Comedy speaks for civilization; farce bears an ill-concealed, sometimes unconcealed animus against civilization. Often against civility too. — Irving Howe Copy Share Image
My former people were not totally wrong. Love is a kind of possession. It’s a poison. And if Alex no longer loves… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of delaying too long before putting the fruit… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt. The most sparkling and pointed… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Adversity is the touchstone of character: it is not in success but in misfortune that hidden powers bear fruit. — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
A choice with no consequences has no value. Making a choice knowing there will be consequences, and being willing to bear them,… — James A. Owen Copy Share Image
Decorum -- that bug-bear which deters so many from bliss until the opportunity for bliss has forever gone by. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Saloons provide moments of genuine ecstasy - but only if your soul is at peace and the rest of your life bears… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
Even as I speak, the very last polar bear may be dying of hunger on account of climate change, on account of… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I desire a violent, domineering, fearless, and ferocious upcoming generation. It must be able to bear pain. It must show no signs… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
If, as a culture, we don’t bear witness to grief, the burden of loss is placed entirely upon the bereaved, while the… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
In the face of events that threaten to overwhelm our lives, storytelling gives us a way of reclaiming ourselves and reaffirming our… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
He's just jealous. You know what they say. Empty tin cans make the most noise, and he's an empty tin can. This… — Mike Ditka Copy Share Image
The Russians are a little stronger, but they excel at the basics. Lock the hands, bear hugs, takedowns, riding are all strong… — Gilbert Melendez Copy Share Image
Words are like that, they deceive, they pile up, it seems they do not know where to go, and, suddenly, because of… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Although I'm not Christian, I was raised Christian. I'm an atheist, with a slight Buddhist leaning. I've got a very strong sense… — Rachel Griffiths Copy Share Image
That’s what love’s all about. You’re the only one having those wonderful feelings, but you have to go it alone as you… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man… — Plato Copy Share Image
What do you think you should do if you're attacked by a bear? Play dead? No - that's a lie promoted by… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
The kinds of claims I make about knowledge are thus meant to be illustrative of a general argumentative strategy which might well… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
Every morning or afternoon, whenever you want to write, you have to go up and shoot that old bear under your desk… — Robert Leckie Copy Share Image
For, until the wisdom of men bear some proportion to the wisdom of God, their attempts to find out the structure of… — Thomas Reid Copy Share Image
It may be laid down as a position which seldom deceives, that when a man cannot bear his own company, there is… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Earth bears no balsams for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did his will: but thou, O Lord,… — Edward Rowland Sill Copy Share Image
Don't be impatient with me. Bear in mind that I hop around among all of you big beasts like a harmless and… — Paul Ehrenfest Copy Share Image
The greatest question of our time is not communism vs. individualism, not Europe vs. America, not even the East vs. the West;… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
What is it about this ideological dream of the right to bear arms that overrides any other rights, I mean the rights… — Piers Morgan Copy Share Image
The ocean, king of mountains and the mighty continents Are not heavy burdens to bear when compared To the burden of not… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Vic bears you no ill will. He is outside drinking the Dew of the Mountain and will be glad to see you… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
Everyone must be equal before the law, abide by it, pay their taxes and bear the punishment should they break the law. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The race cannot succeed, nor build strong citizens, until we have a race of women competent to do more than bear a… — Timothy Thomas Fortune Copy Share Image
Fetch Constantine, or I’ll make boots out of your hide, bear. (Arcadian Sentinel) Don’t touch me, or I’ll mount your jewels to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
... we can bear with great philosophy the sufferings of others, especially if we do not actually see them. — Albion Fellows Bacon Copy Share Image
Taxation according to income is the most effective instrument yet devised to obtain just contribution from those best able to bear it… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Time is to eternity as an image is to its exemplar, and those things which are temporal bear a resemblance to those… — Nicholas of Cusa 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
When a man lies he murders some part of the world These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives All… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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
If the bear were to make a racial comment, it would be more likely to get a laugh than if a person… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
