Despite the theories traditionally taught in high-school social studies, the truth is: the more primitive the society, the more leisured its way… — Peter Farb Copy Share Image
Despite what our modern society would have you believe, the Witch within you is not dangerous, but protective. She is not frivolous,… — Laurie Cabot Copy Share Image
Walking the streets on winter nights kept him warm, despite the cold nocturnal passions of uprising winds. His footsteps led between trade-marked… — Alan Sillitoe Copy Share Image
God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws,… — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
What I think is funny is when people, despite tragic situations, are still hopeful, still trying. It's sweet and sad - and,… — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
I want you to know that, despite what you might read at times in the newspapers or see on the television news,… — Paul Cellucci Copy Share Image
Happiness can’t be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being and of experiencing the world—a profound… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
I was trouble - and always in trouble. Aged eight I still couldn't read. In fact, I was dyslexic and short-sighted. Despite… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The fact that equities are being sold down, despite the lowest interest rates in recent history, simply means that the market doesn't… — John C. Malone Copy Share Image
The Greek people have gone through some very difficult times and there's still a hard road ahead, but despite those hardships, Greece… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The Bush administration continues to coddle China, despite its continuing crackdown on democratic reform, its brutal subjugation of Tibet, its irresponsible export… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Despite one or two minority appeals our society is not outraged at man's unremitting use of the animal world. Ecologists and environmentalists… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
Despite the strength of the feminist movement in the 1970s and beyond, a fable has persisted that educated women are rejected as… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
Despite a lot of people thinking that everything gets more and more difficult, I always assumed that people are going to be… — Rob Brown Copy Share Image
In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Despite a primitive brain, the octopus possesses an intricate system that helps it decide which tentacle to masturbate with. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
Absolute power, as we have always known, corrupts absolutely; it corrupts because it does not do the trick for the individual. Reality… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Despite Russia's move to raise interest rates this week, the value of the ruble has continued to crash. Russia's economy is so… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I'm glad that, despite everything, I was able to get work done and finish something. I never finish anything. So just being… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
Collective judgment of new ideas is so often wrong that it is arguable that progress depends on individuals being free to back… — W. Arthur Lewis Copy Share Image
We are a diverse country, but we are one country. And we are at our best when we come together as Americans,… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
Despite its flaws, the American electoral system has produced Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Harry Truman. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
