To find the length of an object, we have to perform certain physical operations. The concept of length is therefore fixed when… — Percy Williams Bridgman Copy Share Image
Whether a country is actually free is determined not by how well-rewarded its convention-affirming media elites are and how ignored its passive… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The Battle of Waterloo is a work of art with tension and drama with its unceasing change from hope to fear and… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
No more cutting grams, and wrapping grands up in rubber-bands, I'm a recovered man, our plans ta discover other lands, suburban places… — Eminem Copy Share Image
Callan took a deep breath. “I never expected you.” He shook his head with an edge of amusement. “You are a dangerous… — Lora Leigh Copy Share Image
One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
With the exception of the geometrical series, there does not exist in all of mathematics a single infinite series the sum of… — Niels Henrik Abel Copy Share Image
Let me speak frankly: separate but equal is a fraud. It is the language that tried to push Rosa Parks to the… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Aggressive play is a vital asset of the world's greatest golfers. However, it's even more important to the average player. Attack this… — Greg Norman Copy Share Image
I determined to make my peace with Islam, even at the cost of my pride. Those who were surprised and displeased by… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When I was hired by the University of Washington extension school to teach the one-year fiction writing course - 96 classroom hours… — James Thayer Copy Share Image
My agent says, "You have an audition for the next Dustin Hoffman movie, playing a pioneer woman." And I go, "All right!"… — Beth Grant Copy Share Image
I'm enthralled by the national yearning that the Russians had during the 50s and 60s. The whole century was pretty rough for… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
I am determined to honour the confidence which has been extended to us by the people of our great land. And I… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
In the past, I was a perpetual victim; how I was doing in any given moment depended on what happened to me.… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
Disregard appearances, conditions, in fact all evidence of your senses that deny the fulfillment of your desire. Rest in the assumption that… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
The great genius does not let his work be determined by the concrete finite conditions that surround him, whilst it is from… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
I think I am more determined than ever in my future plans, and I have quite made up my mind that nothing… — Ada Lovelace Copy Share Image
At any time the atmosphere in the West could change, for which determined political will I do not see at the moment… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Years ago I decided that the greatest need in our Country was Art... We were a very young country and had very… — Isabella Stewart Gardner Copy Share Image
There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
The more I read and watched about the meat industry, the more determined I became to keep meat out of my diet.… — Renee Olstead Copy Share Image
We are both burdened and blessed by the great responsibility of the will - the power of choice. Our future is determined,… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Thunder rumbled. My heart beat faster. I turned away from Evernight for the last time and looked back at the flower as… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
While [Plato] affirmed with emphasis that the place of the individual in society should not be determined by birth or wealth or… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
What you learn is often determined by what you need to know. If you think you're weak, you will learn that you… — John Bingham Copy Share Image
I'm very determined and stubborn. There's a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do… — Mary Lou Retton Copy Share Image
The present rate of progress [in X-ray crystallography] is determined, not so much by the lack of problems to investigate or the… — William Lawrence Bragg Copy Share Image
I'm a fully trained cosmonaut and have completed 800 hours training, which has made me the No. 1 civilian reserve ready to… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
If money is not maintained, it can collapse like a bridge along Interstate 5 and fixing it, even with determined politicians, will… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
My mother was determined that I was going to leave the farm and do well in life. And she thought with the… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Capote, of course, addressed very similar themes to Good Night and Good Luck. Both films are about determined journalists defying obstacles in… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
We cannot but be astonished at the ease with which men resign themselves to ignorance about what is most important for them… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
I am very concerned about the fact that India as a country does not have a national health system, and I am… — Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Copy Share Image
I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but… — Jerry Rice Copy Share Image
Saying “I'll try” means our soul isn't really in it. We tell ourselves “I'll try” when our inflated egos won't come clean… — Chris Powell Copy Share Image
I was not really angry: I felt for him all the time, and longed to be reconciled; but I determined he should… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image