As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation… — Frederick Russell Burnham Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by the poets, so I'm always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It's the making… — Roy Harper Copy Share Image
I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic. — Questlove Copy Share Image
“Downfall? How ominous you make it sound. There is no downfall being plotted. Merely a question being asked. (Callie) Aye, and empires… — Kinley MacGregor Copy Share Image
Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
“It was the downfall of love, Lamia thought wistfully, that it inspired the lover to toss away any shred of caution just… — Shamim Sarif Copy Share Image
With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was… — Vanilla Ice Copy Share Image
The downfall of every civilization comes, not from the moral corruption of the common man, but rather from the moral complacency of… — E. Digby Baltzell Copy Share Image
Show me one thing here on earth which has begun well and not ended badly. The proudest palpitations are engulfed in a… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
I may love individual people, but I am contemptuous of the arrogance , and in a way, it's both ruined me and… — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
As a politician, you have to deal with someone wanting you to fail every day. I think I prefer being in a… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic. And… — Questlove Copy Share Image
Now it seems like there is no culture. The school of fish are all separate. Everybody's just randomized, listening to their own… — DJ Quik Copy Share Image
I am a Stormdancer! Mere metal is nothing compared with the power of a storm." Kade made his voice boom and spread… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
the last decade has seen a powerful counterassault on women's rights, a backlash, an attempt to retract the handful of small and… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
Greetings, O Great Gazoo. How nice of you to join us here on planet Earth again. (Cael) Thanks, Barney. How’s Betty and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
There is no media freedom in China. As a result, the society is corrupt and lacks productivity. It is unable to adjust… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“Watching, she had felt unusually and keenly alive, alive the way a knife is sharp, so that the humiliation she was enduring… — Sonya Hartnett Copy Share Image
The downfall of the industry is that there is a lot of pressure in it, a lot of rejection in it and… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
What I've learned is not to take anybody's advice. If you rely solely on your fans, it sets you up for the… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
“How we live is so different from how we ought to live that he whom studies what ought to be done rather… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a… — Stephanie Zimbalist Copy Share Image
Africa's downfall has always been the cult of the personality. And their names always seem to begin with M. We've had Mobutu… — Meles Zenawi Copy Share Image
I try to be as healthy as I can, but I fail in so many ways. Haagen-Dazs strawberry cheesecake ice cream is… — Adrian Lester Copy Share Image
“For every smile there is a tear. For every relationship there is pain. For every opportunity there is loss. For every dream… — Eve Halimi Copy Share Image
I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my… — Warsan Shire Copy Share Image
It is but little of the world yet that hath heard the lost estate of mankind and of a Savior, Christ Jesus;… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
This sutra enjoins a rule of morality. It says nobody should be disrespected. A man can impress evdrybnody by his virtues. Disrespecting… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
A thought may arise: 'It's okay now, but it's going to be different when I step out the door'. Already you are… — Mooji Copy Share Image
I don't think I do any formal research. Life is my research. I always begin with a character. I write a chapter… — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
That's always my downfall - when I start not having fun or not feeling passionate about what I'm doing. But that's why… — Peter Dundas Copy Share Image
Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the… — Nicholas Jarecki Copy Share Image
The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
Marriage goes in waves. You've got to be patient. People bail and give up on their marriages way too early. They just… — Anna Benson Copy Share Image
I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Racial history is therefore natural history and the mysticism of the soul at one and the same time; but the history of… — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
