Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and of the… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
“People assume time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
I think it was not a bad idea to wrap Barack Obama in the mantle of Teddy Roosevelt. He`s been assuming a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are an intelligent species caught in an historical process. No generation which proceeded us knew what was going on, and there… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Men ardently pursue truth, assuming it will be angels' bread when found. — William Macneile Dixon Copy Share Image
Never, ever condescend to the reader. Assume you are writing for someone better and smarter than you are. This will protect you… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
If we assume that man actually does resemble God, then we are forced into the impossible theory that God is a coward,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We now operate in a world in which we can assume neither competence nor good faith from the authorities. The consequences of… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
What was I supposed to be, growing in your womb -- assuming it was even in our womb that I was conceived?… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The death of God left the angels in a strange position. They were overtaken suddenly by a fundamental question. One can attempt… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one. — Kevin O'Leary 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
This modernizing experiment seems to have something diabolic about it. Everything that was becomes rejected in the name of a modernity that… — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share Image
If future society assumes the contours foretold by Marxism, if the jungle of our cities turns to the polis of man and… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The process of induction is the process of assuming the simplest law that can be made to harmonize with our experience. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Nothing in life possesses value except the degree of power--assuming that life itself is the will to power. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Each of us assumes everyone else knows what HE is doing. They all assume we know what WE are doing. We don't...Nothing… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The economic disasters of socialism and communism come from assuming a blanket superiority of those who want to run a whole economy. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Emulation has been termed a spur to virtue, and assumes to be a spur of gold. But it is a spur composed… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Individuality is a real power inherent in all and the development and consequent expression of this power enables one to assume the… — Charles F. Haanel Copy Share Image
Managers who assume that higher profits drive better working conditions may have their logic backwards. Contrary to conventional wisdom, our research identified… — James O'Toole Copy Share Image
Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and show that… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God... It is a strange fact that Christians and even ministers… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
