The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The true business of the philosopher, though not flattering to his vanity, is merely to ascertain, arrange and condense the facts.” — John Leslie Copy Share Image
I'm not much interested in travelling scholarships for women - or in fact in scholarships, tout court! - they'd much better stay… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
We define a bargain issue as one which, on the basis of facts established by analysis, appears to be worth considerably more… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
I think that there is a problem with rewards and consequences because in the long run, they rarely work in the ways… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I'm not like a real person. I love being artificial. I think there's a little magic in the fact that I'm so… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
...[I am] utterly entranced, at times, with the mere fact that there are other people, and that they experience themselves as the… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The vicarious responsibility for things we have not done, this taking upon ourselves the consequences for things we are entirely innocent of,… — Hannah Copy Share Image
Germany doesn't have a Bill of Rights, England doesn't have a Bill of Rights, nobody else has a Bill of Rights. You… — Bernard von NotHaus Copy Share Image
I was shocked to find that there were actually climate scientists who wouldn't share the raw data, but would only share their… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience.… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Homo sapiens Yuck You contemporary fools laugh at religious and political lies spewed by sociopaths, lies that tether you forever to poverty… — Bobby Miller Copy Share Image
Most historians accept that Egypt was a cradle of civilization, and that many cultural idioms and traditions come from there. What has… — Michael Tsarion Copy Share Image
To me the early childhood story is an ecumenical one. You take poverty seriously. You take seriously maternal depression. You take seriously… — Robert Manne Copy Share Image
A sprinter should always know if he is on the right track and right direction, but it's not exactly true with those… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
One siupreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but fantasy and imagination that ceates. Imagination is the… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
Again, I repeat, don’t ask questions you don’t want answered. Just accept the fact that Acheron is a freak of nature and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Don't look thee outside that can put you blind ... look thee inside.. that can bring happiness to your heart say what… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
When you approach a problem, strip yourself of preconceived opinions and prejudice, assemble and learn the facts of the situation, make the… — Chester Bowles Copy Share Image
Life lives, Life dies. Life laughs, Life cries. Life gives up, & life tries. but life looks different through EVERY ONES eyes! — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
When we are in the process of creating something, we must have flexibility of mind to move with what needs to be… — Joseph Jaworski Copy Share Image
Each and every human being is unique this is God's creation and decree .it is only what we learn and how we… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
I want some fact-based evidence about where we came from. Things we consider mysterious need not be attributed to a deity. — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
“I am concerned with facts of quite unverifiable intrinsic value, but which, by their absolutely unexpected violently fortuitous character, and the kind… — André Breton Copy Share Image
People who repeatedly fail at doing something have more in common with winners than with losers because winners also commonly experience defeat.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I thought eyelashes were meant to keep shit out of your eye, but half the time if there's anything in my eye… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
I got a little tired of movies where I had to shoot people. I got to thinking about the power of film… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
When you arent satisfied with what has already been done, make something better. That is the greatest responsibility and the true freedom… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
In fact, the ultimate speculation we can make about the nature of Divinity is that Divinity is NO-THING which we can know.… — Donald Michael Kraig Copy Share Image
Daniel stretched his arm around her and guided her head toward his shoulder. "Little - known fact about angels: We make excellent… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
The fact must never be forgotten that no magazine publisher in the United States could give what it is giving to the… — Edward Bok Copy Share Image
Each heart has some pain, only the way of expressing is different. Some hide it in their eyes while some hide it… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
It is a know fact that almost all revolutions have been the work, not of the common people, but of the aristocracy,… — Vilfredo Pareto Copy Share Image
There are two statements about human beings that are true: that all human beings are alike, and that all are different. On… — Mark Van Doren Copy Share Image
We're terrified of not having the answers, and we would sometimes rather assert an incorrect answer than make our peace with the… — Kathryn Schulz Copy Share Image
Yes, the mistrust of poetry has a long history, for a variety of reasons, but they all come down to sentiment and… — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
Seems to me that there is no better way to experience the depth of loss than after the fact. No more powerful… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image