“The emergence of pessimistic philosophies is by no means a sign of great and terrible misery. The emergence of pessimistic philosophies is… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The candidates who get themselves elected are illusionists and prevaricators of the first order. We expect this of them. They're a reflection… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
“He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
It isnt only fictional heroes to whom toast means home and comfort. It is related of the Duke of Wellington - I… — Elizabeth David Copy Share Image
Someone like Einstein was quite clearly a moralist, and he had a very highly developed political vision and was very spiritual in… — Jonathan Miller Copy Share Image
“I know you'll tell me to fuck off, but I think Curran loves you. Truly loves you. And I think you love… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“The terms of this combat are these. If Iofur Raknison kills me, then he will be king forever, safe from challenge or… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“My first order of business was to look in the side pocket where I had hidden my garnet and gold necklace.” — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
Nixon did not anticipate the extent to which Kissinger, whom he barely knew when he appointed him national-security adviser in 1969, would… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“I have watched enough cheesy detective television shows in my young life to know that when one is presented with an inexplicable… — J. Lincoln Fenn Copy Share Image
I cling to the basic set of tenets laid out in Tom Wolfe's 'New Journalism' - to get out there like the… — Peter York Copy Share Image
There are several kinds of truths, and it is customary to place in the first order mathematical truths, which are, however, only… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art. He… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Seek first the Kingdom of God: that is, the first order of business is to transform one's own inner life, not the… — John D. Caputo Copy Share Image
Well the first order of government is to preserve the public order and safety. — Bob Wise Copy Share Image
If somebody had told me when I was starting composition in Helsinki in the '70s that I would end up in L.A.… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
“It is of the first order of importance to remember this, that the shaman is more than merely a sick man, or… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order. — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Americans who read and think are patriots of the first order. The kind who know enough to roll their eyes whenever anyone… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“What is human memory?" Manning asked. He gazed at the air as he spoke, as if lecturing an invisible audience - as… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“It’s right there in the name. First Order. First, order. Fixing the mess left behind by the Republic and now the New… — Delilah S. Dawson Copy Share Image
Belief is a virus, and once it gets into you, its first order of business is to preserve itself, and the way… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
If there ever was a time for a cool, rational and unemotional series of responses on the part of people in Europe,… — Anthony Glees Copy Share Image
Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
