The philosophers of industrialism, from Bacon to Bentham, from Smith to Marx, insisted that the improvement of man's condition was the highest… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Unlike earlier thinkers, who had sought to improve their accuracy by getting rid of error, Laplace realized that you should try to… — Kathryn Schulz Copy Share Image
A theologian of the cross says what a thing is. In modern parlance: a theologian of the cross calls a spade a… — Gerhard Copy Share Image
I didn't want to hear the usual answers about what's wrong because I believe these are symptoms: global warming, genocide, hunger, poverty,… — Tom Shadyac Copy Share Image
The trick to surviving an interrogation is patience. Don't offer up anything. Don't explain. Answer the question and only the question that… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Never take no for an answer. It took me 20 years between the time I wrote my first screenplay and the time… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
Disciple making also involves teaching people to obey all that Christ has commanded us. Now some might say, "Isn't that what preachers… — David Platt Copy Share Image
In his latest book Marc Ellis asks the defining question for Jewish life today: 'Can injustice, represented by Jewish domination of Jerusalem,… — Rosemary Radford Ruether Copy Share Image
They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
God does not answer our desperate questionings; he simply gives us himself. — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
The modern child will answer you back before you've said anything. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
A man is hit by a car while crossing a Beverly Hills street. A woman rushes to him and cradles his head… — Milton Berle Copy Share Image
The answer doesn't lie in learning how to protect ourselves from life-it lies in learning how to become strong enough to let… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Somehow the pain, the losses, the hurt, the bad, God is able to transform these into something they could have never been,… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
When students of other sciences ask us what is now currently believed about the origin of species, we have no clear answer… — William Bateson Copy Share Image
The answer can't be found in books - or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to… — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
Humility is the essence of repentance. Humility is selfless, not selfish. It doesn't demand its own way or speak with moral superiority.… — L. Whitney Clayton Copy Share Image
I have been hired by Allah to get a wage, which if the space between the Earth and sky is filled up… — Fatima bint Muhammad Copy Share Image
When you ask for advice it means that you already know the answer but wish you didn't. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wrote Pay Any Price as my answer to the government's campaign against me. — James Risen Copy Share Image
Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason....When I read the… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
