The tragedies that are being brought about vastly outweigh the benefits that are being achieved. — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their… — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image
At every stage of understanding the universe better, the benefits to civilisation have been immeasurable. None of those big leaps were made… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
Anything that comes from the cow, a little milk, butter, cheese, is alright for the spiritual aspirant. There is no harm to… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Adam Smith's key insight was that both parties to an exchange can benefit and that, so long as cooperation is strictly voluntary,… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
We [Vietnam] happen to offer good investment opportunities for foreigners, although this is not a one-way street. Both we and the foreign… — Nguyen Minh Triet Copy Share Image
Never, under any circumstances, accept a position of responsibility. You will be forced to work harder with no other benefits than a… — Corinne Maier Copy Share Image
There is but one mode by which man can possess in perpetuity all the happiness which his nature is capable of enjoying,… — Robert Owen Copy Share Image
One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an African American. We are warehousing people as a profit to shareholders… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
A civilization is a social entity that manifests religious, political , legal, and customary uniformity over an extended period, and which confers… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The Bible constantly warns against a merely mercenary relationship with God - a friendship of convenience or self-interest. We should not love… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for… — Dorman Bridgeman Eaton Copy Share Image
I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
In swimming, especially training out in the ocean and open water, you got fogged-over goggles, you're stuck with your own thoughts -… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
“Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more.… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Civilization - and by this I do not mean talking cinemas and tinned food, nor even surgery and hygienic houses, but the… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
As science is more and more subject to grave misuse as well as to use for human benefit it has also become… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Either all things proceed from one intelligent source and come together as in one body, and the part ought not to find… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Since man does not create physical matter, those who handle material objects in the production process are not producers in that sense.… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If you are self-motivated, wow, this world is tailored for you. The boundaries are all gone. But if you're not self-motivated, this… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
It is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Politicians are making deals for their benefit. Now we are going to make the deals for the American people. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Americans, [John Adams] wrote in 1780, believed that their "revolution is as much for the benefit of the generality of Mankind in… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Nature is an expert in cost-benefit analysis,' she says. 'Although she does her accounting a little differently. As for debts, she always… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Economic globalization creates wealth, but only for the elite who benefit from the surge of consolidations, mergers, global scale technology, and financial… — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
The benefits kids get from watching "Sesame Street" can be as powerful as the ones children get from preschool. — Julie Roginsky Copy Share Image
Every president when he is elected has to live with the pluses and minuses his predecessor leaves, which includes benefits as well… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
For something warm, try adding cinnamon sticks and nutmeg to apple cider simmering on the stove. You'll get the added benefit of… — Clinton Kelly Copy Share Image
There is no point when all the material benefits of the world add up to a general state of happiness. It is… — Tarek Saab Copy Share Image
The contemporary American novelist benefits in a way from being ignored. It makes you angrier and makes you want to go into… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Spiritual destiny is manifested in the lives of those who stand out from the masses and actually do something, who live a… — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Copy Share Image
If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
Well, I think the camera freedom is something that we've resisted for a long time and feels like probably the biggest stretch.… — Will Wright Copy Share Image
Not sure if that will benefit me or hurt me, but I know I have the skills and am ready to play… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
If solitude deprives of the benefit of advice, it also excludes from the mischief of flattery. But the absence of others' applause… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image