I think it's great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out… — Bjorn Lomborg Copy Share Image
[On Sophie Germain] When a person of the sex which, according to our customs and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the political motifs we encounter in forms of… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
Every individual soul chooses the significant people in that life. Destiny will place you in the particular circumstance; it will dictate that… — Brian Weiss Copy Share Image
If you encounter a human shadow burned permanently into the concrete in Hiroshima, you realize that this is the trace of a… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
The 'Cercle et Carré' group owes its existence to my encounter with the Uruguayan painter Torrès-Gracia in 1929... However difficult our relationship,… — Michel Seuphor Copy Share Image
The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Upscale young men seem to go for the kind of woman who plays with a full deck of credit cards, who won't… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Nothing of real worth can be obtained without courageous working. Man owes his growth chiefly to the active striving of the will,… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
We read off the many signals that our companions' clothes transmit to us in every social encounter. In this way, clothing is… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
If, for example, you were to think more deeply about death, then it would be truly strange if, in so doing, you… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
You must always remember, because the mediocre mind you encounter may be your own. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As we lose our vagueness about ourself, our values, our life situation, we become available to the moment. It is there, in… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I am a geek in terms of, I love 'Close Encounters' and I love 'Star Wars,' but other things... 'Doctor Who,' I… — Nick Frost Copy Share Image
History is often the tale of small moments—chance encounters or casual decisions or sheer coincidence—that seem of little consequence at the time,… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
“In deep waters, you encounter only the wise and the brave; in shallow waters, the ignorant and the coward!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
All wars derive from lack of empathy: the incapacity of one to understand and accept the likeness or difference of another. Whether… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
They're people who probably imagine that they would have had a better time in the past. I wouldn't imagine you'd encounter a… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
Paris: city of encounters, of furtive and painful discoveries. All isms converge there, including the anti-isms, all the revolutionaries too, including the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I am sometimes perplexed by people who refer to defensive rifles, or defensive rifle shooting. The defensive arm is the pistol, since… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
I remember my very first encounter with Japan. At that time, I was Deputy Mayor of St Petersburg. Out of nowhere, Japan's… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image