My mother was a tremendous woman. I was just cleaning up old trunks and I found a book with her notes written… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
As all those have shown who have discussed civil institutions, and as every history is full of examples, it is necessary to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Today, the reason we haven't found our grail, the key to who we are as women, is because we look for it… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Even if torture works, it cannot be tolerated -- not in one case or a thousand or a million. If their efficacy… — John Kiriakou Copy Share Image
The greatest crimes have been found, in many instances, to be compatible with a superstitious piety and devotion; hence it is justly… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I'm removed in my real life, and unable to express certain things face to face. So I have always found myself in… — Jenny Lewis Copy Share Image
I've always found that when you're trying to create illusions with sound, especially in a science fiction or fantasy movie, that pulling… — Ben Burtt Copy Share Image
Dharma has several connotations in South Asian religions, but in Buddhism it has two basic, interrelated meanings: dharma as 'teaching' as found… — Taitetsu Unno Copy Share Image
A review of seventy-four clinical trials of antidepressants, for example, found that thirty-seven of thirty-eight positive studies [that praised the drugs] were… — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
by taking notice of those feelings and images that seemed to be in my blood and bones rather than in my head,… — Marion Milner Copy Share Image
Rice and peas fit into that category of dishes where two ordinary foods, combined together, ignite a pleasure far beyond the capacity… — John Thorne Copy Share Image
I remember reading a book that was on songwriting at some point that I found in my dad's store, and just... I… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
I am always sorry for the Puritan, for he guided his life against desire and against nature. He found what he thought… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. As I worked, physical and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
She gathers my half of the blankets around her and curls up against the wall. She will sleep for hours more, dreaming… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
She was bedridden falling a fall which broke her hip. X-rays showed that she had cancer of the colon which had already… — Adeline Yen Mah Copy Share Image
Ralston didn't care. He turned on his brother as the surgeon knelt next to him and inspected the wound. "She could have… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
The character is everything that I felt strongly against - she's superficial, materialistic, vain, amoral. She's all of these things and I… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
I do not want to presuppose anything as known. I see in my explanation in section 1 the definition of the concepts… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
From Lehi's vision we learn that we must take hold of this safety railing-this iron rod, found alongside our individual straight and… — Ann M. Dibb Copy Share Image
We are all the time, from our childhood, trying to lay the blame upon something outside ourselves. We are always standing up… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I really love James Joyce, Dubliners and other work. And I was interested in the way the dash was used in English… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
The sanctuary of peace dwells within. Seek it out and all things will be added to you. We're coming closer and closer… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
I found every breath of air, and every scent, and every flower and leaf and blade of grass and every passing cloud,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
[Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Philo of Alexandria introduced in the first century what has been described as the 'Hellenizing of the Old Testament,' or the allegorical… — Philo Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, I have found peace because I have always been dissatisfied. My moments of depression and despair turn out to be renewals,… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The reality is each new day and each project is another opportunity to learn, experiment and try something I haven't done before.… — Jason Graves Copy Share Image
The two of you, there's something uncanny about the way you two are with each other. I mean everything--the way you look… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
As we cleared the passage we found mixed with the rubble broken potsherds, jar seals, and numerous fragments of small objects; water… — Howard Carter Copy Share Image
You know, these guys want to talk about God; 'Oh, I want to thank God. I want to thank God.' Listen, I'm… — Chael Sonnen Copy Share Image
It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If there is one place on the face of the earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
The al-Qaida cell broken up near Buffalo, N.Y., contains some citizens who also found themselves in Afghanistan, training for the Great All-Around… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
The Christian Bible is a drug store. It´s contents have remained the same but the medical practice continues. For 1,800 years these… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My primary early interest was in marketing and my aim was to improve its theories, methods and tools. Early on I pressed… — Philip Kotler Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've found that I either live life or write about it. I can't seem to do both simultaneously -… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
I had heard the old Indian legend about the red fern. How a little Indian boy and girl were lost in a… — Wilson Rawls Copy Share Image