If, as some say, evil lies in the hearts and not the institutions of men, then there's hardly a distinction worth making… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
They establish distinctions and reserves which I cannot apply to myself, for I exist only as a whole; my only claim is… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent.… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
Punishments of unreasonable severity, especially where indiscriminately afflicted, have less effect in preventing crimes, and amending the manners of a people, than… — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is clear enough that you are making some distinction in what you said, that there is some nicety of terminology in… — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
I make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
In matters of trust and justice there can be no distinction between big problems and small, for the general principles which determine… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
One of the real dilemmas we have in our country and around the world is that what works in politics is organization… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I'm not going to critique the president's every utterance, but I do think America is exceptional. America is different. We don't operate… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
I recognise a distinction between dream life and real life, between appearances and actualities. I confess to an over-powering desire to know… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
If you would understand this secret, you must first understand the distinction between training an animal and educating one. Trained animals are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The human mind is generally far more eager to praise and dispraise than to describe and define. It wants to make every… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak is the… — David Lack Copy Share Image
An interlude of false innocence has passed. Today, as we enter the post-photographic era, we must face once again the ineradicable fragility… — William J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
The Assault Weapons Ban deals with a fictional distinction. You have guns that are exactly the same guns as are banned, in… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
There is no clear distinction anywhere on the Earth's surface between living and nonliving matter. There is merely a hierarchy of intensity… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
...Ori Kam is an outstanding violist who has already played as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra twice, much to our… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
“The distinction between sanity and insanity is narrower than the razor's edge, sharper than a hound's tooth, more agile than a mule… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Seek the underlying harmonies of love and the overarching rainbow of hope, rather than the surface distinctions of creeds and of sects.… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones Copy Share Image
Another aspect of the psychedelic vision for me that has been very profound, is the sense that every-thing is alive or at… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism… — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Instead of old spiritual distinctions you have new spiritual distinctions, instead of old worships you have new worships. You are all depending… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
PILLORY, n. A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction - prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The only real distinction at this dangerous moment in human history and cosmic development has nothing to do with medals and ribbons.… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The majority decision constitutionalizes a distinction between a red leather pouch and a paper bag that is necessarily based at least in… — David L. Bazelon Copy Share Image
I think it is absurd to give such tremendous importance to the distinctions between men and women. When I meet someone I… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I always make a big effort to make a distinction between what is actually worse or what is just worse about not… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
The glory of sport is witnessing a well-coached team perform as a single unit, striving for a common goal and ultimately bringing… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image
I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public… — Olympe de Gouges Copy Share Image
One key to the distinction between mystery and suspense writing involves the relative positions of hero and reader. In the ideal mystery… — Carolyn Wheat Copy Share Image
First of all, a man, whether seeking achievement on the athletic field or in business, must want to win. He must feel… — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
A lot of the distinctions that we make between drama and documentary are spurious. We're deeply confused about these issues. About the… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
When thought is in bondage the truth is hidden, for everything is murky and unclear, and the burdensome practice of judging brings… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you go back to your environment and you deal with employees... do you inspire people or do you make them feel… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
It is getting to the point where the mark of international distinction and service to humanity is no longer the Nobel Peace… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
I don't make a lot of distinctions between things like landscape or figure painting, because to me the problems are inherently the… — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
American labor rights activist, on activities of the National Farm Workers Association Human law may know no distinction among men in respect… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
