Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Agriculture has become essential to life; the forest, the lake, and the ocean cannot sustain the increasing family of man; population declines… — Elias Hasket Derby Copy Share Image
Worthy persons deserve to be called so because they are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity,decline,disgrace,honor,praise,censure,suffering, and pleasure.They are neither… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[ Bob Dylan] should let the Nobel Prize Committee know if he is accepting it or not. He will not be the… — Sjon Copy Share Image
“Cavenaugh rubbed his hands together and smiled his sunny smile. 'I like that idea. It's reassuring. If we can have no secrets,… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
I know of no severe depression, in any country or any time, that was not accompanied by a sharp decline in the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
Of course I want people to show up to the concerts and I am sure for that to decline would be a… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
Renewable biofuels are meanwhile making inroads in the transportation fuels market and are beginning to have a measurable impact on demand for… — Christopher Flavin Copy Share Image
Silene, who declines The garish noontide's blazing light; But when the evening crescent shines, Gives all her sweetness to the night. — Charlotte Turner Smith Copy Share Image
General improvements in health/decline in mortality do not affect all classes equally. As mortality rates fall, social inequalities commonly widen. — Michael Marmot Copy Share Image
Islam takes advantage of two structural flaws that exist in the Western society. One is political correctness and other is the decline… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The labor movement can be rebuilt, as has happened before after sharp declines. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You might be a redneck if The Salvation Army declines your mattress. — Jeff Foxworthy Copy Share Image
So much of my self worth was tied with my position. It felt like I was being enveloped in darkness. It was… — Tom Johnson Copy Share Image
It was Rome, on the fifteenth of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
One phrase I would dearly like to consign to the can is 'Out of the Box.' The thinking that told us we… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
It should be remembered that a decline of 50% fully offsets a preceding advance of 100%. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
When we decline to talk about what is real simply because it's uncomfortable to do so, we seal our own fate. — Richard Heinberg Copy Share Image
Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice. — Moshe Dayan Copy Share Image
When there is no feeling of accomplishment, children fail to develop properly and old people rapidly decline. — Joe Whitney Copy Share Image
Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death - and everything else is open to discussion. — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
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