Chomsky proceeds on the almost unthinkably subversive assumption that the United States should be judged by the same standards that it preaches… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Venezuelans have a deep democratic conviction. If the government hotheads ventured out to stir violence they would encounter the armed forces. I… — Henrique Capriles Radonski Copy Share Image
“Even though I had a deep conviction that I was good at writing, and that in some way I already was a… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Place the lives of children in their formative years, despite the convictions of their parents, under the intimate control of experts appointed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Men have died in torture chambers, on the stake, in concentration camps, in front of firing squads, rather than renounce their convictions.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Nothing would turn the nation back to God so surely and so quickly as a Church that prayed and prevailed. The world… — Samuel Chadwick Copy Share Image
Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 season. I also felt… — Barry Sanders Copy Share Image
On most lines, making a sale without making a convert does not count for much. Sales made by conviction - by advertising… — Claude C. Hopkins Copy Share Image
I'll never understand how a man can live his life With his finger on the self-destruct button, Holding it there day after… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
This book is written for those who want more Jesus. It is for those who are bored with what American Christianity offers.… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
The abyss beyond our beliefs is something we have to pass through in order to see the world anew, to see it… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
In the books by Ruy-Sanchez we find again the erotic conviction that allows us to read with all the skin. The erotic,… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct sort of institutional genetic code… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
It takes so little, so infinitely little, for a person to cross the border beyond which everything loses meaning: love, convictions, faith,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
It is a fascinating fact that father and son have given the most striking evidence for the apparently contradictory properties of the… — Max Born Copy Share Image
A MAN WITH A CONVICTION is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts… — Leon Festinger Copy Share Image
It's no use to decide what's going to happen unless you have the courage of your convictions. Many a brilliant idea has… — Amadeo Giannini Copy Share Image
I don't care if religious people consider me amoral because I lack their beliefs in God. I do however care deeply about… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
In the second half of life the necessity is imposed of recognizing no longer the validity of our former ideals but of… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an 'extra' that a person might grow into after he… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Ultimately, leadership is about the strength of one's convictions, the ability to endure the punches, and the energy to promote an idea.… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
Against specious appearances we must set clear convictions, bright and ready for use. When death appears as an evil, we ought immediately… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
I have come to one firm conviction after these many years of trying to figure out the plain truth of things. The… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Memories assailed him of how gently she had spoken, touched, and moved; of how she'd loved him fiercely despite his mistakes and… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
I had pictured journalism as I'd seen it in the most ennobling films, where the reporter battles for the truth, propelled by… — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
Nationalist Socialist Germany wants peace because of its fundamental convictions. And it wants peace also owing to the realization of the simple… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The conviction that the best way to prepare children for a harsh, rapidly changing world is to introduce formal instruction at anearly… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In a world where the threat is asymmetrical, where the weak defy the strong, the power of conviction, the capacity to convince,… — Dominique de Villepin Copy Share Image
As always occurred when he quarreled over principles in which he believed passionately, he would end up gasping furiously for air and… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
We can read the paper or current magazines and learn about national and world events, think about controversial subjects, learn how to… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
[O]ne of the mixed blessings of being twenty and twenty-one and even twenty-three is the conviction that nothing like this, all evidence… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
I like to be an inspiration and an example of the idea that you can be independent, and it's no problem, and… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
The public only knows one side of [Mark Mark Twain] - the amusing part. Little does it suspect that he was a… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
What I got in Sunday school ... was simply a firm conviction that the Christian faith was full of palpable absurdities, and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The chief effect of talk on any subject is to strengthen one's own opinions, and, in fact, one never knows exactly what… — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
Twenty centuries of 'progress' have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and a high… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
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