All systems are capitalist. It's just a matter of who owns and controls the capital -- ancient king, dictator, or private individual.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The ancient Greeks, as Plato reports, believed that we discover truth through "reminiscence," that is by "remembering," by intuitively searching into our… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
According to ancient mythology, trees link the Earth to the sky. In this respect trees link humans to another world. — Richard Allen Copy Share Image
The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
Astrology had an important role in the ancient world. You can't understand many things unless you know something about astrology - the… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The bourgeois stands like a question mark, Speechless, like the hungry cur, The ancient world stands there behind him, A mongrel dog,… — Alexander Blok Copy Share Image
The propensity to play is situated in very ancient regions of the brain. Rats that have had their neocortex removed still engage… — Jaak Panksepp Copy Share Image
Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island. — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Movies you pay for - well, sometimes they throw some ads at the beginning now - but generally you pay for ads.… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river,… — Reginald Heber Copy Share Image
The plow is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions; but long before he existed the land was… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I had always been an enthusiastic reader of stuff about ancient Greece. I would read Herodotus and Thucydides just for fun. — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Crowds are somewhat like the sphinx of ancient fable: It is necessary to arrive at a solution of the problems offered by… — Gustave Le Bon Copy Share Image
If you want to love, take the time to listen to your heart. In most ancient and wise cultures it is a… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
As she lifted the glittering strand of diamonds from the box, a small slip of paper fell out. She caught it as… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
I was always fascinated, even as a child, by antiques and ancient times. I always felt I should have been born in… — Margaret O'Brien Copy Share Image
Every day, the dispensing of existence.... Its face is fierce and distant and ancient. — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
The American Indians, the ancient Indians would say, the metaphysical ones would say: "Power binds us together." Power, for a while, makes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Dying, we tell ourselves, is like going to sleep. This figure of speech occurs very commonly in everyday thought and language, as… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
The final test of religious faith... is whether it will enable men to endure insecurity without complacency or despair, whether it can… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
