The truth, I am convinced, is that there is no longer a poetical audience among the higher class of minds, that moral,… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
I never thought I was doing anyone a favour by bringing children into the world. With people as cruel to each other… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Morality can muddle mystical understanding and virtue is only necessary in so far as it favours success. All wisdom must be encompassed… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Demographers affirm that choosing to have a second child is already a potential choice in favour of a third. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I am in favour of capital punishment if the execution of the sentence is immediate. The purpose of the death penalty is… — Ujjwal Nikam Copy Share Image
Creationists and Holocaust deniers are both very similar - both are denying what is a perfectly manifest fact. In the case of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Well, the world is vastly counted in favour of men at every level - except if you live in a civilised country… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills. — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
We want people to have a stake in the British economy so I am in favour of actually encouraging people to have… — George Osborne 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
Nothing more predisposes someone in our favour than to let him rob you a little. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
During the youthful period of mankind's spiritual evolution human fantasy created gods in man's own image, who, by the operations of their… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Men are indeed to be taught that the favour of God is offered, without exception, to all who ask it; but since… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“She was not, herself, hugely in favor of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult . Even… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
She later said: "If the Irish people vote in favour of gay marriage then I'll vote for gay marriage in the Oireachtas… — Lucinda Creighton Copy Share Image
When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Imagine that Queen Elizabeth I, in her time, had the opportunity to give out a monopoly for playing cards within the kingdom.… — James M. Buchanan Copy Share Image
'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Change only favours minds that are diligently looking and preparing for discovery. — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
Yet, there was once a king worthy of that name. That king was Arthur. It is paramount disgrace of this evil generation… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
Most governments do have inbuilt biases in favour of the rich and powerful, and most do contain plenty of manipulators who love… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
But in all despotic governments, though a particular prince may favour arts and letter, there is a natural degeneracy of mankind. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
