In western civilization, the period ruled by mysticism is known as the 'Dark Ages' and the 'Middle Ages'. I will assume that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I would say most people assume that I'm not very smart or educated or earnest, because I have this image that I'm… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry. And I think… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The influence of friendship upon culture differs from that of love, in that it assumes the basic idiosyncrasies of personal taste to… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
We have been led to believe that we have come a long way toward world nuclear disarmament. But that is not the… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
The problems raised by a conscious direction of economic affairs on a national scale inevitably assume even greater dimensions when the same… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
It is more parsimonious to assume that the sun goes around the Earth, that atoms at the smallest scale operate in accordance… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
I think historically modern economics, capitalist economics, tends to erode moral categories... And this is where I think the right gets capitalism… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying,… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Today's comedian has a cross to bear that he built himself. A comedian of the older generation did an act and he… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
I know how I felt when I saw things like 'Fame' on television when I was growing up and how that was… — Brian d'Arcy James Copy Share Image
Now, at times this issue has tended to degenerate into an 'either-or' type of debate. Either we protect our people from terror… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our… — Melissa Bean Copy Share Image
...pretty much everyone hates high school. It's a measure of your humanity, I suspect. If you enjoyed high school, you were probably… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
True politeness is consideration for the opinions of others. It has been said of dogmatism that it is only puppyism come to… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Interactivity has the virtue of democracy, conferring upon everyone with access to a computer the right and opportunity to be heard, but… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Now that I believe in God, I have an extra layer of saying I'll write about what I write about and assume… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
The weakness in a model in which one assumes that the electorate gets what it needs from Bill Clinton is that our… — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
If you tell certain people that you like Kerouac, they assume that's all you read, like you don't know anything else about… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
Populism in contemporary art can become a dirty word. There is this notion that to not be understood is a reflection of… — Dario Robleto Copy Share Image
To assume you know someone well enough that you can and do predict their behavior and mental perspective is a gross and… — Meredith L. Young-Sowers Copy Share Image
Recently, I have come to assume that any call to my landline is from a telemarketer or an automated call from Terminex,… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
No one is perfect and everyone is different, but everyone one is beautiful in their own way and that's what makes us… — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Copy Share Image
The will to incessant creation is vulgar, betraying jealousy, envy, and ambition. Assuming that you are something, there is really nothing that… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Governments having failed the people, the people are entirely justified in assuming for themselves and essential role in government. Where a government… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the… — James Levine Copy Share Image
[The] humanization of mathematical teaching, the bringing of the matter and the spirit of mathematics to bear not merely upon certain fragmentary… — Cassius Jackson Keyser Copy Share Image
The function of criticism is the reeducation of perception of works of art? The conception that its business is to appraise, to… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I live in the Hollywood Hills. When I see a cop driving around there, I actually assume that he has my best… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
As a professional photographer I take photographs for other people to see - but I want them to see what I see.… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I don't know if people feel this way, but I think by nature that when you start off as a young pop… — Debbie Gibson Copy Share Image
Once we have found ourselves, we must understand how from time to time to lose--and then to find--ourselves once again: assuming,that is,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
You run a major risk when you assume that you alone have all the answers: You don't, and that's okay. You don't… — Georgette Mosbacher Copy Share Image
A nation ignorant of the equal benefits of liberty and law, must be awed by the flashes of arbitrary power: the cruelty… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume… — Neil Sheehan Copy Share Image
The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Anyone who renounces the world must love all men, for he renounces their world too. He thus begins to have some inkling… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image