And now I would like to give the blessing, but first - first I ask a favor of you: before the Bishop… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Praise the Lord, but do me a favor, don't ever say 'Stephen Baldwin' and 'ministry' in the same sentence. — Stephen Baldwin Copy Share Image
So for front-runners we have a black and a woman. It's like being made to choose between syphilis or having and old… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Ask a fellow if he favors organized prayer in the public schools. If he says 'No' he's a liberal. If he says… — Vin Suprynowicz Copy Share Image
Truth is no harlot who throws her arms round the neck of him who does not desire her; on the contrary, she… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
As to the aridity you are suffering from, it seems to me our Lord is treating you like someone He considers strong:… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
At the emergence of the modern novel with Rabelais and Cervantes, all kinds of things were possible in a long-form prose work.… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Because present procedures by design favor the affluent, the poor are being increasingly marginalized. And because the poor are so marginalized, they… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
Saw Torres play their first New York show tonight at Cake Shop. SO good. Do yourself a favor and check out her… — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes… — Adam Hasner Copy Share Image
By the time I entered high school, I had forsaken academics altogether in favor of my burgeoning acting career. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I am in favor of deliberately spreading methodically prepared bacteria among people and animals -- mildew ... to destroy the harvests, anthrax… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The present is passed over in the race for the future; the here is neglected in favor of the there. Enjoy the… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by… — Pliny the Younger Copy Share Image
The enjoyment of the choicest natural scenes in the country and the means of recreation connected with them is thus a monopoly,… — Frederick Law Olmsted Copy Share Image
History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“That Putin himself could not afford the cost of treatment abroad seemed to refute the claims of his critics that he, too,… — Steven Myers Copy Share Image
Tis ever thus when favours are denied; All had been granted but the thing we beg: And still some great unlikely substitute--… — Joanna Baillie Copy Share Image
When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked… — Agnes Macphail Copy Share Image
The voters of Tennessee sent me to Washington with a clear mandate that includes securing our border, restoring the integrity of our… — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born. We are constantly remarking on the fact that… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
