If the artist does not fling himself, without reflecting, into his work, as Curtis flung himself into the yawning gulf, as the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I considered the British as our natural enemies, and as the only nation on earth who wished us ill from the bottom… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Firstly, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
North Korea publicly denounced me as an enemy of my people and punished all my relatives. They have this guilty by association… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
Insofar as one can talk of a Vionnet school, it comes mostly from my having been an enemy of fashion. There is… — Madeleine Vionnet Copy Share Image
How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
The media are very dishonest. In fact, in covering my comments, the dishonest media did not explain that I called the fake… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Boko Haram represents the ultimate Fatwa of our time. The question is does the sect's Fatwa represent the articulated position of the… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Once you best a man, never gloat. Be generous and find something in his actions to praise. He won't enjoy being bested… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
The (campaign) ads all have the same tone - the voice is hushed and amazed when talking about The Enemy, as if… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
We have carried out the attempted premeditated murder of an entire nation. We were caught in that criminal act and have been… — Dimitrije Tucovic Copy Share Image
Our Founding Fathers well understood that concentrated power is the enemy of liberty and the rights of man. They knew that the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Negativity is the enemy of creativity. For instance if you're filled with depression, you can hardly even get out of bed, let… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Watch yourself with all diligence, lest the enemy steals near and robs you, depriving you of this great treasure, which is inner… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility, and the young should not only shun it, but by the… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
Here's the truth: the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons, and Iran doesn't have a single one. But when the world… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Perhaps one day we will do “everything that we can to protect our people and the timeless values that we stand for.”… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I wouldn't pass it around. Wouldn't be doing anybody a favor. Trouble creates a… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Hopelessness may be the saddest word in our language. Despair is the enemy of our souls. It can paralyze us, halt our… — Dwan J. Young Copy Share Image
What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
...Jesus did not advocate non-violence merely as a technique for outwitting the enemy, but as a just means of opposing the enemy… — Walter Wink Copy Share Image
When you feel you cannot continue in your position for another minute, and all that is in human power has been done,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Time is a big enemy. Companies have a tendency to drift and to do what was successful yesterday. CEOs need to set… — Michael J. Silverstein Copy Share Image
A great number of those working for liberal causes are not only shy but borderline collusive. They want change to happen nicely,… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
Our enemies are fully aware that they can use oil as a weapon against America. And if we don't take this threat… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. Throw two planets into… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Meanwhile, my residence within the Federal lines, and my acquaintance with so many of the officers, the origin of which I have… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
American imperialism has suffered a stunning defeat in Indochina. But the same forces are engaged In another war against a much less… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Normally we divide the external world into that which we consider to be good or valuable, bad or worthless, or neither. Most… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The enemy often tries to make us attempt and start many projects so that we will be overwhelmed with too many tasks,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Obstacles do not appear in your way in order to stop you. Rather, they appear in order to strengthen and hone you… — Anodea Judith Copy Share Image
A clever enemy would kiss my hand, then stab at my back while I was distracted. (Stryker) A coward’s action. Truly. Don’t… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The twentieth century had dispensed with the formal declaration of war and introduced the fifth column, sabotage, cold war, and war by… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
I don't think Americans realize the degree to which they are the main subject of Russian television news. Every night there's news… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Ingratitude is amongst them a capital crime, as we read it to have been in some other countries: for they reason thus;… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I'm not saying Christopher Pyne and all them are my enemies, they're great blokes, shouted me a few beers a couple of… — Yitzhak Rabin Copy Share Image
