The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
He hardly ever spoke of magic, and when he did it was like a history lesson and no one could bear to… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be… — Laozi Copy Share Image
A, b, c, d, e, f, g, Gummy Bears Are Chasing ME. ONE IS Red, ONE IS Blue, ONE IS Peeing on… — AaRon CcHan Copy Share Image
Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment. — Ovid Copy Share Image
I am an optimist by nature and believe strongly that technology can be brought to bear to create alternatives, even in crisis… — Vinton Cerf Copy Share Image
When the scale of sensuality bears down that of reason, the baseness of our nature conducts us to most preposterous conclusions. — Roger Chamberlain Copy Share Image
When a golden girl can win Prayer from out the lips of sin, When the barren almond bears, And a little child… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If I was harsh with you, it was because I cannot bear to see you treat yourself as if you are worth… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution,… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the exercise of the senses;… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Our destiny often looks like a fruit-tree in winter. Who would think from its pitiable aspect that those rigid boughs, those rough… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Before the LGM there were no brown bears in southern Canada, but they had spread across there by 13,000 years ago. Their… — Stephen Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
Both ground- rents and the ordinary rent of land are a species of revenue which the owner, in many cases, enjoys without… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
A society which is clamouring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each urging its own brand of salvation, its… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Once more, I am watching the most powerful men in the kingdom bring their power to bear on a woman who has… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
On the wisdom with which we bring science to bear in the war against disease, in the creation of new industries, and… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are sciences and the… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
“Every great and deep difficulty bears in itself it’s own solution. It forces us to change our thinking in order to find… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The real motivation of the campaign to criminalize abortion is to establish the principles that women's bodies belong to the state and… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
“On my birthday, Old Bear gives me my own instrument. "Now you can play with your friends," he says. "You can fill… — Nick Maland Copy Share Image
My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were rehearsing. I remember that it reminded me… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
I cannot bear to think that our young men are merely living four years in a country club and spending their lives… — John Grier Hibben Copy Share Image
It is the right to bear arms which is the problem. I think if the Founding Fathers knew what was happening they… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
I heard a white writer say, 'Oh, I'd never put black people in my writing, I'm afraid I would offend someone by… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
The Gospel purifies and renews: it bears fruit wherever the community of believers hears and welcomes the grace of God in truth… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I have hated every Kress I read, especially this one, but the Bear is a standard Bear and if you like this… — James Nicoll Copy Share Image
I've diced with death the most cycling around London. Black cabs are far more dangerous than polar bears. — Ben Saunders Copy Share Image
Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar; massacred Jerusalem diminishes Titus. Tyranny follows the tyrant. Woe to the man who leaves… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the weight of its ignorance, risks questioning itself and being engulfed in… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
You are yoked with a lamb, That carries anger as the flint bears fire; Who, much enforced, shows a hasty spank, And… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Men don't live well by themselves. They don't even live like people. They live like bears with furniture. — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
If any man gives you a wine you can't bear, don't say it is beastly... But don't say you like it. You… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
The year is ended, and it only adds to my age; Spring has come, but I must take leave of my home.… — Su Ting Copy Share Image
Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing 'The Bear.'… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Silence is no certain token that no secret grief is there; Sorrow which is never spoken is the heaviest load to bear. — Frances Ridley Havergal Copy Share Image
O happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the eternal sigh,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
