Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I favor a picture which arrives at its destination without the evidence of a trying journey rather than one which shows the… — Charles Sheeler Copy Share Image
Karl Marx was in favor of socialist and communist-socialist revolutions, but he had a pretty nuanced view about it. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not… — Alan Dundes Copy Share Image
Do yourself a favor; don’t wear yourself out trying to please everybody. Your time is too valuable. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
A great love is a credit opened in favor of a power so consuming that the moment of bankruptcy must inevitably occur. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
It is amazing how many people think they are doing blacks a favor by exempting them from standards that others are expected… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from it's profits or so dependent on it's favors, that there… — Mayer Amschel Rothschild Copy Share Image
This is why I am calling you to See as God Sees every moment, for it is the only way to release… — James F. Twyman Copy Share Image
it must be plain also that we should not anxiously strive for riches and honors by relying on our own diligence or… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
This Administration [of Barack Obama] favors a pluralistic world and respects cultural differences, so it's wrong for the West and American elitists… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
One of the biggest favors that you can do for yourself is to accept your loved ones for who they are, and… — Jennifer O'Neill Copy Share Image
I have a very strong tool in competitional enforcement: To do merger control, to look into cartels, misuse of dominant position -… — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
If at great things thou would'st arrive, Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap, Not difficult, if thou hearken to me;… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Once you open that door to a values conversation, it's going to undercut a right-wing economic agenda, which values wealth over work… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Conscious means "having an awareness of one's inner and outer worlds; mentally perceptive, awake, mindful." So "conscious business" might mean, engaging in… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
The simple truth is that there isn't a single civil right I would deny to an evangelical Christian. I've defended their freedom… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
There is in every breast a sensibility to marks of honor, of favor, of esteem, and of confidence, which, apart from all… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Books are living things and their task lies in their vows of silence. You touch them as they quiver with divine pleasure.… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
This is the Day in which God's most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to illustrate that of ours. Among the Mahometans and… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Whenever there is some trouble in any area of the economy, the simplest solution to many people is "Let the government fix… — Lawrence Fertig Copy Share Image
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
Wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
I favor candidates who are biblically oriented, who hold the views of the Ten Commandments. — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
People tend to favor the underdog, like in the movies we favor the underdog, but when it comes to voting, we vote… — Jon Gnarr Copy Share Image
The whole point about thinking brilliantly is about knowing your identity and the favor you have in Christ — Graham Cooke Copy Share Image
It is not difficult to rebuild a life. All we need is to be aware that we have the same strength we… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
And, by the way, how come all the people who were so in favor of unilateral nuclear disarmament are so opposed to… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I was an avidly pro-life governor; I'm an avidly pro-life individual. As a pro-life Republican, I am in favor of having the… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The unrestrained freedom of thinking and of openly making known one's thoughts is not inherent in the rights of citizens and is… — Pope Gregory XVI Copy Share Image
Grace... expresses two complementary thoughts: God's unmerited favor to us through Christ, and God's divine assistance to us through the Holy Spirit. — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
Marriage is a formality, a legal bondage. Love is of the heart; marriage is of the mind. That's why I am never… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They have money and position and Ann has none.It's amazing how often you can be right as long as you have those… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
When we are calling to God to turn the eye of His favor towards us He is calling to us to turn… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor. — Anonymous Copy Share Image