Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves; just as… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
The larger the government, the more our livings standards are reduced. We are fortunate as a civilization that the progress of free… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
We stand for organized terror - this should be frankly admitted. Terror is an absolute necessity during times of revolution. Our aim… — Felix Dzerzhinsky Copy Share Image
If, in the case of the worst sinners and those who formerly sinned much against God, when afterwards they believe, the remission… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
It opposes the dogmatic application to all cases of what is adequate only for piecemeal aggregates. The question is whether an approach… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
The condition of all who are preoccupied is wretched, but most wretched is the condition of those who labor at preoccupations that… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There is no right way to knit; there is no wrong way to knit. So if anybody kindly tells you that what… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
The world around us is an increasingly hostile and sinful place. Occasionally that splashes onto us, and perhaps, in the case of… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
The enjoyment of the choicest natural scenes in the country and the means of recreation connected with them is thus a monopoly,… — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
If optimism is important, it's because many outcomes are determined by how much of it we bring to the task. It is… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Just as love blinds us to imperfections in others, it magnifies those we see in ourselves. But if this is true, then… — Tonya Hurley Copy Share Image
In drawing an inference or conclusion from facts proved, regard must always be had to the nature of the particular case, and… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
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The war on drugs was never meant to be won. Instead, it will be prolonged as long as possible in order to… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
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It has long been a source of wonder to me why the leading criminological writers--men like Edmund Lester Pearson, H. B. Irving,… — S. S. Van Dine Copy Share Image
There are just a host of problems born by the electronic age. Things we couldn't even conceive of. I was amused by… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
According to data provided by the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, and the national interest between 9/11 and the end of 2014, at… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated… — Adrian Tan Copy Share Image
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No travel ban or quarantine will seal a country completely. Even if travel could be reduced by eighty per cent-itself a feat-models… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
It can be seen as 'weak' to complain about health issues or worry about your health. But with younger guys, I think… — James Magnussen Copy Share Image
The moment we face it frankly we are driven to the conclusion that the community has a right to put a price… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
you may take it from me, that however hard you try - or don't try; whatever you do - or don't do;… — Gwen Raverat Copy Share Image
I'm often wary of using the word 'inspiration' to introduce my work -- it sounds too much like a sun shower from… — Shaun Tan Copy Share Image
I have recently observed and stated that the serum of normal people is capable of clumping the red cells of other healthy… — Karl Landsteiner Copy Share Image
She got to you, too, huh?" I said, sliding onto the bench seat across from him. "Actually, I called her." Luca grinned.… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
I don't want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
Everything is deception: seeking the minimum of illusion, keeping within the ordinary limitations, seeking the maximum. In the first case one cheats… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
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An ad that pretends to be art is -- at absolute best -- like somebody who smiles warmly at you only because… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Now, part of the problem with the climate debate is that so much gas board language like that [the IPCC's language] has… — Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Copy Share Image
One of the things that sparked my interest in this is the case of Emmanuel Constant, who started a militia called FRAPH… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Mastering – or, if you prefer, integrating – the psyche is the work of a lifetime….This mastery is not holding the psyche… — Richard Smoley Copy Share Image
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All interpretation or observation of reality is necessarily fiction. In this case, the problem is that man is a moral animal abandoned… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
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Justice [Sonia]Sotomayor said, "Let's talk - you want to talk about the tax power."And I got like a 10-minute run on the… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
![“We [may] answer the question: "Why is snow white?" by saying, "For the same reason that soap-suds or whipped eggs are white"-in other words, instead of giving the reason for a fact, we give another example of the same fact. This offering a similar instance, instead of a reason, has often been…” quote by William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ca9/william-james-228_abstract_we-may-answer-the-question-why-is-snow-w_906888.jpg)
![“I don't want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of 'Idiocracy' and 'Borat,' without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture. It's one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is…” quote by Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c9c/adam-mckay-2140_american-culture_i-don-t-want-to-speak-for-my-movies-you_1029915.jpg)
![“Now, part of the problem with the climate debate is that so much gas board language like that [the IPCC's language] has been used and there's been too little plain, scientific, and economic thinking. And so, the entire political class has been captured by an idea, which as always with the best bad…” quote by Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5a5/christopher-monckton-3rd-visco_bad-idea_now-part-of-the-problem-with-the-climate_698251.jpg)
![“Justice [Sonia]Sotomayor said, "Let's talk - you want to talk about the tax power."And I got like a 10-minute run on the tax power. And, boy, was I glad I did because I was able to get across this idea that, yes, this is a narrower ground on which you can affirm it. And I think everybody agrees. I…” quote by Donald Verrilli Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc0/donald-verrilli-jr-17929_able_justice-sonia-sotomayor-said-let-s-talk_635926.jpg)
