...life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Creating a close connection to those you do business with has its many risks, rewards and consequences. There are few things in… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
People of this teenager's age are on the brink of adulthood and have to be allowed a greater degree of responsibility. A… — John Scott Copy Share Image
But you are involved in the world, and your actions have consequences for other people, and if you don't recognize that, then… — Malcolm Bradbury Copy Share Image
I am proud to say that the Federalist Society was founded in part at the University of Chicago, and one of its… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
Asceticism in most cases is either the result of a sordid imagination or of passion diverted from its natural course, and experience… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
Every great decision creates ripples. Like a huge boulder dropping in a lake. The ripples merge and rebound off the banks in… — Sylvester McCoy Copy Share Image
If there is no God, then man and the universe are doomed. Like prisoners condemned to death, we await our unavoidable execution.… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
There is no question, therefore, that the work to be done in familiarising the general public with the nature of the Mysteries… — Alice Bailey Copy Share Image
I have seen myself lose intolerance, narrowness, bigotry, complacence, pride and a whole bushel-basket of other intellectual vices through my contact with… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
Preparatory human beings. - I welcome all signs that a more virile, warlike age is about to begin, which will restore honour… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Well into the 19th century there were pronouncements from just about every branch of science and medicine that reading, writing, and thinking… — Dale Spender Copy Share Image
After the survivor of the Spanish conquest has told his life's story he is convicted by the Inquisition: He posted no brief… — Gary Jennings Copy Share Image
I think people are more in contact now with the consequences of war than they've been for a very long time. And… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
When it happeneth that a man signifieth unto us two contradictory opinions whereof the one is clearly and directly signified, andthe other… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Try to relax, and you will find out that you feel more tense than ever. Try harder and you will feel more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To be awake and harmonious creates the possibility for ecstasy to happen. Ecstasy means the ultimate joy, inexpressible; no words are adequate… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
you can't live life without consequences. They occur regardless of the decision. A consequence is an outcome, good or bad. You can… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
For example, in Vitamin K, the clotting proteins get it first... and only after they're satisfied do you prevent calcification of the… — Bruce Ames Copy Share Image
The world has been tragic since the day Adam and Eve sinned in the garden. From that moment murder, mayhem and war… — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
The important consequences to the American States from this Declaration of Independence, considered as the ground and foundation of a future government,… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
Life of the soul is union with God, as life of the body is union with the soul. As the soul was… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
It is precisely because a child's feelings are so strong that they cannot be repressed without serious consequences. The stronger a prisoner… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Whatever evils either reason or declamation have imputed to extensive empire, the power of Rome was attended with some beneficial consequences to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
A genuine approach to budget cutting - knowing exactly what you're cutting and why, and with what real-life consequences - is beyond… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes… — Marion G. Romney Copy Share Image
God works with power, and can make the unwilling willing; if He undertakes the conversion of a soul, it will be converted.… — Thomas Goodwin Copy Share Image
Is a brazen and innocent confrontation with paternal authority an unbearably terrifying prospect to some? Are the consequences of a fathers anger… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
The subjective mind is entirely under the control of the objective mind. With the utmost fidelity it reproduces and works out to… — Thomas Troward Copy Share Image
Granted, prostate exams aren't the most enjoyable things in the world, but they only last about 10 seconds. It's well worth it.… — Len Dawson Copy Share Image
Although it is important to examine the consequences of today's actions far into the future, it is important not to confuse far… — Robert O. Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
We have all our playthings. Happy are they who are contented with those they can obtain; those hours are spent in the… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Political conflict rests to a very large extent on a universal ignorance of consequences, as the people who are benefited by any… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Most of us avoid telling the truth because it's uncomfortable. We're afraid of the consequences-making others feel uncomfortable, hurting their feelings or… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
A scientist naturally and inevitably ... mulls over the data and guesses at a solution. He proceeds to testing of the guess… — Edwin Powell Hubble Copy Share Image
Mostly we're motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there's a bit… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
Photography is solitary and there are lags between seeing with your eyes and seeing through the lens, and then seeing the image… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other on the… — Jean de Joinville Copy Share Image
