All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I feel like the live record thing is something that I've been getting used to as the years go by and with… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
Each living creature is said to be alive and to be the same individual - as for example someone is said to… — Plato Copy Share Image
The pervasive brutality in current fiction - the death, disease, dysfunction, depression, dismemberment, drug addiction, dementia, and dreary little dramas of domestic… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
A symptomatic example of the way in which violence has saturated everyday life can be seen in the increased acceptance of criminalizing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
When we are upset, it’s easy to blame others. However, the true cause of our feelings is within us. For example, imagine… — Josei Toda Copy Share Image
When the United States stands up for human rights, by example at home and by effort abroad, we align ourselves with men… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think we need to address greenhouse gas emissions. But I try to get involved in issues where I see a legislative… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Of hobbies there are many, many, kinds. For example, money-making. But money-making is not exactly a hobby, for it will scarcely carry… — John Cotton Dana Copy Share Image
But on the other hand, in discussion and debate concerning social issues or American foreign policy, Vietnam or the Middle East, for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are areas using what's called the "checkerboard strategy." They are different cities where you can move around the "checkerboard," doing things… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
Of course it's contrived, but once you know how its contrived, you can understand the editorial viewpoint. CNN, for example, when you… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use.… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When an English man speaks well, for example now, and this is another way of putting us down, they say he's "eloquent"… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
We are intensely loyal to our parents. In spite of the pain we experienced at our parent's hands, we cling tenaciously to… — Augustus Napier Copy Share Image
Our agreements on creating the conditions for preparing a peace treaty [with Japan] should be rooted in this trust. This may be… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I've never believed protectionism of that kind will lead us anywhere. I think you can have certain specific rules for engaging with… — Ratan Tata Copy Share Image
And maybe the cereal makers by and large have learned to be less crazy about fighting for market share-because if you get… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Our universe cannot even be stated symbolically. And this touches us all more directly than one might suppose. For example, artists, who… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
I think what happens in a religious life is that we have those experiences of affirmation and that one starts to live… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
Any thing that proves that it is not in the power of Kings and Princes by their great armies to have every… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
You can find examples of how little we value ourselves everywhere you look. The signs on the front of the convenience stores… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
Do you remember the classic example of chutzpah? It's the young man who kills his parents and then asks the judge for… — William Blum Copy Share Image
The grey paintings, for example, a painted grey surface, completely monochromatic - they come from a motivation, or result from a state,… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
A large amount of constant activity will get things going. For example, training in the morning will have everything, all the juices… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
It is the spectators, the people who are outside, looking at the tragedy, from whose ranks the skeptics come; it is not… — James Stewart Copy Share Image
Many politicians and pundits claim that the credit crunch and high mortgage foreclosure rate is an example of market failure and want… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
There is, perhaps, one universal truth about all forms of human cognition: the ability to deal with knowledge is hugely exceeded by… — Jerome Bruner Copy Share Image
It's likely that CO2 has some warming effect, but real proof of that hypothesis is tricky. You have to confirm by observation… — Nigel Calder Copy Share Image
In Britain, a cup of tea is the answer to every problem. Fallen off your bicycle? Nice cup of tea. Your house… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
Many things have changed in our culture here in England as a direct result of the Pistols: the whole street-fashion thing in… — Julien Temple Copy Share Image
The birth of Christ our Lord was more than an incident, it was an epoch in the history of the world... He… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
Here is an example to help you understand the efficacy of the Rosary. You remember the story of David who vanquished Goliath.… — Columba Marmion Copy Share Image
The crowd can be a little different in some places. For example, in Europe, people tend to be very respectful. They try… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
Canned reference is practically always loaded with problems. Photos, for example, contrive to kill imagination and stifle the natural development of creative… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
My young friends, I look forward to you as the real makers of Pakistan, do not be exploited and do not be… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Go find very early versions of things: the first TV pilot of a later-successful TV show; early audition tapes by famous actors;… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
The government has, in all countries, a vast influence, in determining the character of the national consumption; not only because it absolutely… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
I found maths very easy, but I still enjoyed discovering things. You have to have the necessary information. For example, what's the… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image