As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The creature comforts we tend to rationalize as "business expenses I can write off." — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But… — David Brin Copy Share Image
No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life. — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
We must have design in a picture even at the expense of truth. You are using nature for your artistic needs. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Cuban cigars is a big expense because I do smoke a lot of them, eight to 12 a day, so that would… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
Beautiful forms and compositions are not made by chance, nor can they ever, in any material, be made at small expense. A… — Josiah Wedgwood Copy Share Image
No person will deny that the highest degree of attainable accuracy is an object to be desired, and it is generally found… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people, and must be willing to bear the expenses of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
On the whole, however, the conclusions I have drawn from the proofs quoted may, I believe, safely be relied on. Assuredly they… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Don't put needless expense into painting a head! Don't try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
Humor simultaneously wounds and heals, indicts and pardons, diminishes and enlarges; it constitutes inner growth at the expense of outer gain, and… — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity, the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
Americans are also feeling the effects of soaring energy prices at the gas pump. The double burden of these added expenses will… — Russ Carnahan Copy Share Image
My approach to 'Star Trek' was, 'I know science fiction, and I know screen writing.' That was very arrogant of me, but… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
My wife was an opera singer, you know. She bellowed her way through Wagner as a Valkyrie. I married her and made… — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
The trouble is that privacy is at once essential to, and in tension with, both freedom and security. A cabinet minister who… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
The whole of education should be designed so as to occupy a boy's free time in cultivation of his body. He has… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
My teacher sent me all over the world to talk about meditation - Europe, all over America, Canada. I would drive thousands… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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