Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be… — George Washington 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
“She was big on patination. That was how quality wore in, she said, as opposed to out. Distressing, on the other hand,… — William Gibson 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
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
Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
The number of Americans killed since 9/11 by terrorism, it's less than 100. If you look at the number that have been… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If sometimes our poor people have had to die of starvation, it is not that God didn't care for them, but because… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
If you film a scene in a wide shot, especially a disturbing, distressing moment, I do feel like that helps you feel… — Alex Karpovsky Copy Share Image
The pains that you suffer, the loneliness that you encounter, the experiences that are disappointing or distressing, the addictions and seeming pitfalls… — Gary Zukav 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
Reading was my hobby, my sport and my activity of choice. It was the prime pleasure of my days, an unfailing escape… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
There is nothing more distressing ... than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the allegation of dishonesty in a public man as… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Social Science, is not a 'gay science' but rueful, which finds the secret of this universe in 'supply and demand' and reduces… — Thomas Carlyle 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
Turn it off," Ryodan says without even looking at me. "You're distressing Dani. No one distresses Dani but me. — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
I have known no experience more distressing than the discovery that Negroes didn't love me. Unutterable loneliness claimed me. I felt without… — Sarah-Patton Boyle Copy Share Image
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
“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
Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot. — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Ok," he said, "I don't like to disturb you at what I know must be a difficult and distressing time for you,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please. — Maxine Peake 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
...Force yourself to use the optimist's explanatory style: 'The situation is temporary. The effect will be limited, not pervasive. And it's due… — Price Pritchett 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
I never wanted to make portraits - to photograph celebrities, beautiful people, beautiful landscapes, beautiful buildings, or people in distressing situations… I… — Ray Metzker Copy Share Image
When you engage in compassion, and you hear a distressing sound, like someone calling for help, there is an activation in an… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
I think Pope Francis is a good shepherd and has great experience in following people in joyful, but also distressing situations and… — Christoph Schonborn Copy Share Image
My mother, who died aged 82, had Alzheimer's. Losing your memory is bad enough, but everything shuts down. You can't remember how… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
Most fourth graders can't say why Abraham Lincoln is an important historical figure? Wow. This is far more distressing than if the… — Susan Orlean 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
The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. Why should we add to them by voluntarily distressing… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent on circumstances. It is the happiness… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the… — Elliott Carter 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
