The moral peril to humanity of thoughtlessly accepting these conveniences [of materialism] (with their inherent disadvantages) as constituting a philosophy of life… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Coupling doesn't always have to do with sex ... Two people holding each other up like flying buttresses. Two people depending on… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Many [hooligans] discover to their shame that they have scruples; they have roots and, greatest disadvantage of all, they have hope. The… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We cherish the conventional story of Dr. King and nonviolence, in fact, precisely because that narrative demands so little of us…This conventional… — Timothy B. Tyson Copy Share Image
The only disadvantage to directing if you've been an actor is how self-conscious you are. When I'm directing, I'm always so aware… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
Our show is obviously at a disadvantage with any of the other news shows we're competing against. For one thing, we are… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Much of the world is focused on answers. This unfortunate. Situations change, the earth turns, and our needs fluctuate. Focusing on static… — John Fairclough Copy Share Image
Many men without morals have attacked religion because it was contrary to their inclinations. Many wise men have despised it because it… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
By 1940 the literacy figure for all states stood at 96 percent for whites. Eighty percent for blacks. Notice for all the… — Vin Suprynowicz Copy Share Image
I say that the Second Amendment doesn't allow for exceptions - or else it would have read that the right "to keep… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
While I do not think it was so intended I have always been of the opinion that this turned out to be… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or degree,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Pride measures prosperity not by her own advantages but by the disadvantages of others. She would not even wish to be a… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
If you believe in God you are at no disadvantage in this life, and at considerable advantage in the next. If you… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Why will our elections be equal? Because neither differences in regard to property (differences partly existing) nor differences of race and nationality… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
The scarcity trap captures this notion we see again and again in many domains. When people have very little, they undertake behaviors… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
The liberals who demanded equality of taxation on behalf of the poor, for instance, did not imagine that they would obtain progressive… — Vilfredo Pareto Copy Share Image
Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One of the marked characteristics of the U.K. security industry as compared with defence is the lack of company scale. This can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've been winning with 70 percent of the vote, and if you look at my district, you know it's a majority Christian… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
Holloway Prison is a very old place, and it has the disadvantages of old places which have never known enough air and… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
Those of us living in the state of in between have certain advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of being exposed to a… — Shirin Neshat Copy Share Image
The key to the U.N.'s global warming study was man's use of aerosol spray. You have to know the French were involved… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The disadvantages of a decentralized, spread out urban area are tremendous, and the environmental damage of urban sprawl cannot be ignored. As… — Minoru Mori Copy Share Image
If one thinks about racism by examining only one wire of the cage, or one form of disadvantage, it is difficult to… — Iris Marion Young Copy Share Image
I think that part of my optimism comes from the belief that we as a people could actually, regardless of all the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The novice trader is at a disadvantage because the intuitions that he is going to have about the market are going to… — Charles Faulkner Copy Share Image
Before we even consider expanding Medicare, or another program based on its rates, we must reform our Medicare payment system so that… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Independent experts have looked at what I've proposed and looked at what Donald's [Trump] proposed, and basically they've said this, that if… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Perfect moments, especially when they verge on the sublime have the grave disadvantage of being very short lived, which in fact, being… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter rarely relies without disadvantage solely upon the… — Hermann Ebbinghaus Copy Share Image
Something that works for one person could be a disadvantage to another. — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
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