The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but… — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn't anything that isn't made easier through constant familiarity and training (I… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to… — Abbie Hoffman Copy Share Image
What could I dream of that had the barest possibility of coming true? I could think of nothing. And, slowly, it was… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant… — James Larkin Copy Share Image
Either we, as a society, decide that copyright is the greater value to society, and take active steps to give up private… — Rick Falkvinge Copy Share Image
Rumors and reports of man's relation with animals are the world's oldest news stories, headlined in the stars of the zodiac, posted… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
In our culture of constant access and nonstop media, nothing feels more like a curse from God than time in the wilderness.… — Jonathan Martin Copy Share Image
Nobody draws the light for covered wine rooms from the south or west, but rather from the north, since that quarter is… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books – mine included – because it looked clear-cut, but… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
All right I think we've been down here in the dark long enough. There's a whole other world upstairs. Take my hand… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The underlying reason for convergence seems to be that all organisms are under constant scrutiny of natural selection and are also subject… — Simon Conway Morris Copy Share Image
The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Whenever I think of how religion started, I picture some frustrated old man making out a list of all the ways he… — Steve Blake Copy Share Image
I want nothing new, if I can have but a tithe of the old secured to me. I will spurn all wealth… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There are two sorts of constancy in love one arises from continually discovering in the loved person new subjects for love, the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are not strong enough to stand up against endless grief, And yet pain is the constant drone of life. So if… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
I'm not physically harming any of these people by being high, and it's just interesting to see that I feel like my… — Doug Benson Copy Share Image
This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I live in a constant endeavor to fence against the infirmities of ill health, and other evils of life, by mirth; being… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Like the tectonic plate it sits upon, Hollywood is subject to seismic jolts and constant tremors. Each season erupts with a new… — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
Although I could never get used to the constant state of anxiety in which the guilty, the great, and the tenderhearted live,… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It's constant! I just don't stand still. I actually got given a mic stand… — Jessie J Copy Share Image
You can't overestimate the importance of psychology in chess, and as much as some players try to downplay it, I believe that… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
When I was young, I expected from people more than they could give: neverending friendship and constant excitement. Now I expect less… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Pacing is not the sort of thing you can plan out beforehand, but you're always aware of it as you write, because… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
I just feel, in life, I'm searching for something I can rely on, something that's constant and something that's going to guide… — Melanie Chisholm Copy Share Image
All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
Each ray of light moves in the coordinate system 'at rest' with the definite, constant velocity V independent of whether this ray… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more constant to the public… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If I were to be responsible for guiding souls, I would urge everyone to be aware of God's constant presence, if for… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Warren Buffett has shown you can be very, very successful without being rapacious, while still being honest, without engaging in constant legal… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
If every moment is sacred, and If you are amazed and in awe most of the time, when you find yourself breathing… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
The gift of the Holy Ghost, which is the right to receive the Holy Ghost as a constant companion, is obtained only… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
