Love always causes trouble, that's true, but in its favour, it energizes. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
It is assumed that the skeptic has no bias; whereas he has a very obvious bias in favour of skepticism. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wish that more and more adventurous young men would give up the gun in favour of the camera. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When I was little, acting opportunities were always proposed to me as 'a favour.' — Rory Culkin Copy Share Image
A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“What he offered me is not for me to keep, but for me to give to another.” — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
And as a man, who is attached to a prostitute, is unfitted to choose or judge of a wife, so any prepossession… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
This is the goddess Fortuna. She brought luck - or took it away. But you'd put up with whatever she did. Because… — Jacqueline Rayner Copy Share Image
In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector. — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
You cannot ensure the gratitude of others for a favour conferred upon them in the way which is most agreeable to yourself. — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
Idiots are always in favour of inequality of income (their only chance of eminence), and the really great in favour of equality. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
What has become clear is that Britain cannot trust the Conservatives to run the economy. Everyone knows that I'm all in favour… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last. — Ronaldinho Copy Share Image
the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them! — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
O powerful goodness! Bountiful Father! Merciful Guide! Increase in me that wisdom which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I know you lawyers can with ease, Twist words and meanings as you please; That language, by your skill made pliant, Will… — John Gay Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be one of those old hams who favours theatre over everything, but I'm getting that way. Telly and… — Paul McGann Copy Share Image
History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I see the author as the person who has written; the writer, the one involved in the process of writing. And they're… — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share Image
I'm actually not in favour of decriminalizing cannabis -- I'm in favour of legalizing it. Tax and regulate. It's one of the… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
I despise Birth-Control first because it is ... an entirely meaningless word; and is used so as to curry favour even with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
If all the evidence in the universe turned in favour of creationism, I would be the first to admit it, and I… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Although I am still in favour of a National Government in these difficult times, and shall probably be found in the great… — Harold MacMillan Copy Share Image
The Enemy wants to bring the man to a state of mind in which he could design the best cathedral in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. ... And I don't quite know… — Moderata Fonte Copy Share Image
[The Head of Radio Three] had been ensnared by the Music Director of the college and a Professor of Philosophy. These two… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
This can never become popular, and, indeed, has no occasion to be so; for fine-spun arguments in favour of useful truths make… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
It's a blessed thing to die daily. For what is there in this world to be accounted of! The best men according… — Oliver Cromwell Copy Share Image
A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There are some women who seem to be born without fear, just as there are people who are born without the ability… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Swaraj will favour Hinduism no more than Islam, nor Islam more than Hinduism. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“May you find grace and strength to achieve all the good things your faith prompts you to do.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Sex is the only field where the amateur is favoured and the professional is disapproved. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin. — Aristotle Copy Share Image