A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The lower animals, on the other hand, must have their bodily structure modified in order to survive under greatly changed conditions. They… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think as I have gotten older, my feelings about my role in the culture as a writer, and me specifically, has… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good… — Origen Copy Share Image
Obviously the way people watch TV has changed so much, too, that it's not necessarily about the ratings anymore. There's a different… — Alia Shawkat Copy Share Image
Fossil fuel is very seductive stuff. [John Maynard] Keynes once said that, as far as he could tell, the average standard of… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
“A single ray of light from a distant star falling upon the eye of a tyrant in bygone times may have altered… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was fun to be in a scene again with [my wife LaTanya Richardson]. We used to do plays together all the… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
On the whole, my family had always adopted a reserved attitude toward Zionism; my great-uncle Edmond had acted on his own in… — Guy de Rothschild Copy Share Image
It's a weird thing to be nineteen and be in the public eye. It was a crazy thing, it was a big… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
You know, I am not a particular Kennedy apologist or an awed fan - I was 12 when he was murdered -… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
I just started writing for my own amusement and occasionally singing in little clubs around Los Angeles. Then I wrote 'The Rose,'… — Amanda McBroom Copy Share Image
She was right about something else too," Dimitri said after a long pause. My back was to him, but there was a… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Many aspects of the writing life have changed since I published my first book, in the 1960s. It is more corporate, more… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I think people like listening to what I call trippy music but maybe next year it will be something else. I still… — Juicy J Copy Share Image
Imagine that we are sitting in an ordinary room. Suddenly we are told that there is a corpse behind the door. In… — Carl Theodor Dreyer Copy Share Image
You can meet people who are really beautiful. Then, when you see them angry for the first time, all of a sudden… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
It's changed dramatically in our lifetimes. Communism is gone, so now the global war is framed in religious terms. Fundamentalist religion is… — Zachary Lazar Copy Share Image
We know nothing of the trials, sorrows and temptations of those around us, of pillows wet with sobs, of the life-tragedy that… — William George Jordan Copy Share Image
I don't think that comedy is going to affect or change anything. I remember back in 2004 people were like, "How does… — Samantha Bee Copy Share Image
I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The… — Anson Mount Copy Share Image
We think of color as a thing that we’re receiving. And if you go into one of the Skyspaces, you can see… — James Turrell Copy Share Image
The funny thing about Facebook and Twitter is, you can go on there and see what's going on in the world without… — Macy Gray Copy Share Image
...for the first time in my life, a voice went off in my head:'You have no power over what happens in your… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
First of all, in any sport where you can measure distance, height speed and all of that, you see how athletes have… — Andre Agassi Copy Share Image
No one was ever good enough for anybody's precious sons. No one ever called daughters precious, and why was that? Things had… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
At first, my bedroom had flowers and yellow walls and huge furniture in plastic that was orange and green - and furry… — Tove Lo Copy Share Image
About what mainly constituted what you ask, it was something other. It was just a certain inclination to meet people. And as… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
I mean, let's take the average spouse. You know, you show up in an employer's, you know, office, and it's shown that… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
If any influential nation had the great spiritual strength to lay down its arms and appear with clean hands before the world,… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Winds flap the sail, tortoise and snake are silent, a great plan looms. A bridge will fly over this moat dug by… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
I still preserve those relics of past sufferings and experience, like pillars of witness set up in travelling through the valve of… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
War is part of our history, but it is not in at all the same sense part of our prehistory. It is… — Gwynne Dyer Copy Share Image
What's changed? I'm a dad. That's fundamental. Watching your kids grow, you go back a bit. You can watch a bug crawling… — Bob Weir Copy Share Image
Sometimes I need to reject the music proposed for my songs because the musicians misunderstand that the Fanny Crosby who once wrote… — Fanny Crosby Copy Share Image
There's a general sense that women are more relaxed and less defensive in comedy than they used to be. I think it's… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
We do need curriculum reform. And it should happen at the state and local level. That is where educational policy belongs, because… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
![“Fossil fuel is very seductive stuff. [John Maynard] Keynes once said that, as far as he could tell, the average standard of living from the beginning of human history to the middle of the eighteenth century had perhaps doubled. Not much had changed, and then we found coal and gas and oil and…” quote by Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b54/bill-mckibben-1057_average_fossil-fuel-is-very-seductive-stuff-john_2619536.jpg)
![“It was fun to be in a scene again with [my wife LaTanya Richardson]. We used to do plays together all the time. We hadn't really worked together since Losing Isaiah [1995]. That was kind of early on in both of our cinematic careers. Things have changed a little bit since then.” quote by Samuel L. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a88/samuel-l-jackson-3595_bits_it-was-fun-to-be-in-a-scene-again-with-m_2944877.jpg)
