Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as… — Edward Thorndike Copy Share Image
When we stop trying to control events, they fall into a natural order, an order that works. We're at rest while a… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It seems to me then as if all the moments of our life occupy the same space, as if future events already… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can say I won a Senior British Open at Turnberry. I think that's the best thing about it, the whole week,… — Fred Couples Copy Share Image
Hardships of early human life favored the evolution of certain cognitive tools, among them the ability to infer the presence of organisms… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
I am pretty proud to be the Super Bowl correspondent for Inside Edition. It is the most coveted assignment, and the most… — Megan Alexander Copy Share Image
President Bush appeared with Arnold Schwarzenegger at a huge campaign event. Only in California can a governor who speaks German and a… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
“The asylum, and later the national health service, warehoused thousands of patients made mad by the intrusions of a sexual predator. But… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
The Petraeus-Crocker testimony is the kind of short-lived event on which the Administration has relied to shore up support for the war:… — George Packer Copy Share Image
About what mainly constituted what you ask, it was something other. It was just a certain inclination to meet people. And as… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
If we return abruptly to a Miocene-like climate, it's reasonable to think that we would experience a lot of extinctions, and maybe… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
Memory is corrupted and ruined by a crowd of memories. If I am going to have a true memory, there are a… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
"Little Brother" sounds an optimistic warning. It extrapolates from current events to remind us of the ever-growing threats to liberty. But it… — Dan Gillmor Copy Share Image
There was no special event that made me decide. I had collected some photos and the idea was in the back of… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
It appears to general observation, that revolutions create genius and talents; but those events do no more than bring them forward. There… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I started taking my fiance, Justin, to some red carpet events I would go to, and a bowtie is often something that… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson Copy Share Image
Enjoying fiction requires a shift in selfhood. You give up your own identity and try on the identities of other people, adopting… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
And that for every negative event or coincidence that has happened since, imagining that you triggered them, that you made them happen… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
Any author gets inspired by the experiences and events that happen to him or his immediate circle. While that's where the seed… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
I often think of that rare fulfilling joy, when I am in the presence of some wonderful alignment of events. Where the… — Charlie Waite Copy Share Image
We must make an issue, create an event, and establish a national position for ourselves: and never may expect to be respected… — Martin Delany Copy Share Image
The most fearful phenomenon of these midcentury years is not the atom bomb; atomic energy does have its constructive possibilities… The most… — Wheeler McMillen Copy Share Image
We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and God is shining through it all the time. God manifests Himself… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The die is cast. The people have passed the river and cut away the bridge. Last night three cargoes of tea were… — John Adams Copy Share Image
It's great to see the people of Metro Detroit coming out to volunteer and help build homes for those affected by the… — David Daniels Copy Share Image
We must ever bear in mind --that apart from the will there is nothing good or bad, and that we must not… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Personally, my daughter's wedding gave me a tremendous pleasure. And the wedding was a radiant event and I enjoyed it. I was… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
As so often, a political event involving Donald Trump looks like swinging wildly between melodrama and farce. The Republican National Convention in… — Mark Colvin Copy Share Image
You are sitting here defending an assault on American democracy. Somebody probably said nice things about anybody at a given point. This… — James Carville Copy Share Image
It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a young man has his first deep experience… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
The thing political figures fear most is a terror event that will ruin their careers. The biggest thing they fear is that… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
The good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties. This exercise must occupy a complete lifetime. One swallow does… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Whenever humans come together for any reason, music is there: weddings, funerals, graduation from college, men marching off to war, stadium sporting… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
You've got to have the right attire for the right event. I attend a lot of dinners, a lot of concerts, and… — Amar'e Stoudemire Copy Share Image
In fact, if you were interested in a global platform there are only three sporting events: probably the most powerful - or… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
Quite often in history action has been the echo of words. An era of talk was followed by an era of events.… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
As it stands, motherhood is a sort of wilderness through which each woman hacks her way, part martyr, part pioneer; a turn… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
To divine the course of world events, you'd do as well to probe the entrails of dead animals. Better still, ask your… — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
And still, for all the jealously, all the doubt, sometimes I will be struck with a kind of awe that we're together.… — David Levithan Copy Share Image