I find that when I'm struggling to think of how a six-year-old would feel about something, I just have to go right… — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Panic: A highly underrated capacity thanks to which individuals are able to indicate clearly that something is wrong. Given their head, most… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man's life, the disturber of his reason,… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
A common way to compute density is, of course, to take the ratio of an object's mass to its volume. But other… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I think it is natural that every country has to take care of its interests, but there are some interests that are… — George Soros Copy Share Image
'Going home' is a journey to the heart of who we are, a place where we can be ourselves and welcome the… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
To grow old is to grow common. Old age equalizes -- we are aware that what is happening to us has happened… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Humility: The realization of our dependence on God. I have always had strong feelings about that word regardless of what anyone's background… — Hyrum W. Smith Copy Share Image
The time must come inevitably when mankind shall surmount the imbecility of religion, as it has surmounted the imbecility of religion's ally,… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If these Essays were worthy of being judged, it might fall out, in my opinion, that they would not find much favour,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Barring love and war, few enterprises are undertaken with such abandon, or by such diverse individuals, or with so paradoxical a mixture… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
None of us older writers had gone through such a school. We are all self-taught. And, of course, there is always, in… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
The religious wars showed that the Christian faith was no longer Europe's unifying force. A new common ground was needed, and it… — Walter Kasper Copy Share Image
That is why all great men are modest: they consistently measure themselves not in comparison to other people but to the idea… — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
When we do not know the truth of a thing, it is good that there should exist a common error which determines… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I find that the more I depend on real life, the less interesting the story is. It's much more common for me… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
A short time ago the demagogues blamed capitalism for the poverty of the masses. Today they rather blame capitalism for the "affluence"… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
You may wonder: how do I overcome the common 'Cute/Insane Conundrum,' as it occurs in men ... Yes, it's a fact -… — Marilyn Suzanne Miller Copy Share Image
Britain and Pakistan will jointly fight the menace of terrorism .. Both the countries are facing a common threat of terrorism and… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
If you go out on a date, for the first date, a guy should pay, a guy should be respectful and, you… — Carly Aquilino Copy Share Image
Within the brain's most secret cells, A certain lord chief justice dwells, Of sov'reign power, whom one and all, With common voice… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
This is common sense. This is nature, and what we're trying to do is defy nature because a certain group of people… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
Can we imagine a different world? I can. That's a world where work is rational, it's in the common good, and we're… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
It was pretty common to form bands that only lasted a few years. Slint was my favorite band that I was in… — David Pajo Copy Share Image
The work of the world is common as mud. Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust. But the thing worth doing… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Many older physicians had gone to their graves calling Pasteur a liar, a fool, or worse---and without examining evidence which their “common… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I think [rock'n'roll] essence is what made it good and has a lot in common with what originally made monotheism good -… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
History teaches that a race of people is best preserved where the greater number hold one common spirit in consequence of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There's a negative connotation to internet trolls, but at the same time this is becoming mainstream. This kind of speech pattern, the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
There is no common understanding, and no community life. But in a shared activity, each person refers what he is doing to… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Surely, 'tis one step towards acting well, to think worthily of our nature; and as in common life, the way to make… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
When you see people who are really good at game shows, the one common attribute is a cool head under pressure: an… — Ken Jennings Copy Share Image
The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied… — Plato Copy Share Image
Many years ago someone told me something that I flatly refused to accept. And I still don't accept it now, despite all… — Sergei Lukyanenko Copy Share Image
I loved high school. I had the best high school experience of all time. I know that's not a common feeling, but… — Melonie Diaz Copy Share Image
We may experience moments of profound inner peace, a sense of oneness with nature, or a sense of something that is more… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
All poetry and music, and art of every true sort, bears witness to man's continual falling in love with beauty and his… — John Bertram Phillips Copy Share Image
Blessings we enjoy daily, and for most of them, because they be so common, we forget to pay our praises. But let… — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image