The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his name or trademark. — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
But I cannot forget that, at other times I have been deceived in sleep by similar illusions; and, attentively considering those cases,… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The myriad-minded man, our, and all men's, Shakespeare, has in this piece presented us with a legitimate farce in exactest consonance with… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The feeling we experience while we look at a picture is not to be distinguished from the picture or from ourselves. the… — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
When I visited Guantanamo Bay several years ago, I met a team of psychiatrists treating the detainees. When I asked how they… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The cells and fibers of the brain must carry some kind of individual identification tags, presumably cytochemical in nature, by which they… — Roger Wolcott Sperry Copy Share Image
The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
I am delighted to be joining 'Guardian U.S.''s team as a weekly columnist, and to have the chance to address American and… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
A distinguished man should be as particular about his last words as he is about his last breath. He should write them… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Nearly forty years ago, a distinguished Prime Minister of this country ... said, 'They may not be angels but they are at… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The heart of Paris is like nothing so much as the unending interior of a house. Buildings become furniture, courtyards become carpets… — John Berger Copy Share Image
Human beings are distinguished by a capacity for experience as well as by their behavior, and homosexuality is as much a matter… — Dennis Altman Copy Share Image
As a graduate student at Columbia University, I remember the a priori derision of my distinguished stratigraphy professor toward a visiting Australian… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
A true poem is distinguished not so much by a felicitous expression, or any thought it suggests, as by the atmosphere which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
What is Moral Courage? It is the ability to distinguish right from wrong and having so distinguished it, be prepared to say… — Sam Manekshaw Copy Share Image
I am sorry that the distinguished leader of the Republican Party in the House states that he is not versed in botany… — Fiorello H. La Guardia Copy Share Image
The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The central activity of engineering, as distinguished from science, is the design of new devices, processes and systems. — Myron Tribus Copy Share Image
