The thing represented had to pass through two distorting lenses: the artist's mind, and his medium of expression, before it emerged as… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
We are all on a collision course with ourselves. Inevitably, our existing habits will be counter-productive to achieving our bigger picture goals.… — John Fairclough Copy Share Image
Each of us should choose which course of action we must take; education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The crucifixion saved him [Jesus]. He never had to deal with the fact that the kingdom of God wasn't ever going to… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
When I get my feelings hurt, or when things scare me, or freak out my sensibilities, or when my feathers get ruffled,… — Rose McGowan Copy Share Image
I am a patient man--always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance, and also to give ample time for repentance.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We see that leaders in Western Europe [there are some debates of course, we also see that and analyse it all] stick… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
A mission that comes from the heart to promote these things and to encourage composers to write, then of course they should… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
In terms of America, I think any profound consideration is bound to return us to the notion of twins because, though you… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
And we should forget, day by day, what we have done; this is true non-attachment. And we should do something new. To… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
When I started out playing guitar and singing, I was about twelve, going on thirteen. The role models for me back then… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
Reverence for life . . . does not allow the scholar to live for his science alone, even if he is very… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The problem, of course, lies with the realities concealed from us. This has always been the case. While the American public has… — Jennifer Harbury Copy Share Image
It has also been a great solace to me, to believe that you are engaged in vindicating to posterity the course we… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I promised myself as a kid that I would not become that guy. So I have my finger on the pulse of… — Shane Bunting Copy Share Image
In order to learn true humility (I use this expression to describe the state of mind under discussion), it is good for… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
One of the great events in my life was my first meeting with Edison. This wonderful man, who had received no scientific… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I feel more voluntary about my pleasures and pains than the average American who has his needs dictated by Madison Avenue (my… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
If the US government spends 40 percent of the nation's income, as it does through either borrowing or taxes, that income is… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
A dollar put into a book and a book mastered might change the whole course of a boy's life. It might easily… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
You know who has tenure? The pope has tenure. The Queen of England has tenure. So does Fidel and the communists -… — Ira Carmen Copy Share Image
I would eat 300 calories a day - a lot of Jell-O and no-sugar everything, of course. I was doing Pilates, weight-training,… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
Maybe it's just a matter of getting older and being aware that the market for medium-budget and low-budget films, which is of… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
Have you been holding back from a risky, costly course to which you know in your heart God has called you? Hold… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
In general, the best advice I can give people is to take criticism seriously, apologize for anything you have done wrong, and… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
It's what [Barak] Obama was complaining about. All this is now up to the voters - who, of course, the Democrats do… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I don't want to be quoted as 'Tom Hiddleston, psychologist says...' But there is a psychological aspect to being an actor. We… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Of course nothing is ever done about a [presidential] commission report, except, they say, once a man at the state prison for… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
To this day, I fondly recall the challenges of building a fire, pitching a tent, climbing a New England mountain, canoeing on… — Michael Eisner Copy Share Image
The reaction we should be having to [rich liberals] is not ridicule, but rather self-criticism. Why aren't we organizing them? I mean,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Everyone's talking about insoles nowadays, saying that it's a male necessity. To tell you the truth, I always use it because for… — Seungri Copy Share Image
There is something about this process, and about the whole 8 x 10 [camera] business, that takes it out of the arena… — Sally Mann Copy Share Image
Something may have happened before, and yet this thing that happened just after may be so important that you don't even know… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
Societies will, of course, wish to exercise prudence in deciding which technologies that is, which applications of science are to be pursued… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Think of all the nonsense you had to learn in psychology courses. None of which was testable. None of which was measurable.… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Not mythical material productive forces, but reason and ideas determine the course of human affairs. What is needed to stop the trend… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It is not easy to make our lives respectable by any course of activity. We must repeatedly withdraw into our shells of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Of course there are influences, of course there are things that are inspiring, but it's weird to think that I'm trying to… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
My first love in music was jazz, but I like it all," "I reacted emotionally to Art Blakey and, of course, to… — Larry Carlton Copy Share Image