The ideal person is he who, in the midst of the greatest silence and solitude, finds the intensest activity, and in the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
No institution which does not continually test its ideals, techniques and measure of accomplishment can claim real vitality. — John Milton Copy Share Image
My ideal life is just lounging around the house and every once in a while I'll kind of write something, and then… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
As a writer, the ideal job is the one that allows you time and mental space away from it. Teaching seemed to… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, and over these ideals they dispute-but they all worship… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I would define morality as enlightened self-interest...That old Platonic ideal that there are certain pure moral forms just isn't where we are. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
See how the Ganga flows by and what a nice building! I like this place. This is the ideal kind of place… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They… — David Price Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I'm sure a lot of the hardcore folks are going to be up in arms and I'm really looking forward to getting… — Warren Spector Copy Share Image
The inspiration of a noble cause involving human interests wide and far, enables men to do things they did not dream themselves… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
... I have developed, over the years, some sense of the difference between real horseshit that you can step in and Ideal… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Nonsense prevails, modesty fails Grace and virtue turn into stupidity While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise And… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
The measure discriminates definitely against products which make up what has been universally considered a program of safe farming. The bill upholds… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
My ideal meal would probably be the cheesiest pasta or pizza, followed by something creamy and chocolaty. I mean, just the worst… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
2D looks so flat. Well, it is, of course, it's flat. But 3D isn't. And for an adventure story that takes you… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Renunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Indians are very racist. It's deeply ingrained. But there is so much pressure by peer groups, magazines, billboards and TV adverts that… — Nandita Das Copy Share Image
We become obsessed with 'truth' when discussing statements, just as we become obsessed with 'freedom' when discussing conduct...Like freedom, truth is a… — J. L. Austin Copy Share Image
My ideal city would be one long main street with no cross streets or side streets to jam up traffic. Just a… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
A lot of times in movies, you see the "small town" people, being bowled over by this creative entity or this corporate… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
Creation rather than painting, or if painting, yet such, and with such co-presence of the whole picture flash'd at once upon the… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
While followers idealize the real, leaders realize the ideal... They outshine with their power of love those whose only motivation is love… — Debashis Chatterjee Copy Share Image
Krishna insisted on outer cleanliness and inner cleansing. Clean clothes and clean minds are an ideal combination. — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
'Mind and matter,' said the lady in the wig, 'glide swift into the vortex if immensity. Howls the sublime, and softly sleeps… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
That is why the ideal literary diet consists of trash and classics; all that has survived, and all that has no reason… — Anthony Lane Copy Share Image
Home Economics stands for the ideal home life for today unhampered by the traditions of the past and the utilization of all… — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
The ideal situation for any state is to experience sharp economic growth while its rivals' economies grow slowly or hardly at all. — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
Our relationship with the European Union, which has done so much to promote stability, stimulate economic growth, and foster the spread of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You have to be willing to be happy. Despite the mess of your life-just accept what's happened, throw away your ideals, and… — Tarryn Fisher Copy Share Image
Imagination in poetry, as distinguished from mere fancy is the transfiguring of the real or actual to the ideal. — Alfred Austin Copy Share Image
On this International Day of Peace, let us all honor those who have suffered from violence. Let us hold in our hearts… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to… — Johnny Hart Copy Share Image
The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks… — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
The will to do, the tenacity to overcome all obstacles and to finish the course, the strength to cling to inexorable ideals,… — J. Edgar Hoover Copy Share Image