I think experience has shown that privateers have done more toward distressing the trade of our enemies, and furnishing these States with… — William Whipple Copy Share Image
Ignoring a baby's cry is like using earplugs to stop the distressing noise of a smoke detector. The sound of a smoke… — Jan Hunt Copy Share Image
It is distressing to me that we live in an age in which we still must fight to protect our civil rights… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
Reconciliation is a long process. We don't have the kind of race clashes that we thought would happen. What we have is… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Altering our distressing emotions is an uphill battle. When you experience undesirable emotional outburst, try to alter the thought behind.” — Assegid Habtewold Copy Share Image
We are taught from the very first moment to discover Christ under the distressing disguixe of the poor, the sick, the outcasts.… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The 20th century gave rise to one of the greatest and most distressing paradoxes of human history: that the greatest intolerance and… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
The blatant aggressiveness of theocracies I find distressing, because I grew up when Christians, Muslim and animists lived peacefully together. — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
The idea of putting old Browborough into prison for conduct which habit had made second nature to a large proportion of the… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The missionary is no longer a man, a conscience. He is a corpse, in the hands of a confraternity, without family, without… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions,… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
I do think that there is a big difference between family farms and agri-business, and one of the distressing things that I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Gelsey Kirkland has had more than her share of demons, as her two distressing memoirs - and her violently checkered career -… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
To experience conflicts knowingly, though it may be distressing, can be an invaluable asset. The more we face our own conflicts and… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The newest victims of the nation's foreclosure crisis are pets, which is extremely distressing to me. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
We all long for heaven where God is, but we have it our power to be in heaven with him right now-to… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
What children learn from punishment is that might makes right. When they are old and strong enough, they will try to get… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Within evangelicalism is a distressing drift toward accepting a Christianity that does not demand a life-changing walk with God. Many evangelicals (today)… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
There are some moments that are pretty distressing in 'Prometheus.' In fact, the last hour is pretty distressing. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
People know that fame and position are pleasant, but they do not know that the pleasure of anonymity is most real. People… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
One distressing thing is the way men react to women who assert their equality: their ultimate weapon is to call them unfeminine.… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
