With the advance of knowledge, therefore, prayer and sacrifice assume the leading place in religious ritual; and magic; which once ranked with… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
Virtue knowing no base repulse, shines with untarnished honour; nor does she assume or resign her emblems of honour by the will… — Horace Copy Share Image
Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich… — Steve Forbert Copy Share Image
No man may initiate the use of physical force against others. No man-or group or society or government-has the right to assume… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
That the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The thing we adore about these dog-whistle kerfuffles is that the people who react to the whistle always assume it's intended for… — James Taranto Copy Share Image
We may assume the superiority ceteris paribus of the demonstration which derives from fewer postulates or hypotheses - in short, from fewer… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
So many of the chemical reactions occurring in living systems have been shown to be catalytic processes occurring isothermally on the surface… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
Find your own picture, your own self in anything that goes bad. It's awfully easy to mouth off at your staff or… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
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
It was quite unusual to use the recorder as a concert instrument. But my mother, a pianist, actually helped me a lot… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
California has often led the country, indeed the world, in the technology, consumption, trends, lifestyles, and of course, mass entertainment. It is… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
It's not good to assume what your kid wants. It's not good to push them in their own way. It's not good… — Quvenzhane Wallis Copy Share Image
The theory I propose may therefore be called a theory of the Electromagnetic Field because it has to do with the space… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
I know some very great writers, writers you love who write beautifully and have made a great deal of money, and not… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You know, we're very private, and I think that we really separate and try to keep our privacy to ourselves. There's things… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
I've been asked to explain why I don't worry much about the topics of privacy threat...One reason is that these scenarios seem… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
We shall always be a small minority in the world, but, when a small nation accomplishes something with its limited means, what… — Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Copy Share Image
Because he sounded so lost-the Eric I knew had never been one to do anything other than assume others should serve him-I… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
You know, people see [August: Osage County], and I tell them that it's based on my family, and they assume that I… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
It's funny when you can actually relate to the fans on a human level and it happens all the time. People assume… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
We cannot safely assume that other people's minds work on the same principles as our own. All too often, others with whom… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
I am comforted by life's stability, by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place in the unfolding of… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
If the US is the country that most contributes with greenhouse gases, in the world, it should assume more responsibility to reduce… — David Luiz Copy Share Image