We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Among the many things that profoundly impress me about the Dalai Lama, quite high up on the list is his ability to… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
A newspaper can follow the compulsions, the desires of the readers. Take the English evening newspapers - they are following the readers'… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
TO THOSE WHO WOULD USE INTELLIGENCE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST DEATH - TO STRENGTHEN THE WILL TO LIVE AGAINST THE WISH TO… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
It's hard to go out in front of people with an acoustic guitar and improvise for 30 or 40 minutes, but I… — Bill Orcutt Copy Share Image
Every state begins in compulsion; but the habits of obedience become the content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
The human mind appears suddenly and inexplicably out of some unknown and unimaginable void. It passes half its known life in the… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
There came a time in everyone’s life when they realized that in spite of how hard they’d been running from themselves, everywhere… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [Italian: Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]” — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
No human power can force the intrenchments of the human mind: compulsion never persuades; it only makes hypocrites. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I'm condemned by some inner compulsion to think about the daily rituals of my life. I have a low grade fever for… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
Your desintation is a life of meaning, fulfillment, creativity and joy. A life free of fears, obsessions, compulsions, and addictions, without the… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
The mind cannot support moral chaos for long. Men are under as strong a compulsion to invent an ethical setting for their… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
There is a compulsion that is perhaps the heart of life's meanings, this marvelous mystery of blood ties that brings joy whenever… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Do you think nobody would willingly entrust his children to you or pay you for teaching them? Why do you have to… — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
I tend to work most often from the method of ignoring any ritualistic writing for long periods of time, and then I'll… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
Actually, I'd already briefed him, early this morning. Since we were up at six. Since, at six, the nurse had been overcome… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“I reeled with giddiness - flames passed before my eyes. I remembered those precipices that drew one towards them with irresistible power… — Erckmann-Chatrian Copy Share Image
There is no evidence that we've been placed on this planet to be especially happy or especially normal. And in fact our… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Creativity is the vulnerability to spiritual and physical sensation, and to experience, combined with and acting upon a certain level of skill,… — Michael Ventura Copy Share Image
