“You rise above your fears by facing them, not by ignoring them. And you can do that because you’re not the fear… — Surya Raj Copy Share Image
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I've been talking about income inequality in America for twenty years, and when I was president, people didn't pay much attention to… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
There are no parallels to the life of the concentration camps. All seeming parallels create confusion and distract attention from what is… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Why does evolution matter? There is so much about the evolution of life, the development of life on Earth that should rivet… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
There are lots of similarities between being a writer and a lawyer: to tell a story to a jury, hold their attention,… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
The truly scientific mind is altogether unafraid of the new, and while having no mercy for ideas which have served their turn… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
Pop music can somehow survive being inhibited and mangled by its harsh and stupid commercial chains, and there is surely irreducible potential… — Paul Morley Copy Share Image
Let me here call attention to one of the most universally popular mistakes that have to do with photography - that of… — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
A very common symptom in maniacal conditions is erotic excitement. This varies from mere coquetry, a somewhat extended application of the command… — Daniel Hack Tuke Copy Share Image
When a destitute mother starts earning an income, her dreams of success invariably center around her children. A woman's second priority is… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Exegetical commentaries on the books of the Bible come in all shapes and sizes. Harold Hoehner's new volume on Ephesians has both… — Ralph P. Martin Copy Share Image
My family was very engaged in the world around us. My father was an African Methodist Episcopal minister and an immigrant from… — Gwen Ifill Copy Share Image
There is a close relationship between a house full of possessions and a heart full of desires, between a cluttered closet and… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
I'm concerned about the future of football, because we have paid a lot of attention to concussions. We are more aware of… — Ann McKee Copy Share Image
People are mostly focused on defending the computers on the Internet, and there's been surprisingly little attention to defending the Internet itself… — Danny Hillis Copy Share Image
What I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness.… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
“At best Americans give but a limited attention to history. Too much happens too rapidly, and before we can evaluate it, or… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
This is really the common mentality of prisoners: they read with great attention all the articles that deal with illnesses and send… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
In the end, the most important thing to me is that I've raised three kids. I know that'll be the most important… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
You can't see any movie nowadays really without it having some sort of CGI treatment, albeit whether it's a creature or an… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
Those who are marginal in the world are central in the Church, and that is how it is supposed to be! Thus… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
It is often said that the modern exhibition has ruined painting. It is an unfortunate fact that it does encourage competition, so… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
She had a bracelet on one taper arm, which would fall down over her round wrist. Mr. Thornton watched the replacing of… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
By not paying attention to your body, you are putting it in the same predicament as a neglected child. How can a… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
We are living in a period in which many people have changed their mind about what the use of music is or… — John Cage Copy Share Image
Rule Number One is this: If you’re open to learning, you get your life-lessons delivered as gently as the tickle of a… — Gay Hendricks Copy Share Image
If you make something, it's an artifact. It's something that somebody or some corporate entity has caused to come into being. A… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I don't think poetry will die, but I think that poetry does demand a certain kind of attention to language. It does… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
Everybody isn't your friend. Just because they hang around you and laugh with you doesn't mean they're for you. Just because they… — Trent Shelton Copy Share Image
The twin guardian angels whose eyes and hands and wings had focused protective attention on the souls that lay there no longer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People always lean toward who's the best guitar player, who's the best singer? I don't see it that way. They're all the… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
Habits of thought lead us to brush aside descriptions of cruelty to animals as emotional, for "animal-lovers only"; or if not that,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
There's a misconception about girls accusing people of sexual assault. There's this sense of, Well, she might be lying, she might be… — Jon Shenk Copy Share Image
I hadn't even released my first proper single when I started to feel the strain of attention. But I don't believe that… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows what attention is. It is taking possession of the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what… — William James Copy Share Image
Thou art merciful; when all my endeavour is turned toward Thee because all Thy endeavour is turned toward me; when I look… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
I don't think goal setting is an important basis for a retail business - or for anyone. Most of the time goal… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Architects should be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music,… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
The poor Constitution itself is hardly paid any attention to. It's necessary to ignore it because most of what government does these… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
