In life there are certain sores which, like a kind of canker, slowly erode the soul in solitude. — Sadegh Hedayat Copy Share Image
But it [crony capitalism] erodes our overall standard of living and stifles entrepreneurs by rewarding the politically favored rather than those who… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system… — Grace Napolitano Copy Share Image
Marriage should not be a goal; it should be a choice. One choice available out of many recognized as valid by society.… — David McGee Copy Share Image
A river finds its course with sureness, pushing aside whatever surface matter lies in its way, and as it gathers volume and… — Laura Gilpin Copy Share Image
Flexible supply chains are great for multinationals and consumers. But they erode already thin profit margins in developing-world factories and foster a… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
As nature erodes the earth into magnificent forms, life through endless experience opens us further and further to the essence of what… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
I wish I could say I was shocked at the reports the NSA is secretly spying on the private phone calls of… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Once traveling, it's remarkable how quickly faith erodes. It starts to look like something else--ignorance, for example. Same thing happened to the… — Leif Enger Copy Share Image
When we're young, everyone over the age of thirty looks middle-aged, everyone over fifty antique. And time, as it goes by, confirms… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
If the quality of professional materials continues to erode or even dries up, then many of us silver photographers would have to… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
Have you ever asked yourself why one person is honorable and another dishonorable; why one is honest, another dishonest; why one is… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
From the Crusades, to the Inquisition, to American politics--the name of Jesus had been hijacked as an ally in all kinds of… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
So often times we see these films that erode human dignity...films that deny the transcendent moral order of the moral universe. They're… — Jason Jones Copy Share Image
Marriage is the lightning rod that absorbs anxiety and stress from all other sources, past and present. When marriage has a firm… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Fear is not a motivating factor. You might be able to get a little bit more out of someone in the short… — Mindy Grossman Copy Share Image
We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar. — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Experiments that crash atoms together could start a chain reaction that erodes everything on Earth. — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police… — Mary Frances Berry Copy Share Image
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I think whoever is the president [he] must guard your liberties, must not erode your rights in America. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Please be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Welfare culture is bad not just because, as in Europe, it's bankrupting the state, but because it enfeebles the citizenry, it erodes… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
The Republican agenda is, and always has been, to repeal Roe v. Wade, and at the very least, erode it to the… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
Micromanaging erodes people's confidence, making them overly dependennt on their leaders. Well-meaning leaders inadvertently sabotage their teams by rushing to the rescue… — Diane Dreher Copy Share Image
God looked down on this country because this country was founded on the rock and that rock was our Lord and Savior… — Bob Riley Copy Share Image
There are moments when you are, um, encouraged to dress a certain way. But I can't. It just erodes my soul. That's… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
One of the great threats to our national security is social cohesion. If people no longer believe that you can start out… — Joel Klein Copy Share Image
The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy… — William Hague Copy Share Image
Our Bill of Rights, the most precious part of our legal heritage, is under subtle and pervasive attacks... In the struggle between… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in… — John Frankenheimer Copy Share Image
A tension has always existed between the capitalist imperative to maximize efficiency at any cost and the moral imperatives of culture, which… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I think historically modern economics, capitalist economics, tends to erode moral categories... And this is where I think the right gets capitalism… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image