Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
I mean, you know, I get a tremendous positive charge every day just from knowing these kids and who they are. I… — Jim Lampley Copy Share Image
Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed.… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
Religiosity distinguishes America from most other Western societies. Americans are also overwhelmingly Christian, which distinguishes them from many non-Western peoples. Their religiosity… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
My mother was married to one of the greatest newsmen of all times. CNN was built out of his idealism and his… — Troy Garity Copy Share Image
Teamwork is not a matter of persuading yourself and your colleagues to set aside personal ambitions for the greater good. It's a… — Greg Brown Copy Share Image
The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its psychology would… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
Mysticism—Magic and Yoga—is the means, therefore, to a new universal life, richer, greater and more full of resource than ever before, as… — Israel Regardie Copy Share Image
A greater poverty than that caused by lack of money is the poverty of unawareness. Men and women go about the world… — Thomas Dreier Copy Share Image
I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died of gout, have died of the medicine… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to stories involving brothers, which started with my first viewing of Sean Penn's, 'The Indian Runner.' This subsequently… — Dean Winters Copy Share Image
What the ordinary person means by a 'miracle' is some gross distortion or suspension of the laws of nature... but life itself… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
In the eyes of the Catholic Church, abortion is a tragedy. Our principle objective must be to try and win greater sympathy… — Vincent Nichols Copy Share Image
Sometimes we mask ourselves to further reveal ourselves, and it's always been connected to me with being a writer: We tell lies… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Few rash of any modern nation have a proper sense of an aesthetical whole; they praise and blame by parts; they are… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I do not know how the affair at Canterbury is generally considered; but I have heard individuals of all parties and all… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
A player's ability to rebound is inversely proportional to the distance between where he was born and the nearest railroad tracks. The… — Pete Carril Copy Share Image
General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room; but they are therefore to… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I believe that the sum total of the energy of mankind is not to bring us down but to lift us up,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think the development of the venture capital system has been an example of something which is a successful improvement in risk-bearing.… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
Jesus, as a philosopher is wonderful. There's no greater role model, in my view, than Jesus Christ. It's just a shame that… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
By introducing you to yourself it enables you to discover for yourself the true meaning of life and thus enrich every moment… — Venkatesananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
The student's ambition should be to become a painter's painter, rather than a popular painter. The approbation of fellow artists based on… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
The greater the mental charlatan, the more definite his insistence on the wickedness and weaknesses of human nature. Yet how can anyone… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
Knowledge and understanding are life's faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your… — Khalil Gibran 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
Instruction in academia did not emphasize what I thought of as essential points. I was interested in the broad range of interrelated… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
I think that too far, too much, to a greater degree than is anywhere near appropriate, America and our politics are being… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The alternative which I favor is to renounce all euphemisms and grasp the nettle of the word atheism itself, precisely because it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
You would never hear any song played twice in the same way. The words were retained, but within a certain frame there… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Chemistry cannot be manufactured or forced, so Wild Flag was not a sure thing, it was a 'maybe,' a 'possibility.' But after… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
People with lower incomes tend to give a greater percentage of their incomes to help others and show greater empathy and compassion… — Kavita Ramdas Copy Share Image
I think today's young women are an especially powerful breed. They will be taking on even greater challenges, which is why achieving… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Freedom-no word was ever spoken that has held out greater hope, demanded greater sacrifice, needed more to be nurtured, blessed more the… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
How highly should we honor the Macedonians, who for the greater part of their lives never cease from fighting with the barbarians… — Polybius Copy Share Image
My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
