“Force will not keep the empire together. Force has never kept anything together for the very long. The more you tighten your… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Religion is a belief in supernatural entities or forces that have an effect on the natural world - A belief in forces… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
Detroit is an urban hell. But even in this city of the dying auto industry, there is reason to hope, if they… — Charles Landry Copy Share Image
Patriarchy is connected to greed, a symptom of a larger force that can only be dispelled through kindness and love. It's basic… — Peter Buffett Copy Share Image
For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel… — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people… — Sheikh Hasina Copy Share Image
Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Nothing can do men of good will more harm than apparent compromises with parties that subscribe to antimoral and antidemocratic and anti-God… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
For a moment, off balance, was I annoyed? Anger is always fear, I thought, and fear is always fear of loss. Would… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
When my friend Melot set the trap, I think I knew it. I turned to death full face, as I had turned… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I must, before I die, find some way to say the essential thing that is in me, that I have never said… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The strength that we want is not a brute, unregulated strength; the beauty that we want is no mere surface beauty; but… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Not one of them [formulae] can be shown to have any existence, so that the formula of one of the simplest of… — Alexander William Williamson Copy Share Image
Education is a slow-moving but powerful force. It may not be fast enough or strong enough to save us from catastrophe, but… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
Although violence and the use of force may appear powerful and decisive, their benefits are short-lived. Violence can never bring a lasting… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To build a country, [Joseph] Stalin was obliged to use force and kill. Mao Tse-tung was obliged to use force and kill.… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
Regulation - which is based on force and fear - undermines the moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Know that all healing forces are within, not without! The applications from without are merely to create within a coordinating mental and… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments… It is always only danger… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Nature has not intended mankind to work from eight in the morning until midnight without that refreshment of blessed oblivion which, even… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew who I was. And then as soon as I turned 30, I… — Sam Worthington Copy Share Image
Witchcraft ... is a spiritual path. You walk it for nourishment of the soul, to commune with the life force of the… — Christopher Penczak Copy Share Image
Free is really, you know, the gift of Silicon Valley to the world. It's an economic force, it's a technical force. It's… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . . — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Characters to me are like sonnets, they have limits that you obey which allow a force to enter in, an invention that… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
Power: The ability to force or coerce someone to do your will, even if they would choose not to, because of your… — James Hunter Copy Share Image
The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world… — Roger Nash Baldwin Copy Share Image
And dilettantism is a humorous way to survive. Everybody understands you for it and everybody hates you for it. And not everybody… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
The more you see yourself as what you'd like to become, and act as if what you want is already there, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, the few eras of peace were times when men of war had high influence. The Pax Romana was enforced by Caesar's… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
There is need of a sound body, and even more need of a sound mind. But above mind and above body stands… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Not even the most heavily-armed police state can exert brute force to all of its citizens all of the time. Meme management… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
During the engagement I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it elsewhere before… — George Crook Copy Share Image
The machine itself has begun to do the work of revolution. The State is now generating forces that will accomplish what no… — Charles A. Reich Copy Share Image
Besides, there wasn’t a breed of succubi out there that didn’t steal something. Whether it was your seed, your soul, your life-force,… — Larissa Ione Copy Share Image
I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I believe what I have to say is important, and I believe the people coming to hear me are important, and so… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Working within the limits of the medium forces us to change our own limits. Improvisation is not breaking with forms and limitations… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image