Former President George W. Bush has hired a man to lead his presidential think tank in Dallas. The man was hired because… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
If any person wants to see clearly just how much she has changed - whether for better or worse - let her… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Strom Thurmond, the former segregationist candidate for president was the Republican Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 and he tried… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
It may be said, almost without qualification, that true wisdom consists in the ready and accurate perception of analogies. Without the former… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd have to give you-a former Sunday School teacher-a lecture on ethics." "Former Sunday School teachers don't go around… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
He who has annexed them, if he wishes to hold them, has only to bear in mind two considerations: the one, that… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It was a privilege to be president and it is a privilege to be a former president and I believe that I… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Last week a former Royal Marine who is the boyfriend of the model Kelly Brooks crashed into a bus stop while driving… — Geoffrey K. Pullum Copy Share Image
There is something more awful in happiness than in sorrow--the latter being earthly and finite, the former composed of the substance and… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Jesse Jackson also said he thought Barack Obama was talking down to black people by lecturing them on things like fatherhood and… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The tavern will compare favorably with the church. The church is the place where prayers and sermons are delivered, but the tavernis… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As Indian women, we are always balancing work, life, home, etc. It's important to know that while juggling rubber balls and glass… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
As you may have heard, former President Bill Clinton says he's coming here to California to help Governor Gray Davis in his… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The joy of suddenly learning a former secret and the joy of suddenly discovering a hitherto unknown truth are the same to… — Paul Halmos Copy Share Image
John Kerry is recovering nicely after having prostate surgery. But the doctors did tell him it would be several months before he… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Humanity has emerged from its former degrees of limitation and preliminary training. Man must now become imbued with new virtues and powers,… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
Isn't it curious how one has only to open a book of verse to realise immediately that it was written by a… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of photographers: those who compose pictures and those who take them. The former work in studios. For the… — Ernst Haas Copy Share Image
I'm not so stupid as to believe that you've completely forgotten about your former boyfriend. I know you think there are others… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
We all return. It is this certainty that gives meaning to life and it does not make the slightest difference whether or… — Gustav Mahler Copy Share Image
Since 9/11 the United States has been followed by countries with bad records, such as the former Soviet Union countries, into erosions… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
In San Francisco, most of the older activists, especially at Berkeley, were very hostile towards punks. The music, certainly, wasn't nice and… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
The example of changing a constitution by assembling the wise men of the state, instead of assembling armies, will be worth as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
He who has annexed them [some principalities], if he wishes to hold them, has only to bear in mind two considerations: the… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because the former journalist in me is… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
I have so great a contempt and detestation for meanness, that I could sooner make a friend of one who had committed… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
There is a reason for the affected profession of " anarchist sympathies" among Tories and grandees, and of " libertarian principles" by… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Expulsion and genocide, though both are international offenses, must remain distinct; the former is an offense against fellow-nations, whereas the latter is… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
By the former of these (canon law), the most refined, sublime, extensive, and astonishing constitution of policy that ever was conceived by… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I'm a 48-year-old writer who can remember being a 10-year-old writer and who expects someday to be an 80-year-old writer. I'm also… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Heritage Action is a self-interested fundraising organization led by a former Giuliani staffer who is not taking counsel from real conservatives... It… — Geoff Davis Copy Share Image
...Having no recourse, I feel back on Shakespeare. Leif would recognize it and understand the context properly. With my remaining few seconds… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
First of all, there are those who simply don't care for [Bob] Dylan, or at least, don't think he's that great. Some… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
The maxims of Christian life, which should draw upon the truths of the Gospel, are always partially symbolic of the mind and… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
Because a fact seems strange to you, you conclude that it is not one. ... All science, however, commences by being strange.… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Most cocktails containing liquor are made today with gin and ingenuity. In brief, take an ample supply of the former and use… — Irma S. Rombauer Copy Share Image
The question now at issue, whether the living species are connected with the extinct by a common bond of descent, will best… — Charles Lyell Copy Share Image
When you find a chillness upon your souls, and that your former heat begins to abate, ply yourselves with warm clothes, get… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
Few of those who fill the world with books, have any pretensions to the hope either of pleasing or instructing. They have… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image