But the context of religion is a great background for doing science. In the words of Psalm 19, 'The heavens declare the… — Arthur Leonard Schawlow Copy Share Image
Surely words are just the background music when passion pounces on a soul. — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional,… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
... some of my people could have been left [in Africa] and are living there. And I can't understand them and they… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
I was a teenager, we were pretty much fully indoctrinated, thanks to sexual scare tactics. I remember so many public-health commercials with… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
The book is an unbearable totality. I write against a background of facets. — Edmond Jabes Copy Share Image
Being involved with Oxfam has really opened my eyes to the world at large and the suffering of others. But my background… — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
Rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Although contemporary advertising is relatively young, it already has a considerable tradition. Each new ad is encountered against a background of thousands… — Guy Cook Copy Share Image
the music was always in the background, like music at a church service; it was something to depend upon. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say that I'm very similar to the character of Nathan at all. Both of us have had very different upbringings… — James Lafferty Copy Share Image
The shape of my life is, of course, determined by many things; my background and childhood, my mind and its education, my… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have… — Bill Bruford Copy Share Image
Everyone uses the brain at every moment, but we use it unconsciously. We let it run in the background without realizing the… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
This recognition of the earlier human background, now so obvious to us, did not come all at once, for the inclusion of… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
The fact that wealthy people or people from privileged backgrounds may wind up in a violent terrorist organization is not new. — Lowell Bergman Copy Share Image
Currents of energy shimmer through our bodies. Like shooting stars, we rocket through spacious stillness. But this silent, unmoving background is nothing… — Anthony Lawlor Copy Share Image
The miracle of unity is being granted to us as we pray and work for it in the Lord's way. Our hearts… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
On the contrary, my desire is that the viewer sees the background coming forward in the lower portion of the canvas, fighting… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
…and there, in the background, the sky’s sediment had sunk to a place where all the woe of the words ‘I am’… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Why should not our whole life and its scenery be actually thus fair and distinct? All our lives want a suitable background.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Surfing?” he asked. She laughed, and the sound sent a shock wave through the water. The wailing faded to background noise. Annabeth… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
