The first and last lesson of religion is, "The things that are seen, are temporal; the things that are unseen, are eternal."… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Again: there is nothing inherently superior about resistance. All our claims for the righteousness of resistance rest on the rightness of the… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time. To journey is… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“I reveled in the smallness, the coziness of an upstairs bedroom in a traditional American Cape Cod house the half-floor that forces… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Fragments of the natural method must be sought with the greatest care. This is the first and last desideratum among botanists. Nature… — Carl Linnaeus Copy Share Image
If 'why' was the first and last question, then because I was curious to see what would happen was the first and… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
I was just thinking – today is the first and last day of forever. It’s kind of hard to wrap my head… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
My thinking is first and last and always for the sake of my doing, and I can only do one thing at… — William James Copy Share Image
Ideas first and last: yet it is not till these are formulated and utilized that the devotees of the common sense discern… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
What we ask of music, first and last, is that it communicate experience - experience of all kinds, vital and profound at… — Roger Sessions Copy Share Image
Alexander, you broke my heart. But for carrying me on your back, for pulling my dying sled, for giving me your last… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
All geologic history is full of the beginning and the ends of species-of their first and last days; but it exhibits no… — Hugh Miller Copy Share Image
Some writers, rejecting the idea which science had reached, that reefs of rocks could be due in any way to "animalcules," have… — James Dwight Dana Copy Share Image
Larousse Gastronomique has always been the first and last word on classic European techniques and recipes. I love that it has expanded… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
I think the first time [Dre] did [biten me]. We cried together. I assumed he did. I assumed that would be the… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
Accept your place in the sun as it was originally before the creation of this world... The black man is the first… — Elijah Muhammad Copy Share Image
Before she became the Girl from Nowhere-the One Who Walked In, the First and Last and Only, who lived a thousand years-she… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
The capitalist engine is first and last an engine of mass production which unavoidably also means production for the masses. . .… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance. — Thomas Beecham Copy Share Image
When I think about my father, the first image that comes to mind is holding his hand as he drove me to… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
It is always the first and last steps that are the hardest to take. We walk away and try not to turn… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image