The number one problem in academia today is not ignorant students but ignorant professors, who have substituted narrow "expertise" and "theoretical sophistication"… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Again, if there are really no fairies, why do people believe in them, all over the world? The ancient Greeks believed, so… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Actually learning ancient Greek was a brilliant practice of mine because you'd sit there and you'd read a sentence and sometimes it… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Hospitality is always an act that benefits the host even more than the guest. The concept of hospitality arose in ancient times… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
I conceive of the film as a modern art form particularly interesting to the sense of sight. Painting has its own peculiar… — Hans Richter Copy Share Image
I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the… — Jeremy Northam Copy Share Image
In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
It has been long considered possible to explain the more ancient revolutions on... the Earth surface by means of these still existing… — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
In our world, 80 to 90 percent of women's weight gain comes from overindulging in insulin-stimulating food. And it's not hardcore, straight-up,… — Jorge Cruise Copy Share Image
Possess the "Nobel Factor": Possess and constantly demonstrate optimism, faith, and hope. They create choices. I am reminded of an ancient Chinese… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that 'legends' depend on the language to… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have… — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
Star Trek speaks to some basic human needs: that there is a tomorrow—it's not all going to be over with a big… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
In very clear and available language, this book details how to recognize the inner critic and how to deal effectively with it.… — A. H. Almaas Copy Share Image
It is my sincere opinion that our precious time on earth should not be spent attempting to justify unbelievable acts of cruelty,… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
So how do we solve this ancient problem? How can we not just tolerate someone who believes differently than we do, but… — John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth Copy Share Image
To be sure, the ancient belief that the dream reveals the future is not entirely devoid of truth. By representing to us… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Each day as I travel through downtown Tucson, I am amazed at how quickly the most ancient of human behaviors have changed.… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
There are actually two separate issues here. The first is whether (as ancient philosophers and Nietzsche assume) only the privileged elite can… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Philosophy - reduced, as we have seen, to philosophical discourse - develops from this point on in a different atmosphere and environment… — Pierre Hadot Copy Share Image
Sycamore trees were held to be sacred in ancient Egypt and are the first trees represented in ancient art. The sycamore, also,… — Larry Gates Copy Share Image
I remember myself, that when I was young, I had sometime the company of one ancient godly minister, who was of weaker… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. Never drink when you are wretched without it, or you will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Light is the only connection we have with the Universe beyond our solar system, and the only connection our ancestors had with… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
The way of presentation is different according to each religion. In theistic religions like Buddhism, Buddhist values are incorporated. In nontheistic religions,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Pharisaism became Talmudism...But the spirit of the Ancient Pharisee survives unaltered. When the Jew...studies the Talmud, he is actually repeating the arguments… — Louis Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Were art to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life and restoring him to… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
Poetry transcends the nation-state. Poetry transcends government. It brings the traditional concept of power to its knees. I have always believed poetry… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
It may be well to remember that the highest level of moral aspiration recorded in history was reached by a few ancient… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Miracles are commonplace in religious scripture. Our ancient ancestors are said to have felt Jesus' wounds, verified Muhammad's ascent to heaven, and… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
The deepest hunger in life is a secret that is revealed only when a person is willing to unlock a hidden part… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
One could say that what differentiates ancient from modern philosophy is the fact that, in ancient philosophy, it was not only Chrysippus… — Pierre Hadot Copy Share Image
I write about heroes all the time, and I'm struck by how much of what fills us with wonder in the man-made… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
The real slums are another matter. The bad parts of Tondo are as bad as any place I've seen, ancient, filthy houses… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
My view is that our minds are incredibly powerful animals that are, during life, kept somewhat in check by the load of… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public; the advantage… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
'Changes in Latitudes' began when I was looking at a photograph of a sea turtle swimming underwater. I had such a strong… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
If you start thinking about the kids being born now, for them the computer is ancient history. So one imagines that when… — Robert Coover Copy Share Image
...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Here in the United States, when the term "fascist" gets used, it's either talking about other countries, ancient history or it's used… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
