To put it crudely but graphically, the monkey who did not have a realistic perception of the tree branch he jumped for… — George Gaylord Simpson Copy Share Image
The art of politics, under democracy, is simply the art of ringing it. Two branches reveal themselves. There is the art of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
To be sure, mathematics can be extended to any branch of knowledge, including economics, provided the concepts are so clearly defined as… — James R Newman Copy Share Image
All religions are branches of the same mighty tree, but I must not change over from one branch to another for the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The pornography of tough-mindedness, covert action, and preparedness for "peace through strength" has had a predictably hypnotic effect on the legislative branch,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
"Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and then the different branches of Arithmetic Ambition, Distraction, Uglification,… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Built like an oak tree, against which I could pitch my pillow and read; mornings, I could curl into the crook of… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
The... arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, finding things ready-made for… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
My religious reading has long been confined to the moral branch of religion, which is the same in all religions; while in… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The president and the executive branch are always going to have greater latitude and greater authority when it comes to protecting America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This silent cry is of ecstasy for what has been done, and of despair at being forestalled, and being thus forewarned, that… — Hal Porter Copy Share Image
For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
What is the central core of the subject [computer science]? What is it that distinguishes it from the separate subjects with which… — Tony Hoare Copy Share Image
The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; its broken. One of our three branches of government is broken. — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
I don't think that I have much power at all, and I don't think that I'm trying to do anything outside of… — Steve Grand Copy Share Image
“Lost' Stand still. The trees ahead and the bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you… — David Wagoner Copy Share Image
The music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out,like the wild imagination of a child. — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Because modern Protestants have not only forgotten what Rome was, what she is, and what she will for ever be; the most… — Charles Chiniquy Copy Share Image
Quite often there's a great deal of disagreement within the executive branch about what we should do. Some cases are pretty straightforward,… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
Perhaps it was Maggie, perhaps not. In solitary moments magpies will perch on a branch and mutter soft soliloquies of whines and… — Stanley Crawford Copy Share Image
Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
After I did the drawings of trees combining them with words, I started doing - I did that for a very short… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image