I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever,… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
The Consequentialist trinity is typically regarded in this way: Bentham is crude, Mill's writings are full of howlers and inconsistencies, and Sidgwick… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
When President Nixon said that the American people don't want their foreign policy dictated from the street, unfortunately, he said the most… — Allard K. Lowenstein Copy Share Image
Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
How to get people to vote against their interests and to really think against their interests is very clever. It's the cleverest… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Fate does not invite ugly boring people to save the world; and if you do try to save the world (without being… — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with insects, particularly insect flight. I think the evolution of insect flight is perhaps one of the most important events… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
I love investigating the natural world, and I find a lot of truths there, truths about survival and beauty - nature continually… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Jonathan Hardy. The clever wit and joy he brought to his performance… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
Violet said nothing, though big pearly tears, like a child's, trembled at her lashes. She suddenly missed John very much. Into him… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
Before I made 'Sweetback,' I had a three-picture deal with Columbia and enough juice, if I was real clever with it, to… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
The new America, instead, is fast becoming a vast ghetto in which all of us, conservatives and progressives, are being bled dry… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
“How are we going to get out of here?" "Oh, escape is easy once you have the right plan." " Do we… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
Richard [Griffiths] was by my side during two of the most important moments of my career. In August 2000, before official production… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
“He's a clever little thing, isn't he?" She leaned in to drop a kiss on the kitten's soft head, reaching to move… — Michelle Zink Copy Share Image
There are panel shows that struggle to get women on, and that's because the women feel marginalised and stupid and in the… — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
“The human race is one of the few creatures whom can cry tears. If you look at us we are running around… — Adrian Sandvaer Copy Share Image
You can't actually have a romance between friends. That sort of defeats the definition of the word "romance." The word you're looking… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Every one of us every day has choices to make about the kind of person we are and what we wish to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
You want to get to the top of the cliff. But that's not what you focus on immediately. You focus on the… — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
Rick And Morty' is the most consistently brilliant, densely plotted and enjoyable television show I have ever seen. It's childish, yet super-clever,… — Richard Herring Copy Share Image
Has the dark shadow really disappeared? Or is it inside me, concealed, waiting for its chance to reappear? Like a clever thief… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Thus far, both political parties have been remarkably clever and effective in concealing this new reality. In fact, the two parties have… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share Image
In a president, character is everything. A president doesn't have to be brilliant... He doesn't have to be clever; you can hire… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Behind your every bad fate, almost always there lie your own stupid mistakes! Behind your every good fate, almost always there lie… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I played Macbeth at school and my English teacher said, 'I think you may have acting talent. Try… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
The aboriginal peoples of Australia illustrate the conflict between technology and the natural world succinctly, by asking, 'What will you do when… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
On telly, if it's not the right kind of show, I revert back to my 'Girlie Show' persona, become this daft, bawdy… — Sara Cox Copy Share Image
So now the question is, basically, right now, how will the Osama Bin Laden tape affect the election? And I have a… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
A refrigerator, to me, isn't as clever an appliance as people would have you believe. To me, it's a cold limbo, a… — Chris Morocco Copy Share Image
Women say . . . that if men had to have babies there would soon be no babies in the world. .… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Liberty without discipline cannot survive. Without order and authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness,… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play. That… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
I find social media as fun and engaging as the next person, but imagine if all the creative talent that was pouring… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
This is my drink. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My drink is my best friend. It is… — Nurija Hamidovic Copy Share Image
The gods made the earth for all men t' share. Only when the kings come with their crowns and steel swords, they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But a slow, deeply satisfied smile came over him, and his breath quickened. 'So softly it starts,' he whispered. 'Foolishly clever and… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Life is a mystery; that means it cannot be solved. And when all efforts to solve it prove futile, the mystery dawns… — Anonymous Copy Share Image