Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's 'Courant,' it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
As Americans we place special emphasis on human dignity, justice and freedom. WE measure as good of bad that which meets these… — Henry Clausen Copy Share Image
I think the biggest problem of the 21st century is how to deal with minorities. — Avigdor Lieberman Copy Share Image
Alexia had spent long hours wondering over that mustache. Werewolves did not grow hair, as they did not age. Where had it… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
I decided to go to the cinema school because I thought it was a new sort of media. Nowadays, it's not anymore,… — Costa-Gavras Copy Share Image
Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I know historians aren't supposed to fall in love with their own theories, but I was head over heels about the notion… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century,… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
The feat of superbly imitating a muscle, as Michelangelo did, or a face, as Raphael did, created neither progress nor a hierarchy… — Fernand Leger Copy Share Image
During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment of polytechnic… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Your love taught me to grieve and I have been needing, for centuries a woman to make me grieve for a woman,… — Nizar Qabbani Copy Share Image
The troubles of the 20th century are not unlike those of adolescence -- rapid growth beyond the ability of organizations to manage,… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
the hymns were born in the fifteenth or sixteenth century or earlier, and listening to them was like licking an icicle: the… — Mary Cantwell Copy Share Image
If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
... in the history of the human mind there has never been a useful thought or a profound truth that has not… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Most of what I read is for reviewing purposes or related to something I want to write about. It's slightly utilitarian. I… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Vice-President Ford, possibly preparing for higher duties, assessed Kissinger's part in the Syrian-Israeli troop disengagement as "the great diplomatic triumph of this… — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
Reading a novel after reading semiotic theory was like jogging empty-handed after jogging with hand weights. What exquisite guilt she felt, wickedly… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
The Indian education system, like the Indian bureaucratic system, is Victorian and still in the 19th century. Our schools are still designed… — Sugata Mitra Copy Share Image
The 19th century Mormons, including some of my ancestors, were not eager to practice plural marriage. They followed the example of Brigham… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Years ago, when I was in Siena for the first time, I saw the works of Duccio, whose deeply emotional painting from… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Let's forget the novelties. If we prevail in prayer, God will do only what he can do. How he does things, when… — Jim Cymbala Copy Share Image
