Heroism is about taking an action which represents a breakthrough, and then assuming full responsiblity for it, even if it's a failure. — Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof Copy Share Image
I am ready to serve the people of Afghanistan, particularly in order to restore peace. I will be ready to assume any… — Ahmad Copy Share Image
I wish you could see some of the girls I have genuinely had crushes on in my life. They're not the girls… — Chris Evans Copy Share Image
You don't ask a man, 'Do you want to be in control [of your job]?' You assume he wants control. Why would… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always… — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan.… — Imran Khan Copy Share Image
Contact lenses are for vain, weak-willed piglets who swan around showing off: 'Look everybody, I can see without spectacles. No one at… — Greg Proops Copy Share Image
I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
But the man and woman of seventy assume to know all, they have outlived their hope, they renounce aspiration, accept the actual… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Sometimes the future changes quickly and completely, and we’re left with only the choice of what to do next. We can choose… — Sandra Oh Copy Share Image
It's funny that when people reach a certain age, such as after graduating college, they assume it's time to go out and… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
Quite simply, there can be no popular sovereignty without a real belief in the value of government. If government does not assume… — Charles Derber Copy Share Image
I have heard of that idea [i.e., of Haile Selassie being the reincarnation of Jesus Christ]. I also met certain Rastafarians. I… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
It's astonishing how much trouble one can get oneself into, if one works at it. And astonishing how much trouble one can… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
We're taught that in life, we should try to look on the bright side. Not in this case. In this case, assume… — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
I guess nobody assumes anybody is a libertarian. It's a more complex political discussion than most people are used to, to explain… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
My practise as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment I assume that no god,… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Twenty thousand thieves landed at Hastings. These founders of the House of Lords were greedy and ferocious dragoons, sons of greedy and… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
We do not draw conclusions with our eyes, but with our reasoning powers, and if the whole of the rest of living… — August Weismann Copy Share Image
Every person with whom you interact is a part of the person you are becoming. Not a single interaction with a single… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
It is a mindless philosophy that assumes that one's private beliefs have nothing to do with public office. Does it make sense… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I'm 13 to 17, 18 years old; I thought that's what the world was like. It never occurred to me that this… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
I think that the notion of being creative is the notion that, inwardly, you assume that many things are possible. And that… — Paula Scher Copy Share Image
People will still make great art, but I think it's good to assume you will always be a failure. People were believing… — Wade Guyton Copy Share Image
We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God…We must not…assume that our schedule is our own to manage,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Basque is one of the world's more alarming languages. Only a handful of adult foreigners, they say, have ever managed to learn… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
In the absence of feedback, people will fill in the blanks with a negative. They will assume you don’t care about them… — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
Assume that your worldview is not borne by the public. More than that: Do not assume that those who think differently are… — Rolf Dobelli Copy Share Image
Even if you assume presidents were democratically elected they still have no right to keep secrets from the American people. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I can't see what's wrong about assuming intelligence in your audience and what's bad news about being rewarded for assuming that. — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath. If that is… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Whenever a number of individuals have a common name, we assume them to have also a corresponding idea or form. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Dogs are here to remind us life really is a simple thing. You eat, sleep, take walks, and pee when you must.… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
It's better to just plough ahead. And if I say something they don't get, I just make fun of myself for assuming… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
Some people, you have to grit your teeth in order to stay in the same room as them, but you get on… — Morley Safer Copy Share Image
I haven't had sex with many people in my life, and everyone just assumes that I'm good in bed!! I guess that's… — Brandon Boyd Copy Share Image