No one ever laid out the sequence of events that led to my mother being prosecuted and imprisoned for alleged welfare fraud. — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
The climate is changing. This year we have come to understand this when we faced events that resulted in fires. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The events of my life are too unimportant, and have too little interest for any person not of my immediate family, to… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
Presidents generally do what they are good at in their first four years, then spend their second term responding to the agendas… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
By far the most significant event in finance during the past decade has been the extraordinary development and expansion of financial derivatives. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Things may not be logical or fair, but when God is directing the events of our lives, they are right. — Luci Swindoll Copy Share Image
You kind of hope that the events themselves are interesting. I think that's what you have to hope for, that on a… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
I presumed the president was being truthful until a series of events undercut that confidence. — Bob Graham Copy Share Image
I do get a little shy about contemporary language and events, but I also enjoy the idea of dating myself, somehow, anchoring… — John K. Samson Copy Share Image
For it is in the millions of small melodies that the truth of history is always found, for history only matters because… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are… — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
So, in the course of events, I had an opportunity to come in contact with Colin Matthews, through the Rex Foundation sponsoring… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary efforts to delay it, and… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
We put authors on such a pedestal, and it's a moment that humanizes the whole thing, and lends an absurdity to what… — Mac Barnett Copy Share Image
The Obama administration rarely demonstrated the ability to shift gears and change policy in its first year. Even in the face of… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
I am very blessed to be able to play tennis, the sport that I love and very grateful for the opportunities to… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
The fact is that philosophy has been a decisive source of inspiration in all the great crises that Europe has faced. It… — Roberto Esposito Copy Share Image
In a way, the world−view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The face of the angel of history is turned toward the past. Where we perceived a chain of events, he sees a… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I must perish in this deplorable folly. Thus, thus, and not otherwise, shall I be lost. I dread the events of the… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
So today we celebrate the gift of victory over every fall we have ever experienced, every sorrow we have ever known, every… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
The emphasis is on community, on participating in more and more programs and events, on meeting more and more people. It’s a… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
If Rosie’s mother had known that eye colour was not a reliable indicator of paternity, and organised a DNA test to confirm… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
Like an explorer returned from a distant planet or another dimension, Suki Kim has many extraordinary tales to tell, among them how… — Carlos Eire Copy Share Image
If you think with enough energy about a hoped-for event, it will in the end happen. Not because you willed it. Because… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
Prestigious events like the Main Event at the WSOP are marathon races. Fatigue is sure to set in. — Phil Hellmuth Copy Share Image
I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
People who let events and circumstances dictate their lives are living reactively. That means that they don't act on life, they only… — Stedman Graham Copy Share Image
The optimistic style of explaining good events is the opposite of that used for bad events: It's internal rather than external. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
The first need of being is endurance; to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event. — Bliss Carman Copy Share Image
"thanks" in MaoriGrateful living: an alchemic operation of converting "disgraceful" things into grateful events. — Raimon Panikkar Copy Share Image
An asteroid can literally destroy 80 or 90 percent of the species that are alive on Earth. These are big events. I… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
All the events which make the annals of the nations are but the shadows of our private experiences. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There aren't that many policy changes you can do, so I'd say you ride the wave and hope that maybe some of… — Brad Carson Copy Share Image
I really like the idea of fans being able to curate their entire digital experience at live events. — Brian France Copy Share Image
Claim the events of your life! When you posses all you have been and done, you are fierce with reality. — Florida Scott-Maxwell Copy Share Image
The Marathon was one of the most important and special events I've done and meant so many things to so many people. — Rob Burrow Copy Share Image
They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Historians will handle a much wider range of sources than a biographer and will be covering a broader spectrum of events, time,… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
