Spiritual wisdom consists in finding out the subtleties, policies, and depths of any indwelling sin... to trace this serpent in all its… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Reptiles and amphibians are sometimes thought of as primitive, dull and dimwitted. In fact, of course, they can be lethally fast, spectacularly… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I started when I was three, and on some courses they wouldn't let me play because they said I was too little.… — Matteo Manassero Copy Share Image
The miracle, of course, was not that the oil for the sacred light - in a little cruse - lasted as long… — Charles Reznikoff Copy Share Image
Luck or tragedy, some people get runs. Then of course there are those who divide it even, good and bad, but we… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . .… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Singlehood is not longer a state to be overcome as soon as possible. It has its own rewards. Marriage is not the… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Television in the 1960s & 70s had just as much dross and the programmes were a lot more tediously patronising than they… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Man is an Animal, formidable both from his Passions and his Reason; his Passions often urging him to great Evils, and his… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
The Elders would go forth, and each must stand for himself...to go in all meekness, in sobriety, and preach Jesus Christ and… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
To really be known and really let someone else be known is very vulnerable. It's a weird thing. Just being an actress… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
We who are rich are often demanding and difficult. We shut ourselves up in our apartments and may even use a watchdog… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
If zoos are like arks, then rare animals are like passengers on a voyage of the damned, never to find a port… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Man ever talks, and Man ever dreams Of better days that are yet to be, After glittering goal, that distant gleams, Running… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
My dad is my dad. I love him, and I realize that he's as famous as he is. Of course, I don't… — Laila Ali Copy Share Image
I almost never draw a completely naked man. He has to have at least a pair of boots or something on. To… — Tom of Finland Copy Share Image
Mousse was a Labrador retriever, which is a large enthusiastic bulletproof species of dog made entirely from synthetic materials. This is the… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
... what is faked [by the computerization of image-making], of course, is not reality, but photographic reality, reality as seen by the… — Lev Manovich Copy Share Image
The climate has been changing. Of course it [has]. Evidence throughout history, [which] we can assess, especially during human history, shows there… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
When the camera is looking back at our planet Earth, it's the tiniest of specks somewhere out there in the universe. So… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by vanity only… — Yousuf Karsh Copy Share Image
I was not exploiting any real individual's story in writing ROOM, of course I was aware that my novel, by commenting on… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I don't look at records, that's not why I'm playing the game. Goals, of course. Every player in my position wants to… — Lionel Messi Copy Share Image
I love to do very long and complicated scenes. I like to have this impression that we are all working together, where… — Catherine Deneuve Copy Share Image
I think the scientists have really caught the attention of the people of this country, and of course, they elected representatives by… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
Afghanistan will, by the grace of God, stand on its own feet in three to four years time. Until then, of course,… — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
These cruel, wanton, indiscriminate bombings of London are, of course, a part of Hitler's invasion plans. He hopes, by killing large numbers… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The things that happen in your life are either your choices or opportunities and lessons the universe has put before you. Life… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
There is, of course, a gold mine or a buried treasure on every mortgaged homestead. Whether the farmer ever digs for it… — Fawn M. Brodie Copy Share Image
Usually at the core of fiction that has some element of the absurd there tends to be an examination of some societal… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
I wonder whether they have rum and Coke in Heaven? Maybe it's too mundane a pleasure, but I hope so -- as… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Gradual and moderate warming brings benefits as well as incurring costs. These benefits and costs will not, of course, be felt uniformly… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
I would like to thank the United staff for making me feel so welcome and part of the United family from my… — David Moyes Copy Share Image
Of course, our failures are a consequence of many factors, but possibly one of the most important is the fact that society… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A lot of… — JoAnne Carner Copy Share Image
The fictioneer labors under the constraint of plausibility; his inventions must stay within the capacity of the audience to accept and believe.… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
. . . a basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he… — Sophocles Copy Share Image