In skydiving, it is the fear response that gradually weakens. During the precipitous descent, the amply tested parachutist can savor the thrill… — Dean Keith Simonton Copy Share Image
And I wish that I was made of stone So that I would not have to see A beauty impossible to define… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue. — Confucius Copy Share Image
[My muse] is, in fact, a woman of the world, and precisely because of this, hopes that a diversity of cultures will… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I am not permitted to let my love be so merciful as to tolerate and endure false doctrine. When faith and doctrine… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
[American Citizenship] captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Given is the word. Given publicly, on the first Good Friday, on a hill, in the sight of all, was the visible… — Muriel Lester Copy Share Image
The more traumatic events you endure with the city, the more of a New Yorker you become. — Trevor Moore Copy Share Image
“When you get a pinch and decide to give up, you will get a cut when you eventually do so. The consequences… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We learn to endure to the end by learning to finish our current responsibilities, and we simply continue doing it all of… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure… — Millard Fillmore Copy Share Image
Only the real, rare, true scientific minds can endure doubt, which is attached to all our knowledge. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
I take literally the statement in the Gospel of John that God loves the world. I believe that the world was created… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
How does one endure in a place they shouldn't be condemned to live in? You could take that same question and apply… — Taylor Sheridan Copy Share Image
Despite his reputation as one of America's foremost "serious" filmmakers, Oliver Stone's name under the "director" caption does not guarantee a good… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
Foreign policy commands attention when it's crisis management. A street revolt breaks out in Egypt or Libya or Kiev and everyone asks,… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
The only peace that can endure is a peace that can be defended, — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
Without war no State could be. All those we know of arose through war, and the protection of their members by armed… — Heinrich von Treitschke Copy Share Image
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The challenge is not just to build a company that can endure; but to build one that is worthy of enduring. — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Each year, billions of animals are subjected to cruelty on factory farms, feed lots, and slaughterhouses. The brutality that these animals endure… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
“Search your heart. He's there, Kate. You can ignore Him, try to run and hide from Him, even convince yourself that He's… — Jen Stephens Copy Share Image
To do one's best in the face of the commonplace struggles of life, and possibly in the face of failures, and to… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
What makes humans human is precisely that they do not know the future. That is why they do the fateful and amusing… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image