I've always said it's flattering to be desired, just as it's flattering that people accept the reality of the character you play.… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
History shows that the human mind, fed by constant accessions of knowledge, periodically grows too large for its theoretical coverings, and bursts… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The considerations upon which expectations of prospective yields are based are partly existing facts which we can assume to be known more… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I would not have used the phrase "I'm selling you" because even though that's exactly what you're doing, when you tell people… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
I assume, gladly, that in the allocation to America of remarkable leaders like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln, the Lord… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
And here I arrive at my point. The point is that everyone has a different dream. The point is that it is… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
It is, indeed, part of the liberal attitude to assume that, especially in the economic field, the self-regulating forces of the market… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
We all expect photographs to be a picture of something. We assume that the photographer observed a place, a person, an event… — Uta Barth Copy Share Image
To consider powerful souls as if they were a useful public resource is quite foreign to our customs. In a small sense… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
How do we allow God into our minds, bodies, relationships, and life? We stop squeezing the divine out through our preconceived notions… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Chess continues to advance over time, so the players of the future will inevitably surpass me in the quality of their play,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I sincerely believe that we not only have the right to know what is good and what is evil; we have the… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
If Putin decides to run, which we are assuming that he will, there really isn't anything that can stop him. He can… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
I think of the US as an empire. The UK at one point, because of its reach, was an empire. But these… — Anthony B Pinn Copy Share Image
Could the best and kindest of us who depart from the earth have an opportunity of revisiting it, I suppose he or… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I assume the only reason we have them is so that white people feel relevant in sports. Because other than that the… — Daniel Tosh Copy Share Image
Edward Snowden's real "crime" is that he demonstrated how knowledge can be used to empower people, to get them to think as… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I love my career, but I feel like you've got to babysit a lot of aspects of things. Assuming that things will… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
You see how this House of Commons has begun to verify all the ill prophecies that were made of it - low,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Why don't we all just go crazy when we know were going to croak? Because the mind's a monkey. You put things… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
What is known as success assumes nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it. Like love, it can come… — Stephen Birmingham Copy Share Image
The common people feel themselves oppressed by the grasping of some, and their vanity is flattered by others. Fired with evil passions,… — Polybius Copy Share Image
Our approach to reality, our sense of reality, cannot assume that the text of nature, the book of life, is a cryptogram… — Peter Redgrove Copy Share Image
Denis Healey refused to contribute an article to the 'Guardian' about his intentions, and was punished by the electorate - and then… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
I always assume that nothing that I make is going to be a success, that everything I make is going to be… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
In the practice of art... it is necessary to keep a watchful and jealous eye over ourselves; idleness, assuming the specious disguise… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
With us the inner nature accords with the outer expectation. The body follows the mind, and the mind seeks the soul, which… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody… — Wilma Mankiller Copy Share Image
It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
You assume we are all sexually stable; while on the other hand, as I have become acquainted with people, I find that… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
When you write a piece of software you assume a certain type of hardware. If you assume hardware that's too powerful then… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Unfortunately there are too many examples of members of Congress and other elected officials using language, referring to your opponents in ways… — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
If things are ever to move upward, some one must take the first step, and assume the risk of it. No one… — William James Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as too late. There are different roles for different ages, assuming an actress has something to offer. There… — Ayelet Zurer Copy Share Image
I belong to a generation - assuming that this generation includes others besides me - that lost its faith in the gods… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
The orthodox view of colour experience assumes that, when we see a colour difference between two surfaces viewed side-by-side, this is because… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
I have heard of that idea. I also met certain Rastafarians. I told them clearly that I am a man, that I… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
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