The natural tendency of representative government, as of modern civilisation, is towards collective mediocrity: and this tendency is increased by all reductions… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Gases are distinguished from other forms of matter, not only by their power of indefinite expansion so as to fill any vessel,… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
Today, with computer-generated visual effects, everything is possible. So we've seen everything. If it can be imagined, it can be put on… — Gabriel Campisi Copy Share Image
Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus humility, happiness, and holiness. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
To be meek and humble means to have a service attitude towards God, the Vaisnavas, and all living beings. Unless we have… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
One of the effects it [cocaine] had on my personality - my moods, my behaviors - was that it inhibited me a… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The conservative values that are emerging, it may not effect architecture immediately but it will effect society and that's what worries me. — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
...the world needs to face up to the challenge of climate change, and to do so now. It is clear that climate… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
Climate change is critical to me because I'm a parent; I feel a sense of responsibility to the future. I'm not going… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
How long shall we blunder along without the aid of unpartisan and authoritative scientific assistance in the administration of justice, no one… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
For popular purposes, at least, the aim of literary artists should be similar to that of Rubens in his landscapes, of which,… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
Numerous studies have clearly demonstrated that coconut oil has a neutral effect on cholesterol levels. The reason coconut oil does not adversely… — Bruce Fife Copy Share Image
Chankaya is referring there to the probibition of entry of the untrustworthy in the counsel-room. Disloyal persons foolishly speak out the secrets… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
My words, thoughts and deeds have a boomerang effect. So be-careful what you send out! — Alan Rufus Copy Share Image
One must choose between God and Man, and all "radicals" and "progressives", from the mildest liberal to the most extreme anarchist, have… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I very much miss trying cases - I knew that I made a difference in the world working with crimes directly and… — Nancy Grace Copy Share Image
The sole purpose and effect of it is to exclude persecution and to secure the important right of religious liberty. — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
The tragic effects of terrorism have forced the new-construction industry to re-evaluate traditional methods of fire protection in commercial infrastructures. That includes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The universe does not judge us; it only provides consequences and lessons and opportunities to balance and learn through the law of… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
Where no man thinks himself under any obligation to submit to another, and, instead of co-operating in one great scheme, every one… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
As you grow older you realize that art has an enormous effect. It's frightening sometimes to think of the effect that we… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
One of the most visible effects of a child's presence in the household is to turn the worthy parents into complete idiots… — Georges Courteline Copy Share Image
When working on my choreography I am not always receptive to outside suggestions or opinions. I believe that if you have something… — Fred Astaire Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the branch of literature that deals with the effects of change on people in the real world as it… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
Until the 1990s, there were few reliable observations about movement at the scale of the entire universe, which is the only scale… — Adam Riess Copy Share Image
Something bad happened on both Mars with its dried-up watercourses and Venus with its runaway greenhouse effect. Could something bad happen on… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The 'free-floating intellectual' may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To make women learned and foxes tame has the same effect - to make them more cunning. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Authors may be divided into falling stars, planets, and fixed stars: the first have a momentary effect; the second have a much… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Blaming something else makes that something else cause; and as that cause takes on power, the individual in the same act loses… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Men bound hand and foot in the endless chain of cause & effect cannot free each other. — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Photoshop makes things look beautiful just as you have special effects in movies. It's just a part of life. — Erin Heatherton Copy Share Image
Well, what we do is we have a script, of course. But for us, writing is also like storyboarding. It's drawing. And… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
From the very first time I talked to Safeco employees, I said the reality was expenses were too high and the reality… — Mike McGavick Copy Share Image
There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Atheism is an effect of that knowledge [a poll showed atheists knew more about religion than anyone else], not a lack of… — David Silverman Copy Share Image
If you don't invest in the woman, empower her, give her the things she needs to lift her family up, you're just… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
My interest is in how meaning is communicated via language, and I believe the shape, positioning, even the color of the language… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
Water, whether still or in motion, has so great an attraction for the lover of nature, that the most beautiful landscape seems… — William Montagu-Pollock Copy Share Image