One of the things I learned as a young semiotics nerd was that if you have plot moving forward, no matter how… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
It is ... a sign of the times-though our brothers of physics and chemistry may smile to hear me say so-that biology… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
The issue of climate change, it really does bring home the fact that we are on one planet, and that some of… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Cosmologists have attempted to account for the day-to-day laws you find in textbooks in terms of fundamental 'superlaws,' but the superlaws themselves… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
It is possible to know when, at least basically, we please God. In fact, Joseph Smith taught that one of the conditions… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Has he some psychological antipathy to realism? I am no psychologist, and cannot say. The fact remains that Euwe commits the most… — Hans Kmoch Copy Share Image
Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless while it conforms to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I actually did a quick survey of how caste plays out in contemporary India. The idea that democracy and development have in… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
If people are given a TV-educated idea of what Islam is, I have the opportunity to push back on that and say… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
One could say that what differentiates ancient from modern philosophy is the fact that, in ancient philosophy, it was not only Chrysippus… — Pierre Hadot Copy Share Image
Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
Perhaps it was Maggie, perhaps not. In solitary moments magpies will perch on a branch and mutter soft soliloquies of whines and… — Stanley Crawford Copy Share Image
Life's a freaking mess. In fact, I'm going to tell Sarah we need to start a new philosophical movement: messessentialism instead of… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Control cannot be called conscience until we are able to take it inside us and make it our own, until--in spite of… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
Before we condemn the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman, we should remember that they were asked to do something extraordinary. They were… — Alafair Burke Copy Share Image
The fact is that astrological beliefs go back at least 2,500 years. Now that should be a sufficiently long time for astrologers… — Richard E. Berendzen Copy Share Image
On a normal novel, I would like to get 2,000 to 2,500 words done in a day; I average 10,000 words a… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
The fact that, in the United States, there are people serving ten-year prison terms for growing marijuana plants in their backyards while… — Mark Haskell Smith Copy Share Image
It science involves an intelligent and persistent endeavor to revise current beliefs so as to weed out what is erroneous, to add… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
It's not often you find yourself writing about a game that you haven't seen one kick of. But it's not often that… — Phil Cornwell Copy Share Image
If a man called Christmas Day a mere hypocritical excuse for drunkenness and gluttony, that would be false, but it would have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Contemporary American churches in particular do not require following Christ in his example, spirit, and teachings as a condition of membership-either of… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
I had begun to read books and things and, in fact, one of the persons who started me thinking seriously was an… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The Gospel of Judas turns Judas' act of betrayal into an act of obedience. The sacrifice of Jesus' body of flesh in… — Craig A. Evans Copy Share Image
Until today I had made no public comment about Jeremy's [Corbyn] ability to lead our party, but the fact that he failed… — Ruth Smeeth Copy Share Image
Any type of commercialization or, like I said, watering that idea down would be so damaging and frankly, be pretty uninspiring to… — Rumi Neely Copy Share Image
In daily practice, the word brand stands as a surrogate for the word reputation. In fact, your brand acts just like a… — Jim Mullen Copy Share Image
There were drinks and food in full force, and some Moroi guy had a guitar out and was trying to impress girls… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Cant you understand that romanticism is no more an enemy of science than mysticism is? In fact, romanticism and science are good… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
That is what is happening with the Tea Parties. I wrote a column called "The Second American Revolution" about the fact that… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that this fusion of terrorist and Muslim feeds virulent forms of Islamophobia, which is also encouraged by such… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
“In regard to propaganda the early advocates of universal literacy and a free press envisaged only two possibilities: the propaganda might be… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I end with a word on the new symbols which I have employed. Most writers on logic strongly object to all symbols.… — Augustus De Morgan Copy Share Image
By over-all planning, we mean planning which takes into consideration the interests of the 600 million people of our country. In drawing… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
My personal time is limited, more so than I wish. However, my wife and I have talked about the fact that there… — Warren Haynes Copy Share Image
Beyond the formative effects of reading on the individuals composing society, the fact that they have read the same books gives them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's facts about dogs, and then there's opinions about them. The dogs have the facts, and the humans have the opinions. If… — J. Boone Copy Share Image
Humorists are not humorous twenty-four hours a day. In fact, when you get to know them well, they are often not humorous… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
The Diet Mentality has come about because there is agreement in our society that the only way to lose weight is by… — Bob Schwartz Copy Share Image