In the past 20 years alone, it adds up to more death than were caused by all the civil and international wars… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
It seemed perfectly possible that, in spite of my certainty of my own genius, I might die of some illness, or perhaps… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Television is a great job for a writer in the way that movies used to be, way before my time. Back when… — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
“In his wretched life of less than twenty-seven years Abel accomplished so much of the highest order that one of the leading… — Eric Temple Bell Copy Share Image
One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity.… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
In the 19th century, we devoted our best minds to exploring nature. In the 20th century, we devoted ourselves to controlling and… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
The corporate right and the political right declared class warfare on working people a quarter of a century ago and they've won.… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Foreign correspondence has a natural element of romanticism - and this could be seen as soon as that class of professional reporter… — John Maxwell Hamilton Copy Share Image
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The reality is that most of North America knows next to nothing of the 20th century's first genocide - the systematic slaughter… — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
I love to try to understand first principles and be guided by that. But then, enrich them, because they won't last forever,… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
I am not saying people should not be free to join whichever reason they choose but should we be forced to live… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Remember that life's length is not measured by its hours and days, but by that which we have done therein. A useless… — Walter Breuning Copy Share Image
He has resisted Temptation for Centuries, A stone cold warrior whose frozen heart refuses to thaw- Until Her.. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to… — Michael Arad Copy Share Image
As the twentieth century draws to a close it has become obvious that material yardsticks alone cannot serve as an adequate measure… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
It's more fun having him as everyman in the 25th Century. It is better to concentrate on what this planet will be… — Gil Gerard Copy Share Image
Bread is for us a kind of successor to the motherly breast, and it has been over the centuries responsible for billions… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence… — Douglas Hyde Copy Share Image
During the 19th century, Iranians lost vast territories in disastrous wars, and corrupt monarchs sold everything of value in the country to… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Sandra Day O'Connor - once she said that there are - there were no public schools in America until the 18th century,… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
As formal teaching and training grow in extent, there is the danger of creating an undesirable split between the experience gained in… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child's love of reading. Stop them reading what they enjoy or give them worthy-but-dull books that… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
