The reformer is careless of numbers, disregards popularity, and deals only with ideas, conscience, and common sense. He feels, with Copernicus, that… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Musically I try to connect a common bridge between such exhilarating feelings as performing at the Acropolis, to the emotions each and… — Bradley Joseph Copy Share Image
When your power comes from others, on approval, you are their slave. Never sacrifice yourselves - never! Whoever urges you to self-sacrifice… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
A religion which has lost its basic conviction about the interconnection of men with men in their common struggles for the human,… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
What children and the landing of a plane most have in common is that they are best made by a line drive… — Buddy Wakefield Copy Share Image
We cannot learn to love other tourists,-the laws of nature forbid it,-but, meditating soberly on the impossibility of their loving us, we… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
The Gospel calls individual Christians to live lives of honesty, integrity and concern for the common good.. to create circles of integrity..,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Oscar and I have something in common. Oscar first came to Hollywood scene in 1928. So did I. We're both a little… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Society is a republic. When an individual endeavors to lift himself above his fellows, he is dragged down by the mass, either… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
Economists operate with this image of the homo economicus, the rational economic agent, and while such agents are rare in the wider… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
If we [black people] do not show up and support the march towards cinematic equality, the march towards being on a level… — Terrence Howard Copy Share Image
It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated therein (at… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It was one of those strange moments that came to him rarely, but never left. A moment that stamped itself on heart… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
If, as we have said, we commemorate each of the saints with hymns and appropriate songs of praise, how much more should… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
The model I like to sort of simplify the notion of what goes on in a market for common stocks is the… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Partisans present some of the most refreshing music I've heard in a long while, uncompromising, very well written and very well played.… — Steve Swallow Copy Share Image
Good design is probably 98% common sense. Above all, an object must function well and efficiently-and getting that part right requires a… — Terence Conran Copy Share Image
Men pay most attention to what is their own: they care less for what is common; or, at any rate, they care… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I suspect that authors who start their careers writing for an adult audience - and who eventually produce a young adult novel… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from an example of good; and it is well to accustom ourselves… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
But she has gathered that Americans, in spite of their public declarations of affection, in spite of their miniskirts and bikinis, in… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
It is all too common for caterpillars to become butterflies and then to maintain that in their youth they had been little… — George Vaillant Copy Share Image
She looked back to see Sam standing there at the edge of the strip of sunlight inside Common Grounds, staring after her… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
I am intrigued with the shapes people choose as their symbols to create a language. There is within all forms a basic… — Keith Haring Copy Share Image
A surprising feature of herbal research is that it is seldom the rare, exotic, and beautiful plant that proves the most interesting;… — Euell Gibbons Copy Share Image
In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are three things without which there is no country--common language, common judicature, and co-tillage land--for without these a country cannot support… — Thomas Davis Copy Share Image
The fundamental fact in the lives of the poor in most parts of America is that the wages of common labor are… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
The GOP leaders are upset with me, but the Republicans around the district are thanking me for stepping up to the plate… — Doug Hoffman Copy Share Image
The fundamental problem in the evangelical world today is that God rests too inconsequentially upon the church. His truth is too distant,… — David F. Wells Copy Share Image
Not mythical material productive forces, but reason and ideas determine the course of human affairs. What is needed to stop the trend… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
'MaerskKendal' is a rarity with its British flag, the 'LONDON' home port painted on its bow, its two British chief officers, and… — Rose George Copy Share Image
Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
In contrast, traditional Catholic churches serve vast numbers of people who have little or nothing in common, and they are often impersonal… — Penny Lernoux Copy Share Image
We continue to adhere to a common-sense view of risk - how much we can lose and the probability of losing it.… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
However, within the limits of the human, it is important to recognise our common humanity. I think that a perspective based on… — Alison Assiter Copy Share Image
I have no problem playing anyone who has different politics than me. In fact, I don't take that into consideration at all.… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image