter almond for the treatment for a variety of… — Charles Moertel Copy Share Image
I've got a lot of shows under my belt that are ancient history solely because they were on the air before this… — Jim Beaver Copy Share Image
We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests. And that's where I put myself: as a storyteller. Not… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
In the Classical tradition, deriving from ancient Greece and Rome, beauty was perceived as the means by which the artist captured the… — John Walford Copy Share Image
Going after a part in Hollywood is like being a gladiator in ancient Rome. When it comes down to getting a role,… — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
The husband - by primitive instinct partly, certainly by ancient tradition - regards himself as the active partner in matters of love… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
Images, the visual power of present-day capitalism, like the ritual constructions of ancient Egypt, are refined ways of inhibiting and crushing man. — Edmundo Desnoes Copy Share Image
The high-priests and priestesses of Atlantis had discovered many of the deepest secrets of the universe. They had come to understand all… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered.… — John Green Copy Share Image
