Let the ancient serve the present, let the foreign serve the national; by developing that which has been accomplished one creates something… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
There is no English surname, however ancient and dignified, that cannot instantly be improved by the prefix ‘Spanker’. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“but bein alive & bein a woman & bein colored is a metaphysical dilemma/ i havent conquered yet/ do you see the… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
Because drumming was recognized as an ancient source and symbol of the power of female technicians of the sacred, drumming was banned.… — Layne Redmond Copy Share Image
Water helped ancient man learn those first lessons about the rights of others and responsibility to a larger society.... It became part… — Max Meyer Copy Share Image
“To the Hesitating Purchaser: "If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure, heat and cold, If schooners, islands, and maroons And… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
The members of the Atlantean Mystery School were the earliest human explorers of the frontiers of inner space. Through their meditative journeys… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Whoa, don't assume, dude," Marco said. "My mom always said, when you assume you make an ass of u and me --” — Peter Lerangis Copy Share Image
THE NAME OF THE WIND has everything fantasy readers like, magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
It could be a meeting on the street, or a party or a lecture, or just a simple, banal introduction, then suddenly… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
Why, exactly, are scientists supposed to accord "respect" to a bunch of ancient fables that are not only ludicrous on their face,… — Jerry A. Coyne Copy Share Image
It is quite common to hear high officials in Washington and elsewhere speak of changing the map of the Middle East, as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The church has contributed nothing to civilization. It has progressed somewhat, and it has become a little more decent, in reflection of… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
I love Paris for its wide boulevards and cafes, and Rome for the ancient history, as seen at the Forum. — Alan Titchmarsh Copy Share Image
Jesus appeared unto the ancient Nephites, in the northern part of what we call South America. — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
Medicine, electronic communications, space travel, genetic manipulation . . . these are the miracles about which we now tell our children. These… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
In ancient African cultures, a young man was not considered a full member of the tribe, an elder, a man. He couldn't… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
At bottom, textual criticism for virtually all other ancient literature relies on creative conjectures, or imaginative guesses, at reconstructing the wording of… — Daniel B. Wallace Copy Share Image
Five hundred years before Christ some physicians of ancient India, working under the influence of the Lord Buddha, advanced the art of… — Edward Bach Copy Share Image
After all, that's why we read historical fiction-to be transported to another time, and to be astonished at ancient people's lives and… — Michelle Moran Copy Share Image
To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream. — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Western societies from ancient Athens to imperial Rome to the French republic rarely collapsed because of a shortage of resources or because… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Long drawn, the cool, green shadows Steal o'er the lake's warm breast, And the ancient silence follows The burning sun to rest.… — William Braithwaite Copy Share Image
Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a… — Zoltan Kodaly Copy Share Image
