Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities. — Michael McKean Copy Share Image
The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The most important words in the English language are not 'I love you' but 'it's benign.' — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Benign neglect, bordering on sloth, remains the hallmark of our investment process. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Orders can be benign or malign, but the habit of obeying them can become ingrained. — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
There is no cure for fictional character love, but the plus side is that it is an entirely benign disease with no… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Sure, integrating schools may sound benign. But whats the use of living in a gated community if my kids go to school… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
To one American family out of four, the idea of capitalism as a benign system of comfort , dignity , and personal… — Robert Heilbroner Copy Share Image
I wasn't raised Catholic; I just really like the image of a neutral and benign Mary floating around somewhere, being nice to… — Moby Copy Share Image
'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' occurred in real time and was a benign and bewitching example of pure television. — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
To awaken within the dream is our purpose now. When we are awake within the dream, the ego-created earth-drama comes to an… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
In England, the system is benign and the people are hostile. In America, the people are friendlyand the system is brutal! — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
I must admit that many humans have a strong need to perceive life as in some sense benign and potentially happy. It… — Stephan A. Hoeller Copy Share Image
We've gone from thinking the fuels that powered our growth were inexpensive, inexhaustible and benign to understanding they are exhaustible, expensive and… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
You were probably steered benignly away from things at school when you were a kid — things you liked — on the… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
It's very benign, it seems, to think, "There's a tree." In fact, it's a very beautiful thought. If someone chops down all… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I believe any malevolent supercivilisation would have rapidly self-destructed as we may be in the process of doing ourselves. If we do… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to… — Nina Fedoroff Copy Share Image
O admirable Mother of God! How many sins have I committed for which thou hast obtained pardon for me, and how many… — John Eudes Copy Share Image
Throughout all of human history we've enjoyed certain benign circumstances: an envelope of atmosphere, an envelope of temperature. A kind of resilience… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives. As it turns out, it's not merely benign or 'too bad' if we don't… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Justice-august and pure, the abstract idea of all that would be perfect in the spirits and the inspirations of men!-where the mind… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special,… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
But I got a great deal else from the experience. I learned to pitch a tent and sleep beneath the stars. For… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
At that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time why people said Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort had ever feared.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Biocides, for example, are designed to kill bacteria—it's not a benign material. — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
A garden is one of the few expressions of man's nature that is altogether benign. — Nan Fairbrother Copy Share Image
