Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
The value of art lies in its power to increase our moral force or establish its heightening influence. — Odilon Redon Copy Share Image
You're in bad shape when your emotions force you into acts which you know are foolish. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was ever done in the world. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
There must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force,… — Meles Zenawi Copy Share Image
The Air Force comes in every morning and says, 'Bomb, bomb, bomb' ... And then the State Department comes in and says,… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
A knowledge of the forces that rule society, of the causes that have produced its upheavals, and of society's resources for promoting… — Wilhelm Dilthey Copy Share Image
As every student in Philosophy 101 learns, nothing can force me to believe that anyone except me is conscious. This power to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I really don't like to act. At the beginning, back in '51, I had to force myself to stick with it. I… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
Freedom, liberty, individual rights, that idea of dealing with other people in a matter that is not initiating force against them, is… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Human existence had to have a deeper source than our own dank fluids. Dank or rank. There had to be a force… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Government is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order, safety,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I will now add what I do not like. First, the omission of a bill of rights providing clearly and without the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both India and Pakistan. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Science has grown frightfully audacious in these days -- swift-footed, ponderous, careering over her iron ways with unslacking pace. This rampant dragon,… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
The demonstration that no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery and known forms of force, can be united in… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
If the most important revolutionary part of the George W. Bush Doctrine is that states that harbor terrorists are terrorist states, what… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I like this idea of the re-foundation of the European Union, maybe it can be done, because Europe - I do not… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The primary motivation in the world of television is fear. People are scared to death. Ambition and enthusiasm and interest and the… — Sally Quinn Copy Share Image
The U.K. is much stronger as a part of Europe, and Europe is much stronger with the U.K. as a driving force. — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
What tender force, what dignity divine, what virtue consecrating every feature; around that neck what dross are gold and pearl! — Edward Young Copy Share Image
True obedience is a matter of love, which makes it voluntary, not compelled by fear or force. — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just don't have time to wait for the muse to come, so I've developed things to force the muse to… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy. — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
Mainly through sins of impurity, do the forces of darkness subjugate souls. — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
Oppose not rage while rage is in its force, but give it way a while and let it waste. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Love itself is a large force, so don't try to force it into your life otherwise it pushes you back and you… — Dielnov Muchati Copy Share Image
Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like… — William James Copy Share Image
With 'Anna Karenina,' I just think it's a stunning visual tour de force for a director who is at the top of… — Eric Fellner Copy Share Image
Music is almost mystical to me. It really has an incredibly powerful force. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Burlesque dancing didn't solve all my post-divorce problems, but what it did do was force me to court myself for a little… — Emily V. Gordon Copy Share Image
Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Cooking is actually quite aggressive and controlling and sometimes, yes, there is an element of force-feeding going on. — Nigella Lawson Copy Share Image
