I know we should aspire to be higher philosophical beings, contemplating the universe and becoming more refined humans, but if all we… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, books took me away from my life to a solitary place that didn't feel lonely. They celebrated… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. We… — Warren G. Harding Copy Share Image
When we contemplate buying something, we usually ask the price of it, then decide whether or not it is worth that much… — Ruth Stout Copy Share Image
Nations, as well as man, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years. When I… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
He was not a modest man. Contemplating suicide, he summoned a dragon.' Gothos' Folly — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Shares are not mere pieces of paper. They represent part ownership of a business. So, when contemplating an investment, think like a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The literary critic, or the critic of any other specific form of artistic expression, may detach himself from the world for as… — Clive James Copy Share Image
People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
The true value of the Christian religion rests, not upon speculative views of the Creator, which must necessarily be different in each… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
I don't relax. I sit down and contemplate all the energetic things I should do. — Sylvester McCoy Copy Share Image
Every man must have a peaceful place to contemplate. If you do not have such a place, you must find one! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
It appeared that after first contemplating a book on some subject, and after giving serious preliminary attention to it, I needed a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We need to continually look within ourselves. Contemplate our inner being and find our own unique voice and then learn to heed… — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I am not astonished that men who lean, as it were, on an atom, should stumble at the smallest efforts they make… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
No funny stuff in here tonight, you understand?” Dash said, “I assure you I could not contemplate any of your so-called funny… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
What kind of world does the humanitarian contemplate as affording him full scope? It could only be a world filled with breadlines… — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Let's contemplate this, how many people would die if war breaks out. There are 2.7 billion people in the world. One-third could… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The Christian religion alone contemplates the conjugal union in the order of nature; it is the only religion which presents woman to… — Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Copy Share Image
Avisitor from Mars contemplating a man in a frock coat and top hat and a woman in a crinoline might well have… — James Laver Copy Share Image
So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change. This is the only… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
