They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
I think the single most important political distinction today is actually between open-minded versus closed-minded, and that's why I think this crosses… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
The British use a system where the profits a corporation reports to shareholders is what they pay taxes on. Whereas in America… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
Mary bring out your umbrella - The sun shines down on this fine, fine day But the ashes raining down forever Are… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
You're treated as though you're just a piece of meat, and you're there for consumption by men. I feel like the common… — Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Copy Share Image
There is a common perception that compassion is, if not actually an impediment, at least irrelevant to professional life. Personally, I would… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Those things which we call extraordinary, remarkable, or unusual may make history, but they do not make real life. After all, to… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's… — William James Copy Share Image
We [USA and China] have a common responsibility with different numerical targets, and that's the situation ultimately we are going to have… — Jay Inslee Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of existentialist; first, those who are Christian...and on the other hand the atheistic existentialists, among whom...I class myself.… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
The First Amendment, however, does not say that in every and all respects there shall be a separation of Church and State.… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
It is sometimes suggested that the [Nazi economic] recovery was a product of a specific fascist economic strategy, which distinguished it from… — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
What honest boy would pride himself on not picking pockets ? A thief who was trying to reform would. To be conceited… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
The wildest dreams of wild men, even, are not the less true, though they may not recommend themselves to the sense which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Perhaps preachers today need to think about the assumptions that are common in their congregation - the plausibilities and comforting assurances -… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a 'surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow'. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Nowadays, there are plans to separate the Baltic states from the common power system of the former Soviet Union and to integrate… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
But, historians, and even common sense, may inform us, that, however specious these ideas of perfect equality may seem, they are really,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Either... the moving intelligences of the planets are weakest in those that are farthest from the sun, or... there is one moving… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to change. “Repent” is its most frequent message, and repenting means giving up all of… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
We had a very good situation in 2005. The common budget had a volume of 80 billion dollars per year. Thousands of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If we could but recognize our common humanity, that we do belong together, that our destinies are bound up in one another's,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication… Try the experiment of communicating, with fullness and… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
To most ... of us, Russia was as mysterious and remote as the other side of the moon and not much more… — Herbert York Copy Share Image
There's a song called 'The Lights of My Hometown' that goes back to me growing up a regular kid. I mean, I… — Aaron Lines Copy Share Image
What Smith and Marx have in common is that they were both philosophers of great vision and perceptiveness, deep humanity, and a… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
Let us not... contend about merit , but let us all be intent on forwarding the common enterprize , and equally enjoy… — Joseph Priestley Copy Share Image
No scientist or student of science, need ever read an original work of the past. As a general rule, he does not… — C.P. Snow Copy Share Image
“We cannot win in team situations or in relationships by ourselves. It is like trying to pick up a pencil with only… — Terry Orlick Copy Share Image
Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning, as it was to Adam and Eve,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Common sense told us that to preserve the peace, we'd have to become strong again after years of weakness and confusion. So,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good. Thus… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Horses in the Book of Mormon would be another. You have relatively few mentions of horses, but there are some, and we… — Daniel C. Peterson Copy Share Image
Air is one we hold in common; it has a limited carrying capacity for pollutants and that's being used up by those… — Jay Inslee Copy Share Image
As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital… — Karen Finerman Copy Share Image
Insurgencies are easy to make and hard to stop. Only a few ingredients need to combine to create an insurgency; like oxygen… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
I think the language of sacrifice is particularly important for societies like the United States in which war remains our most determinative… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image