I don't think language could have evolved if it was the only distinctive trait. It goes hand in hand with our ability… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Communism produces neither dignity nor prosperity. It takes all power away from the people and places it in the hands of a… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The search for the symbolic value of phonemes, each taken as a whole, runs the risk of giving rise to ambiguous and… — Roman Jakobson Copy Share Image
I think I have my own sort of distinctive swing, for sure. I think that's something that comes really natural to me,… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
Its unadulterated belief in the oneness of God and a practical application of the truth of the brotherhood of man for those… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Seldom do we experience the charisma and character of a dynamic personality such as Lou Holtz, the very successful former football coach… — Carl Pohlad Copy Share Image
Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
I have been wanting to do beauty for years and to pair with an international beauty company. It will solidify the image… — Jason Wu Copy Share Image
Peace is the most covetable possession on the earth. It is the greatest treasure in all the universe. Peace is the most… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Suppose that you want to teach the 'cat' concept to a very young child. Do you explain that a cat is a… — Ralph P. Boas, Jr Copy Share Image
For me, music is in no way ornamental or decorative, it's constitutive of who I am. And that's why, when I say… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Nationality is not a universal human principle but an historical, local fact...Every nation, even a small one, has its own character, its… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
This surface good-nature which captivates a new acquaintance and is no bar to treachery, which knows no scruple and is never at… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It's better to emphasize biblical theology, partly because there are fine Study Bibles already available that lean into systematic theology, and partly… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
My feeling is that a human being or any complex organism has a system of cognitive structures that develop much in the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their… — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
I think there's an underlying insecurity to Bush with a rather classical genesis - namely his being the eldest son of a… — Robert Draper Copy Share Image
The assumption that the larger culture agrees with Christians on values issues led to evangelicals' minimizing the theologically distinctive aspects of Christian… — Russell D. Moore Copy Share Image
'The Observer's Very Short List' is another example of how the Observer Media Group offers its readers the most cutting-edge information, available… — Jared Kushner Copy Share Image
When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most… — Sampha Copy Share Image
Our epoch, the epoch of the bourgeoisie, posses however, this distinctive feature; it has simplified the class antagonisms. Society as a whole… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
A filmmaker has to have great vision in order to tell a compelling story that is both distinctive and stylistic. I remember… — Nicholas Ozeki Copy Share Image
For human nature, being more highly pitched, selved, and distinctive than anything in the world, can have been developed, evolved,condensed, from the… — Gerard Manley Hopkins Copy Share Image
We recorded Star Climbing over a three-year period between our studios, working on songs and lyrics until we felt like we had… — Stuart Price Copy Share Image
That's not how most of Hollywood does it-which helps to explain why Pixar does so well. How are you changing the game… — Bill Taylor Copy Share Image
So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
High-consequence risks have a distinctive quality. The more calamitous the hazards they involve, the less we have any real experience of what… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image
All of great leaders evidence four basic qualities that are central to their ability to lead: adaptive capacity, the ability to engage… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
The Lincoln Highway is to be something more than a road. It will be a road with a personality, a distinctive work… — Carl G. Fisher Copy Share Image
Colours have their own distinctive beauty that you have to preserve, just as in music you try to preserve sounds. It is… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Some philosophers are drawn to the subject [of philosophy] via their interest in the nature and structure of the world external to… — Jason Stanley Copy Share Image
The most distinctive characteristic which differentiates mathematics from the various branches of empirical science, and which accounts for its fame as the… — Carl Gustav Hempel Copy Share Image
This is the kernel of the problem, as we see it: the Jews comprise a distinctive element among the nations under which… — Leon Pinsker Copy Share Image
If the agent aims to make the attempt if and only if it would be apt, then a distinctive element of risk… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
We live in worlds that we have forged and composed. It's much more true than any of the species that you see.… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
And now the moment. Such a moment has a peculiar character. It is brief and temporal indeed, like every moment; it is… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Every stroke a tennis player plays is different, yet we perceive them as playing in a distinctive and unique way. It's what… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
While cities are distinguished by their architecture and physical appearance, Bell and de-Shalit make a compelling case that many major world cities--and… — Witold Rybczynski Copy Share Image