One of my greatest sources of pride as president of the New York Public Library is the continuance of the library's open,… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first premise of all human history is, of course, the existence of living human individuals. Thus the first fact to be… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
It was not the volume of sin that sent Christ to the cross; it was the fact of sin. — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
I don't like Utah. In fact, I hate them. I hate everything about them. I hate their program, their fans. I hate… — Max Hall Copy Share Image
For a time I gave the appearance of defending Stalin. I didn't defend what he had done; the fact is, nobody could… — Tim Buck Copy Share Image
Publicly criticizing people, even when I don't have the facts, is not that good of an idea. — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
The Australians, it seems to me, thrive on their remoteness from the world and see it as a way of keeping up… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I think things like YouTube and Twitter are really cool and really good in some ways, but the fact that the news… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led,… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law. — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
The Angelina Effect refers to the fact that a powerful, beautiful, well-respected and world-renowned woman unabashedly revealed private medical details about a… — Kristi Funk Copy Share Image
Corr stood here," Sean says wonderingly. "I would've died. He didn't have to stay." For a moment, I see that it doesn't… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that fraternities are a normal culture in all colleges. It exists in all colleges. President Clinton was a member of… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
The truly educated man is not a man who knows a bit of everything, not even the man who knows all the… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
I had diverged, digressed, wandered, and become wild. I didn't embrace the word as my new name because it defined negative aspects… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Probably our atomic weights merely represent a mean value around which the actual atomic weights of the atoms vary within certain narrow… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
A stupid person is someone who has the facts, who has the proper information, and still makes the wrong decision. — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
All of us have our own inner fears, beliefs, opinions. These inner assumptions rule and govern our lives. A suggestion has no… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
[Bill Clinton] was the man, as a matter of fact, who, in terms of the Communications Decency Act, which would have made… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Her mind was an hotel where facts came and went like transient lodgers, without leaving their address behind, and frequently without paying… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
In fiction, you have a rough idea what's coming up next - sometimes you even make a little outline - but in… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
It's that kind of choice of a woman - to go with the nice guy or the nasty guy. And I think… — Callum Blue Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open. — Clive Owen Copy Share Image
According to the Jain view, soul is that element which knows, thinks and feels. It is in fact the divine element in… — Virchand Gandhi Copy Share Image
What I believe in is being transparent and truthful and always trying to get the facts right. People will make their own… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
All organisms vary, and it's just folk knowledge. You just have to look around a room of people, and everybody knows that… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I think that in fact by taking on the persona of a human being, you begin to realise that it is all… — George Ogilvie Copy Share Image
I'm a sexually liberated woman that earned that liberation. I am very proud of the fact that I feel comfortable in certain… — Gennifer Flowers Copy Share Image
Americans, more than most people, believe that history is the result of individual decisions to implement conscious intentions. For Americans, more than… — George Will Copy Share Image
Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice. — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
I think the great power of Bette Davis was she always knew who she was. She had an obligation to herself and… — James Woods Copy Share Image
Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
I feel like the beauty of this age of filmmaking is that there are more tools at your disposal, but it doesn’t… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
Despite the fact that she was essentially comatose, she somehow made his whole house feel different just by being there. Before it… — Julie James Copy Share Image
I think what I'm after, a lot of the time, is just honesty. What accounts for the fact that the stories we… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
The real reason why human life can be so utterly exasperating and frustrating is not because there are facts called death, pain,… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image