Whether we like it or not, quantification in history is here to stay for reasons which the quantifiers themselves might not actively… — J. H. Plumb Copy Share Image
When it comes down to it, determination has a greater impact than giftedness. — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
sometimes, in pursuit of a greater peace, a man must stand by and lets those he loves suffer the injustices of men… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
There are occasions when obstruction in Parliament brings greater benefits to the country. — Arun Jaitley Copy Share Image
. . .nothing is more important than freedom. Nothing is more sacred than freedom. Nothing is greater than freedom. Nothing. . .can… — Allen Drury Copy Share Image
The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter,to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Either we, as a society, decide that copyright is the greater value to society, and take active steps to give up private… — Rick Falkvinge Copy Share Image
I have wasted the greater part of my life looking for money and trying to get along, trying to make my work… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The logistic requirements for a large, elaborate mission to Mars are no greater that those for a minor military operation extending over… — Wernher von Braun Copy Share Image
For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
The prevailing tendency to regard all the marked distinctions of human character as innate, and in the main indelible, and to ignore… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
For in this strange anatomy we wear, the head has greater powers than the hand; the spirit, heart, and mind are over… — Ovid Copy Share Image
The Holy Ghost causes our feelings to be more tender. We feel more charitable and compassionate with each other. We are more… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
We can make a similar examination, but with greater uncertainty, of the extraterrestrial hypothesis that holds that a wide range of UFOs… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
In war, where imperfect intelligence, the threat of a catastrophe, and the number of accidents are incomparably greater than any other human… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
I came away from the talk with the perception that the risk of adverse side effects is so much greater than the… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
We can program ourselves to be the person we want to be, whatever the subject matter is, live in it by a… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
A delicacy of taste is favorable to love and friendship, by confining our choice to few people, and making us indifferent to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
International "experts" from technical assistance agencies or universities can make important contributions, but they certainly don't have all the answers. When ownership… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
The weaker the partner is viewed by the Muslims, then the greater the anger which they express. And this anger is often… — Bassam Tibi Copy Share Image
Whether we live by the seaside, or by the lakes and rivers, or on the prarie, it concerns us to attend to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Generally, the greater the stigma or revulsion, the better the bargain. — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
True joy, as it turns out, comes only to those who have devoted their lives to something greater than personal happiness. This… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance,… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
Hard work pays off. When someone tells you otherwise, beware the sales pitch for something "fast and easy" that's about to come… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
The greater the man, the more he is soaked in the atmosphere of his time; only thus can he get a wide… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
The concept that I like the most, and the one that I've taken most to heart, is the belief that people can't… — Marc Benioff Copy Share Image
I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women have a… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
I never knew a man more free from conceit, or one to whom it was a greater extent a pleasure, as well… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
There is no way to turn off this global economy, nor should one try. Every previous expansion of global capitalism has led… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Governments are moved by numbers, and the greater the number of people who admit that they believe, the greater the likelihood that… — Dwight Schultz Copy Share Image
There are some libertarians who are really anarchists, but others are more concerned about the distant relationship between themselves and power. They… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Richard Nixon was not the lesser evil, he was the greater evil, but in his administration the war was finally brought to… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
