Mankind has invested more than four million years of evolution in the attempt to avoid physical exertion. Now a group of backward-thinking… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The value of a problem is not so much coming up with the answer as in the ideas and attempted ideas it… — Israel Nathan Herstein Copy Share Image
Freedom... refer[s] to a social relationship among people-namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
One of the commonest things to do with savings is to lend them to some Government. In view of the fact that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
You will stop turning to food when you start understanding in your body, not just your mind, that there is something better...Truth,… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Just as there can be little doubt that labor unions are a significant political force, neither can there be much question that… — Mancur Olson Copy Share Image
The art world is an all-volunteer force. No one has to be here if he or she doesn't want to be, and… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Ordinary people regard a man of a certain force and flexibility of character as they do a lion; they look at him… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
I'd be the last person in the world to deny that there are many people for whom faith is - can be… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Space and force pervade language. Many cognitive scientists (including me) have concluded from their research on language that a handful of concepts… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani,… — Rufus Wainwright 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
Whatever it is that leads human beings to hate, to destroy, and to kill has taken on a collective force like never… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
If we generally like the way things are now, we must also ask whether our current situation is really so different from… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Our forces shall spread like a great plague across the earth, every blue zone on the planet will feel our wrath! — Kane Copy Share Image
I worked there [on Pontiac] three weeks, got really sick of it, went back home and joined the Air Force. — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Capping the size of American banks won't eliminate the needs of big businesses; it will force them to turn to foreign banks… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
“His father’s face hardens and he looks at me. Something in his face changes, but it’s gone before I could point out… — Jannat Bhat Copy Share Image
It is the duty of any president, in the final analysis, to defend this nation and dispel the security threat. Saddam Hussein… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
When we give of ourselves, our time, and our money, we're also giving up control. As a control freak myself, I know… — Jen Lilley Copy Share Image
The great virtue of free enterprise is that it forces existing businesses to meet the test of the market continuously, to produce… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The Spirit of Place [does not] exert its full influence upon a newcomer until the old inhabitant is dead or absorbed. So… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The religions of the world must be assessed, not on the basis of their convoluted theologies, but in terms of the extent… — Agnivesh Copy Share Image