Engineers are not superhuman. They make mistakes in their assumptions, in their calculations, in their conclusions. That they make mistakes is forgivable;… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Evaluations, in essence, are … ways of being, modes of existence of those who judge and evaluate. — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing,… — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
I wanted to take nouvelle cuisine further, to the point where we were breaking down the essence of taste and sensation, reconfiguring… — Ferran Adria Copy Share Image
Repose is the secret of all contemplation and meditation, the secret of getting in tune with that aspect of life which is… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Socialism is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a better and finer world,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The essence of oneself and the essence of the world: these two are one. [ The aim is not to see, but… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
A year after I'd graduated college, I went to a weeklong conference intensive in Boston, and that's when things kicked into high… — Brian Hodge Copy Share Image
“The essence of adversity is to show us the real brave people who can withstand it.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The Imperial Household, as represented by the Emperor, has been praying for the welfare of the people while nurturing harmonious relationship with… — Yoshiko Sakurai Copy Share Image
The attempt to be an ideal parent, that is, to behave correctly toward the child, to raise her correctly, not to give… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
The essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When it's cold, water freezes into ice; when it's warm, ice melts into water. Similarly, when you are confused, essence freezes into… — Muso Soseki Copy Share Image
The essence of a sculpture must enter on tip-toe, as light as animal footprints on snow. — Hans Arp Copy Share Image
The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The essence of wisdom, from a practical standpoint, is pausing long enough to look at our lives-invitations, opportunities, relationships-from God's perspective. And… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
I think the essence of family is that you have to agree to it, and then supply, out of your imagination and… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Let the seeking man reach a place where life and lips join to say continually, "Be thou exalted," and a thousand minor… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
It is of the essence of imaginative culture that it transcends the limits both of the naturally possible and of the morally… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
The essence of age is intellect. Wherever that appears, we call it old. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is forgetting, not remembering, that is the essence of what makes us human. To make sense of the world, we must… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
