A traveller must have the back of an ass to bear all, a tongue like the tail of a dog to flatter… — Thomas Nashe Copy Share Image
None seem to bear the imputation of supposed guilt with greater intolerance than such as are, on other occasions, obviously culpable of… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
The body shuts down when it has too much to bear; goes its own way quietly inside, waiting for a better time,… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Even the loveliest dream bears like a blemish its difference from reality, the awareness that what it grants is mere illusion. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
my love of water ... is mingled with and almost indistinguishable from a fear of water (I can float in a vertical… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
She sang a lot of songs. 'The Bear Went Over the Mountain' and things like that. But the one she was really… — Bobby Petrino Copy Share Image
Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or… — Jonny Wilkinson Copy Share Image
As the saffron tints and crimson flushes of morn herald the coming day, so the social and political advancement which woman has… — Frances Harper Copy Share Image
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
To experience conflicts knowingly, though it may be distressing, can be an invaluable asset. The more we face our own conflicts and… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
It is a [disputed] question, whether the circulation of paper, rather than of specie [gold and silver coin], is a good or… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
His lips hovered over hers. “No,” he snarled. Madison wasn’t sure to whom he was talking, but then his mouth was crushing… — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
Not every company went bankrupt. Not every bank needed TARP [Troubled Asset Relief Program]. So I'm very proud that JPMorgan, throughout that… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Whenever the investor sold out in an upswing as soon as the top level of the previous well-recognized bull market was reached,… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Nearly unable to bear the thought of how much he needed her quiet strength, he closed his eyes and leaned his forehead… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The utmost I can bear for myself in my best days is that I was one of the hundred best playwrights in… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Sow seed--but let no tyrant reap; Find wealth--let no imposter heap; Weave robes--let not the idle wear; Forge arms--in your defence to… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I love the idea of species fluidity, I guess, the sense of the maiden inherent in the swan or seal, the youth… — Delia Sherman Copy Share Image
But we do now receive a certain portion of His Spirit, tending towards perfection, and preparing us for incorruption, being little by… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
Friends, in my experience, are like ladies' fashions. They come and go with the seasons, and are rarely stout stuff as bears… — Stephanie Barron Copy Share Image
The story has to flow from an unstructured, felt place, but then I have to bring my analytical brain to bear on… — Marisa Silver Copy Share Image
I die with a joyful heart in the knowledge of our infinite achievements and of a contribution unique in the history that… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I still come closest to success with drawing. When I use color the results are dubious, for these painfully gained experiences bear… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
When I took up the cross I recognized it's meaning. The cross is something that you bear, and ultimately, that you die… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult--at least I have… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
When I say to the Moment flying; 'Linger a while -- thou art so fair!' Then bind me in thy bonds undying,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The day should come when all of the forms of life... will stand before the court - the pileated woodpecker as well… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Every object you see before you at this moment -the walls, ceiling, and furniture, the book, your own washed hands and cut… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Almost everything that I behold in this wonderful country bears traces of improvement and reform - everything except Pie. — George Augustus Henry Sala Copy Share Image
To notice people's deceptions yet not reveal it in words, to bear people's insults without showing any change of attitude-there is endless… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
For granting we have sinned, and that the offence Of man is made against Omnipotence, Some price that bears proportion must be… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The Lord bears all the weaknesses of men, but He does not bear a man who is always murmuring, and does not… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Friends, in my experience, are like ladies' fashions. They come and go with the seasons, and are rarely of such stout stuff… — Francine Mathews Copy Share Image
That's all that death is ... Just a going away into another country ... Only the separation is harder to bear because… — Annie Fellows Johnston Copy Share Image
Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius, the stern friend, the cold, obscure shelter where moult the wings which will bear… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the… — Bailey Chase Copy Share Image
The General Public is a statistical fiction created by a few exceptional men to make the loneliness of being exceptional a little… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image