Who of us would not be glad to lift the veil behind which the future lies hidden; to cast a glance at… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, 'Godfather I' and 'Godfather II,' and 'Lonesome… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
When I look like this into the blue sky, it seems so deep, so peaceful, so full of a mysterious tenderness, that… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
At the start of the second decade of the 21st century, young people all over the world are demonstrating against a variety… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Why do I wear tennis shoes? That's two questions. Do I wear tennis shoes? The answer to that question is, "Yes." "Why?"… — Irwin Corey Copy Share Image
History may someday record that the Arab awakening that began with the Arab revolt of 1916 against the Ottomans ended about a… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
With little knowledge of what it meant to be a Jew, I found myself passionately defending the Jewish people. Now, half a… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people… — Bille August Copy Share Image
We belong to an age where apocalypse is our daily bread, coffee's black, and we know we're part of the abyss. Red… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
We should abolish 'work.' By that I mean abolishing the distinction between work and leisure, one of the greatest mistakes of the… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
The first-cause and prime-mover argument, brilliantly proffered by St. Thomas Aquinas in the fourteenth century (and brilliantly refuted by David Hume in… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“Liberalism is a creation of the seventeenth century, fathered by British philosopher John Locke (1632–1704). For Locke, liberalism means limited government, the… — Peter Boghossian Copy Share Image
Pure, hard-core liberals believe in a superior race. They think they're it. They believe they're more intelligent than the general run of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed all our… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image
The future will be in the hands of those of you who belong to the 21st century. You have the opportunity and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
We're facing growing climate change, more floods, more droughts, more crisis on a planetary level, and the systems we put in place… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own. — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
The orthodox doctrines of economics which were dominant in the last quarter of the nineteenth century had a clear message. They supported… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
We alter and customize the thing every century, every generation, every day - both in the courts and in our own homes.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
To appeal to contemporary man to revert, in this twentieth century, to a pagan-like nature worship in order to restrain technology from… — Norman Lamm Copy Share Image
G.K. Chesterton was the best writer of the 20th century. He said something about everything and he said it better than anybody… — Dale Ahlquist Copy Share Image
