[On writing biography:] ... every human life is at once so complex and so simple, so perplexing and so clear, so superficial… — Iris Origo Copy Share Image
Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to tell someone how to protect themselves from a terrorist attack, whether it occurs in the U.S. or on… — Saxby Chambliss Copy Share Image
“In this image (watching sensual murder through a peephole) Lorrain embodies the criminal delight of decadent art. The watcher who records the… — Jennifer Birkett Copy Share Image
The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
“The combination of our mortality with our groundlessness imparts to human life its pressing and enigmatic character. We struggle to in our… — Roberto Mangabeira Unger Copy Share Image
The highest point at which human life and art meet is in the ordinary. To look down on the ordinary is to… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
I cannot understand antiabortion arguments that center on the sanctity of life. As a species, we’ve fairly comprehensively demonstrated that we don’t… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“What makes for a livable world is no idle question. It is not merely a question for philosophers. It is posed in… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“Human life was filled with little rattles and squeaks. Life was not perfect.” — Kevin Bohacz Copy Share Image
“According to the Gospels, Jesus did not tell his listeners to believe whatever they wished to believe as individuals, or to follow… — Brad S. Gregory Copy Share Image
The function of ritual, as I understand it, is to give form to human life, not in the way of a mere… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
And I don't think you'd have to kill -- assassinate -- too many vivisectors before you would see a marked decrease in… — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“Human life is every where a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.” — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Racism is both overt and covert. It takes two, closely related forms: individual whites acting against individual blacks, and acts by the… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
I believe the assertion that every human life has an inherent and inalienable value will only be strengthened if we apply this… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
“The temples had been deserted and the venerable liturgies forgotten. But this was only one of the ebb-tides in the ever-moving sea… — George Hodges Copy Share Image
“That was why We laid it down for the Children of Israel that whoever killed a human being—except as a punishment for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe all life has value, from conception to natural death. And I believe the intentional taking of human life, except to… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
Within a month of intense life in the mountains is going through so much, what used to be a period of several… — Jerzy Kukuczka Copy Share Image
Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized – the… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
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