Utterly absorbing.... If you did not have the opportunity to witness the Soviet empire in its death throes, Lenin's Tomb will take… — Jack F. Matlock, Jr Copy Share Image
Ferguson argued that British involvement in World War I was unnecessary, far too costly in lives and money for any advantage gained,… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
The appearance of strength is all about you. It would seem to last forever. However... the rotten tree-trunk, until the very moment… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
The conservative has but little to fear from the man whose reason is the servant of his passions, but let him beware… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
The Australian sees itself not as a mere newspaper, but as a player in the game of national politics, calling upon the… — Robert Manne Copy Share Image
The true strength of rulers and empires lies not in armies or emotions, but in the belief of men that they are… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air. — Louis XVIII of France Copy Share Image
Didn't you have any sadistic nannies who told you these tales to keep you quiet and well behaved at night? Heavens, what's… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
i get a little romantic about the old Empire State. Just looking at it makes me want to play some Frank Sinatra… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
I think that Russia was like a lot of other countries, a lot of empires, in being a tyranny up until the… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
I've always studied our empires to empower myself, you know, and to have ammunition against anybody who could try to put me… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
Being satisfied to drink the dregs from the cup of human progress will not demonstrate our fitness as a people to exist… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
As is always the case with American presidential elections, nobody's talking about the fact that the empire will be ruled from Washington,… — Rashid Khalidi Copy Share Image
The Maharishi had invited us all to go to India to his ashram in the Indian Himalaya. We were there studying meditation… — Pattie Boyd Copy Share Image
Canada is either an idea or it does not exist. It is either an intellectual undertaking or it is little more than… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
I can see why it would be prohibited to throw most things off the top of the Empire State Building, but what's… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
Maria Sharapova is her own empire. She herself personally makes more in revenue than the entire WTA tour. — L. Jon Wertheim Copy Share Image
It is said that the British Empire is very large and respectable, and that the United States are a first-rate power. We… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Indeed I cannot doubt that there has been really one grand empire, or one Universal, one Pandæan, or one Catholic religion, with… — Godfrey Higgins Copy Share Image
If atheism solved all human woe, then the Soviet Union would have been an empire of joy and dancing bunnies, instead of… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
Integrity is the key to understanding legal practice. Law's empire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The unconsidered act of the poorest of men may fire the train that leads to the subterranean mine, and an empire be… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
