When you advance a frontier and you do tomorrow what's never been done today, you have to innovate to make that happen.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
At the present moment in our culture this yearning for meaning and consciousness, this yearning to give and serve something higher than… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
In spite of their obvious differences, folk art and popular art have much in common; they are easy to understand, they are… — Gilbert Seldes Copy Share Image
I allude to Back to the Future in the 1985 story to let folks know it was an inspiration and because it… — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
I don't want to pretend like I'm clairvoyant or anything, but I had a tremendous sense of malaise about our political future.… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation. The notion that in order to have a nation it is necessary for… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
God's Word will never pass away, but looking back to the Old Testament and since the time of Christ, with tears we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“Quentin Schultze says that we have become like tourists who are so enamored by our mode of transportation that we cruise through… — Tim Challies Copy Share Image
My colleague Senator John Ensign of Nevada told me a story that epitomizes the selfishness of our culture: When I was a… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
Until we can insert a USB into our ear and download our thoughts, drawing remains the best way of getting visual information… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
What choices are you making in your perception of the events around you? We choose how we view our times. There is… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
Tracing the progress of mankind in the ascending path of civilization, and moral and intellectual culture, our fathers found that the divine… — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
You asked if I thought my fiction had changed anything in the culture and the answer is no. Sure, there's been some… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I think different societies, cultures, individuals, teams of people, make the world a better place. The founding fathers, they made New England,… — Les Wexner Copy Share Image
The whole Ireland was taken over by greed and materialism. It was extraordinary. The price of every house had skyrocketed. If you… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
“So in this Hemisphere when the moon goes down, I sit in one of those all-night-into-mornings cafes, watching short short skies below… — Joseph Maviglia Copy Share Image
When I started acting in the film industry when I was 16 years old, in 1980, I was going to all the… — Crispin Glover Copy Share Image
Another factor is the education and culture in which you grow up. I didn't grow up in the culture of victory, where… — Amelie Mauresmo Copy Share Image
In the way that scepticism is sometimes applied to issues of public concern, there is a tendency to belittle, to condescend, to… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“[The] tremendous and still accelerating development of science and technology has not been accompanied by an equal development in social, economic, and… — Ralph Linton Copy Share Image
It indicates a person who has not only good manners but who possesses a sense of balance, a sure mastery of himself,… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
In the consumer culture of marriage, commitments last as long as the other person is meeting our needs. We still believe in… — William J Doherty Copy Share Image
I think the commercial culture, and also science and technology after all, which gives us greater ease but also makes it harder… — Steven C. Hayes Copy Share Image
With almost no time to decide, [your loved ones] gave the entire country an incalculable gift. They saved the Capitol from attack.… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
There is no "true Islam," just different interpretations. Since I brought up patriarchy, let me make one thing clear. I am not… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Almost by definition, secularism cannot be a future: it's a present-tense culture that over time disconnects a society from cross-generational purpose. Which… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Through our own creative experience we came to know that the real tradition in art is not housed only in museums and… — Lawren Harris Copy Share Image
I don't think there is ever a direct connection between the philosophical community and the wider populus. I'm very aware of this… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
The truth of literature and art has always been granted (if it was granted at all) as one of a "higher" order,… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
I think that we need more economic-based solutions to the problems afflicting the Black community, and I think that that's a way… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
What I think is important about essayists, about the essay as opposed to a lot of personal writing is that the material… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
Some cultures don't have a separate word for music and dance. To my knowledge, this notion of listening to music without dancing… — RJD2 Copy Share Image
Secretly in my heart, I believe food is a doorway to almost every dimension of our existence. ... Food never was just… — Lynne Rossetto Kasper Copy Share Image
If the president of the country is not actually saying something, allowing equality to happen, how could you expect to counsel kids… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
Talking about improving the culture, I prefer to say "develop" or "evolve" rather than "change". If I walk into a room and… — James Merlino Copy Share Image
You have to question a cinematic culture that preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product… — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
Our new immigrants must be part of our one America. After all, they're revitalizing our cities, they're energizing our culture, they're building… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“Modern cosmetic surgeons have a direct financial interest in a social role for women that requires them to feel ugly. They do… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
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