We learned that a former prisoner of war had more to teach us about what it takes to find a path to… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Along with the lazy man... the dying man is the immoral man: the former, a subject that does not work; the latter,… — Michel de Certeau Copy Share Image
His body and his mind went about their different businesses. The former, freed from conscious instruction, breathed, rolled, sweated, and digested. The… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
When I was in school, my former roommate went through hazing. I heard the stories, but I don't think I've seen a… — Nick Jonas Copy Share Image
“Felicity is a continual progress of the desire, from one object to another; the attaining of the former being still but the… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Quality child care, health insurance coverage, and training make it possible for former welfare recipients to get, and keep, jobs. — Mel Carnahan Copy Share Image
Good-nature is that benevolent and amiable temper of mind which disposes us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy the happiness of others,… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
What is any political campaign save a concerted effort to turn out a set of politicians who are admittedly bad and put… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
There are literally thousands of sites. As I was told in Iraq, information is coming in the entire time, but it is… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
There are certainly people who regard √2 as something perfectly obvious but jib at √-1. This is because they think they can… — Edward Charles Titchmarsh Copy Share Image
The soul-stirring image of death is no bugbear to the sage, and is looked on without despair by the pious. It teaches… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Now when the ancient Egyptians, awestruck and wondering, turned their eyes to the heavens, they concluded that two gods, the sun and… — Diodorus Siculus Copy Share Image
“ Which natural gift would you most like to possess? The ability to master other languages (which would have hugely enhanced the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Movie stars are doing TV series, and former TV stars are doing guest shots. Everybody gets bumped down the line. That's affected… — Zeljko Ivanek Copy Share Image
The secondary Imagination I consider as an echo of the former, co-existing with the conscious will, yet still as identical with the… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Now all the myths that you have heard and that resonate with you, those are the elements from round about that you… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
There are at the present time two great nations in the world--the Russians and the Americans. The American relies upon his personal… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
There is one great fact, characteristic of this our nineteenth century, a fact which no party dares deny. On the one hand,… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
There were three classes of inhabitants who either frequent or inhabit the country which we had now entered: first, the loggers, who,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In my plea for freedom to all consciences in matters merely of worship, I have impartially pleaded for freedom of the consciences… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
People who are following their dreams inspire me. I train at this relatively new gym in West Hollywood called Training Mate. It's… — Dayna Devon Copy Share Image
Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
The tactical difference between Association Football and Rugby with its varieties seems to be that in the former the ball is the… — Ernest Crawley Copy Share Image
There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
So, then, what is style? There are two chief aspects of any piece of writing: 1) what you say and 2) how… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
'Aashiqui 2' and 'Yeh Jawaani' were hit films, especially the former film in which I was the protagonist. — Aditya Roy Kapur Copy Share Image
As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and thwarts… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
America is a place of many great events. Here is where Adam dwelt, where the Garden of Eden was located. America was… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
As the criminal, sinful war in Iraq enters its third year, the president goes to Europe to heal the wounds between the… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
And I specialize in fixing things up and restoring them to their former glory.” She wondered if that talent extended to humans,… — Jill Shalvis Copy Share Image
When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way street. It's… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
The use of thesis-writing is to train the mind, or to prove that the mind has been trained; the former purpose is,… — Clifford Allbutt Copy Share Image
Every week Rangers have different former players come out at half-time. Spurs should have a couple a former players on the board,… — Graham Roberts Copy Share Image
Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Never was there a dogma more calculated to foster indolence, and to blunt the keen edge of curiosity, than the assumption of… — Charles Lyell Copy Share Image
If we have a better understanding of knowledge than we do of such justification or competence, then we can explain the latter… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
The difference between western and eastern intellectuals is that the former have not been kicked in the ass enough. — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
