A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a writer, if… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
The gods in Yoruba mythology are not remote at all. They're benign, they're malign, they are mischievous, like Eshu for instance, tricksters,… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really basically have,… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
You don't go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that's benign conquest.… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
I believe that there is a moral and constitutional equivalence between laws designed to subjugate a race and those that distribute benefits… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The execution of William Bonin was not the traditional gas chamber of the past. That has been ruled cruel and unusual. Instead,… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
If you pursue meditation with a non-competitive attitude, with a hopeful and helpful attitude, without violence, then you will find that you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous… — Ani DiFranco 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
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
How sweet and soothing is this hour of calm! I thank thee, night! for thou has chased away these horrid bodements which,… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
Most of the time, economic data is fairly benign. I don't wish to imply it is meaningless, but it is not a… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law,… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities. — Michael McKean Copy Share Image
Sam Cameron has managed the near impossible: to have lived in Number Ten for three years and maintained a benign and broadly… — Andy Coulson 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
Democratic institutions are based on a reality of human nature: that those with power, however benign or even noble their intentions, will… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
And when comfort is what we want, one of the most powerful tonics alternative medicine offers is the word 'natural.' This word… — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
Many people just won't connect the social problems with the history of dispossession of the aboriginals. There is one problem with pro-Palestinian… — Amira Hass Copy Share Image
Nobody wants zealotry in a police force, you know? You do want to know that the guy who's got that badge, is… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
