By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician, the salesman,… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
People know, or dimly feel, that if thinking is not kept pure and keen, and if respect for the world of mind… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Children will, in my dream, be taught that laziness and narcissism are at the very root of human evil, and why this… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
There are four characteristics which brand a country unmistakably as a dictatorship: one-party rule, executions without trial or with a mock trial… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
So now I have confessed that he is thine, And I my self am mortgaged to thy will, My self I'll forfeit,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Swaraj is our birthright. No one can deprive us of it unless we forfeit it ourselves. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits… — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
“To give myself over in the service of others may mean that I will forfeit everything that I want, but it also… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Those who skim over the surface in a hit-or-miss fashion not only forfeit the best returns on their efforts, but are ever… — Roderick E. Stevens Copy Share Image
His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure--all the more intense for being held tightly in--his consistent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Universe wants to play. Those who refuse out of dry spiritual greed & choose pure contemplation forfeit their humanity - those… — Hakim Bey Copy Share Image
In 1694 a law was passed "that every settler who deserted a town for fear of the Indians should forfeit all his… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As you know, there were lots of huge marches around the country yesterday to protest the immigration laws. The marches had quite… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Whensoever, therefore, the legislative shall transgress this fundamental rule of society, and either by ambition, fear, folly, or corruption, endeavour to grasp… — John Locke Copy Share Image
It is within my power either to serve God or not to serve Him. Serving Him, I add to my own good… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
If we are going to carry on growing, and we will, because no country is going to forfeit its right to economic… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be Before your time Although it's so romantic on the… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Those who are willing to forfeit liberty for security will have neither. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
That's why I love fighting, because I get to have a big battle every couple months to make up for the little… — Ronda Rousey Copy Share Image
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I personally have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“If my vision comes to a halt at the surface of a thing, I have missed the whole of the thing.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
