Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What's the function of… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. ... Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Government's… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The modern fairy tale ending is the reverse of the traditional one: A woman does not wait for Prince Charming to bring… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
In all human love it must be realized that every man promises a woman, and every woman promises a man that which… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Nature does not turn out her work according to a single pattern; she prides herself upon her power of variation... — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself, who would not exchange the finest show… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
In this oasis of quiet, before the wonderful spectacle of nature, one easily experiences how profitable silence is, a good that today… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Spending is not caring. Spending is what politicians do instead of caring. Spending more does not guarantee success. Politicians like to measure… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Treasures are not for youth; at twenty years of age, one does not know how to be rich, or how to be… — Delphine de Girardin Copy Share Image
I've told the kids in the ghettos that violence won't solve their problems, but then they ask me, and rightly so; "Why… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for… — Confucius Copy Share Image
When you're a fifty-year-old woman, no one really bothers to look at you anymore, much less value your opinion. It's hard on… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Behavior precedes belief - that is, most people must engage in a behavior before they accept that it is beneficial; then they… — Douglas B. Reeves Copy Share Image
Fine declamation does not consist in flowery periods, delicate allusions of musical cadences, but in a plain, open, loose style, where the… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
If anyone in word and mind does not properly and truly confess according to the holy Fathers all even to the last… — Pope Martin I Copy Share Image
Within the mystery of life there is the infinite darkness of the night sky lit by distant orbs of fire, the cobbled… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
If you look at any institution in history - look at the Roman Empire - anything in history, and what it looks… — Trip Hawkins Copy Share Image
A city like Bombay, like New York, that is a recent creation on the planet and does not have a substantial indigenous… — Suketu Mehta Copy Share Image
How easy is murder when one calls it by a different name? How much easier is it for the conscience to condone… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
My mom is a little bit eccentric. I mean, she does - she has a lot of unique ideas. For example, she… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
In all times and in all places--in Constantinople, northwestern Zambia, Victorian England, Sparta, Arabia, . . . medieval France,Babylonia, . . .… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
The important aspect shouldn't be whose administration it is, the important aspect should be how does the state of Wisconsin work, what… — Scott McCallum Copy Share Image
