The nuclear family must be destroyed, and people must find better ways of living together. ...Whatever its ultimate meaning, the break-up of… — Linda Gordon Copy Share Image
Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common… — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
There's this really good line in 'Women in Love' where Ursula says, 'I always thought it was a sin to be unhappy.'… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
When composing music, I just start spilling things out and then wait until they take form, you know what I mean, until… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Linguistically, and hence conceptually, the things in sharpest focus are the things that are public enough to be talked of publicly, common… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
The common objection to seniority pay is, "It's rewarding dead wood!" My response is, "Why do you hire dead wood? Or why… — Peter R. Scholtes Copy Share Image
One thing we've learned this summer is that a house is not an end in itself, any more than "home" is just… — Katrina Kenison Copy Share Image
It gave me a great notion of the credit of our present government and administration, to find people press as eagerly to… — Gertrude Stein 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
Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Teamwork is the ability to work as a group toward a common vision, even if that vision becomes extremely blurry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is one common philosophy, one thing that you can do no matter who you are or what you look like: You… — Isaac Mizrahi Copy Share Image
Poverty ennobles no one; it brutalizes common people and makes them hungry and old. — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a… — Paracelsus Copy Share Image
What all great teachers appear to have in common is love of their subject, an obvious satisfaction in rousing this love in… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
Many quantum physics are realizing or hypothesizing that consciousness is not a byproduct of evolution as has been suggested. Or for that… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common Ø› I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence — Enrico Fermi Copy Share Image
In the course of a healthy debate, we prioritize different goals, and the different means of reaching them. But without some common… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
If they do not share equally enjoyments and toils, those who labor much and get little will necessarily complain of those who… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It makes more sense to find out where the middle- and long-term common ground lies. — Gerhard Schroder Copy Share Image
Some people flinch when you talk about art in the context of the needs of society thinking you are introducing something far… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Business deals are successfully negotiated every day throughout America. The common thread is a mutual desire to reach an accord. And the… — Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
