I've spent a lot of time trying to understand how all the big cosmetics companies get away with the placebo science and… — Chris Toumazou Copy Share Image
It seems to me that responsiveness is a better source for understanding what moral claims are and how they work upon us. — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to… — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
There is a certain solipsism to serious illness which claims all of one's attention as certainly as an astronomical black hole seizes… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
To claim "humanitarian motives" when the motive is envy and its supposed appeasement, is a favorite rhetorical device of politicians today, and… — Helmut Schoeck Copy Share Image
Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Every religious tradition is rooted in mysteries I don't pretend to understand, including claims about what happens after we die. But this… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image
The hallmark of religion is to distrust claims made for mortal men. It is in ages of great religious faith that great… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Mazomanie doesn't even have a stoplight, so it doesn't do a lot. But the cheese curds there are unbelievable. I've never had… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
Even the wisest of mankind cannot live by reason alone; pure arrogant reason, denying the claims of prejudice (which commonly are also… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
A maverick may go his own way but he doesn't think that it's the only way or ever claim that it's the… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
Of all the statist violations of individual rights in a mixed economy, the military draft is the worst. It is an abrogation… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
a white person who claims to have no impediment of vision in this country is not, I think, telling the whole truth.… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
I pray for that moment in which I think we can claim to the world that we are now in a different,… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Women cannot claim the right to be considered mature and responsible until they decide the course of their lives for themselves and… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
In Hong Kong there is agglomeration beyond my fondest imaginings. The Kowloon district claims a population density four times that of New… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The fact is that nothing in gerontology even comes close to fulfilling the promise of dramatically extended lifespan, in spite of bold… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Tao can be used by anybody, but it does not beling to anyone. It is just like air; everyone can breathe the… — Henry Chang Copy Share Image
Man toils, and strives, and wastes his little life to claim-- At last the transient glory of a splendid name, And have,… — Andrew Jackson Downing Copy Share Image
Natural objects themselves, even when they make no claim to beauty, excite the feelings, and occupy the imagination. Nature pleases, attracts, delights,… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
You may have the administration of angels, you may see many miracles; . . . but I claim that the gift of… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
The prime minister has chosen to acknowledge publicly the sovereignty of God and the claim of God on her life. Hers is… — Philip Robinson Copy Share Image
You can ask any set decorator on any set where I've had to be in an office, I always kind of claim… — Anna Chlumsky Copy Share Image
The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The theory of objectivism claims that there are certain things that most people in society can agree upon. A model is pretty.… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
I'm especially baffled by the idea of taking insurance against a U.S. default. If America defaults, we're talking about a chaotic world… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
State control is important for the people who have always been excluded from the claims of social and economic development. — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
There are two ways to lose you sanity in Juarez. One is to believe the violence results from a cartel war. The… — Charles Bowden Copy Share Image
At the heart of anything good there should be a kernel of something undefinable, and if you can define it, or claim… — John Peel Copy Share Image
Liberty is the parent of truth, but truth and decency are sometimes at variance. All men and all propositions are to be… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I have always marveled that so many religions exact such revenge against dissenters. It only weakens the appeal of their faith and… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Both the Democratic and Republican parties are bought and paid for by corporate America and cater to the needs of the highest… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
Some day Love shall claim his own Some day Right ascend his throne, Some day hidden Truth be known; Some day -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
There is a claim coming from the West that says that all art must be outside any moral consideration. I can understand… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
