The bottom half of humanity is living in severe poverty; not all of them are malnourished or severely deprived now, but they… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
Worship is the earthly act by which we most distinctly recognize our personal immortality; men who think that they will be extinct… — Henry Parry Liddon Copy Share Image
When I was 11 years old and I was on a road trip with my family. I turned to my dad and… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Generally, I start by observing the existing and popular narratives in my social spheres and media, and the pressures I face in… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
Of course, we will face fear, experience ridicule, and meet opposition. Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
You have to realize that, about 20,000 years ago, there was a cataclysmic event when an entire rock face collapsed and sealed… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
What I need is perspective. The illusion of depth, created by a frame, the arrangement of shapes on a flat surface. Perspective… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I'm not against religion in the sense that I feel I can't tolerate it, but I think written into the rubric of… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
We Americans have many grave problems to solve, many threatening evils to fight, and many deeds to do, if, as we hope… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I see that there will be no end to imperfection, or to doing things the wrong way. Even if you grow up,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The thing about being catapulted into a whole new life--or at least, shoved up so hard against someone else's life that you… — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image
Now when the primrose makes a splendid show, And lilies face the March-winds in full blow, And humbler growths as moved with… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
William Carey chides his countrymen for deciding it would be impossible for the Gospel to travel over great distances and to penetrate… — William Carey Copy Share Image
I am spoken to not in words, which come to me quaint and veiled, but in signs, in conformations of face and… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
More than any single action by the government since the end of the war, this one would change the face of America… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I’m constantly embarrassed. I fidget and twist my hair and pull weird faces and stutter. Some days I feel quite confident, then… — Graham Coxon Copy Share Image
One day the enemy will cross the Great Green. They will bring war and tragedy to these eastern lands. Such is the… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
... not only is life put in new patterns from the air, but it is somehow arrested, frozen into form. (The leaping… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I would like to mention some preparations that were required of me. The first preparation is to take a right attitude toward… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
And you? Did you find the doorknob?” Hadrian picked up a jug and downed several swallows, drinking so quickly some of the… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
Selden and Lily stood still, accepting the unreality of the scene as a part of their own dream-like sensations. It would not… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
The contemplation of beauty, whether it be a uniquely tinted sunset, a radiant face, or a work of art, makes us glance… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Usually people have gone through years of in vitro, just trying. The dilemma that faces infertile couples right now in America, there's… — Joan Lunden Copy Share Image
There are still so many unanswered questions about what causes autism and other developmental disorders on the spectrum. So it is vital… — Manny Alvarez Copy Share Image
There are things we don't do. From this moment forth, let us all ensure our every action reflects well on us and… — Jack Campbell Copy Share Image
No,''he said.''I was a Strigoi. I was one of them. I did...terrible things.'' The words were mild, but the tone of his… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Charlie had Sophie strapped to his chest like a terrorist baby bomb when he came down the back steps. She had just… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
It's human nature to be timid in the face of obstacles, but I have learned to believe that challenges are opportunities for… — Dominique Moceanu Copy Share Image
Faith is not a refuge from reality. It is a demand that we face reality ... The true subject matter of religion… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
...healing comes not from being loving but from being itself. It is not a case of being clear but of clear being.… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
Our visual cortexes are wired to quickly recognize faces and then quickly subtract massive amounts of detail from them, zeroing in on… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what you all think, what you all say about me, because when I go home at night, the same… — Marshawn Lynch Copy Share Image
The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
The westward march has stopped, upon the final plains of the Pacific; and now the plot thickenswith the change, the pause, the… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
The purpose of life is to be beautiful, to be bountiful, to be blissful, to be graceful and grateful. What a wonderful… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
It is very unlikely that Uganda will face a chaotic scenario similar to that in Syria or other places. Incidentally, doctors, scientists,… — Yoweri Museveni Copy Share Image
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in silence… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
Sorry about Bender," Lula said, letting the Trans Am idle at the curb. "Maybe we could tell Vinnie he died. We could… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Shut up," I hissed. Ticked that he was taller than me, I stepped up onto a nearby coffee table. "I'm not in… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
