DAY, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night,… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The President's science advisor, who is a former Harvard professor named Holdren, is involved in the email scandals and covering up the… — Jim Sensenbrenner Copy Share Image
Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
People are being really picky about the upcoming election. I read that Americans do not want the next president to be a… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I always tell people, "There's a book on everyone." I get some of that book before I do anything. If I want… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
When the soul betrays itself and loses the blessed and longed-for fervor, let it carefully investigate the reason for losing it. And… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
An unchangeable colour rules over the melancholic: his dwelling is a space the colour of mourning. Nothing happens in it. No one… — Alejandra Pizarnik Copy Share Image
In less than seven years the vestiges of the Gothic invasion were almost obliterated, and the city appeared to resume its former… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
In China, Vietnam, Russia and several former Soviet states, the dominant social networks are run by local companies whose relationship with the… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a former organ harvester describe a fully formed fetus on the… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality?… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
Do not feed your ego and your problems, with your attention. ...Slowly, surely, the ego will lose weight, until one fine day… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
The last time I was in Chile, I was hypnotized by a friend who is studying to be a curandero, a healer,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Local esteem is far more conducive to happiness than general reputation. The latter may be compared to the fixed stars which glimmer… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago - there's no such thing as a former Marine. You're… — James F. Amos Copy Share Image
There are two great classes of men: the people and the scholars, the men of science. For the former, nothing exists but… — Johann Gottlieb Fichte Copy Share Image
The White House belongs to all Americans. It's supposed to be something we're proud of. — Nancy Reagan Copy Share Image
Growing up in Boston, I was always Matt, Son of Former New England Patriot Don. And then when my brother Tim was… — Matt Hasselbeck Copy Share Image
I always live in the present. I don’t know the future and no longer have the past. The former oppresses me as… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
We say that we often see animals in our dreams, but we forget that almost always we are ourselves animals therein, deprived… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
It is often more necessary to conceal contempt than resentment; the former is never forgiven, but the later is sometimes forgotten. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
