But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures… — Henry Morton Stanley Copy Share Image
There's no way that scientists can ever rule out religion, or even have anything significant to say about the abstract idea of… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Facts per se can neither prove nor refute anything. Everything is decided by the interpretation and explanation of the facts, by the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The process of putting intangible thoughts into an imperfect system of notation - which is difficult enough, depending on your ideas -… — Marc-Andre Hamelin Copy Share Image
Studies show that a trusting workplace increases employees' level of happiness, work effort, productivity, and engagement. It also provides an environment that… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I think when I was younger I wasn't really sure if I wanted to act, so I played around with a few… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
It's not enough to speak loudly and confidently. You have to know how to get the world on your side, to accept… — Tzipi Livni Copy Share Image
So what if man's body evolved from the monkeys? Whether he came from monkeys or fish is unimportant. The important idea is… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
You're learning the whole time. Halfway through a movie, you've got a lot of ideas, a lot of things that maybe you've… — Fred Schepisi Copy Share Image
Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable...It's uncomfortable… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
This kind of inequality - a level we haven't seen since the Great Depression - hurts us all. When middle-class families can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Instead of the metaphor of scales in balance, I prefer the idea of a jazz quartet: you're trying to make music that… — Stewart D. Friedman Copy Share Image
The American people have no idea they are paying the bill. They know that someone is stealing their hubcaps, but they think… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
As an assistant you have lots of ideas and suggestions that might be perfect for that moment and time, but you don't… — Mike Budenholzer Copy Share Image
So, if people didn’t settle down to take up farming, why then did they embark on this entirely new way of living?… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I used to think, "I can't go to these meetings because they'll make me believe in God. Make me go to church."… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
There was an idea in the air, becoming clearer and stronger, an idea not just in the theories of Karl Marx but… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth; we understand with… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We perfectly agreed in our ideas of traveling; we hurried from place to place as fast as horses and wheels, and curses… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
You have no idea how much it bothers me to know that I was the man she meant to kill tonight and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Ideas make their way in silence like the waters that, altering behind the rocks of the Alps, loosen then from the mountains… — Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne Copy Share Image
The idea that we could have a child who escapes from the confines of the adult world and goes somewhere where he… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
There's something really fun and spooky about that teenage feeling of narcissism or indestructibility, like the idea that every night might be… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
I like to come to the set with very strong ideas and strong opinions about how to do things. And I like… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I was the Commander in Chief with men and women in combat. And the idea of trying to agonize in public or… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so… — Maggie Grace Copy Share Image
Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author's phrase, makes… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
As a language, Garbo's singularity was of the order of the concept, that of Audrey Hepburn is of the order of the… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that… — Reif Larsen Copy Share Image
Our chair will remain empty one day, but our ideas will continue to sit on that chair! However in the very distant… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Try not to become disappointed if someone doesn't like a story you've written. Stick up for your ideas, but listen to what… — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
The whole time you're bouncing ideas off each other, you continue to try and push the songs as far as you can… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
The attackers are the people with bold, innovative ideas who are trying to disrupt the status quo and usher in a better… — Steve Case Copy Share Image
Honestly, I love television. I love the idea of going to work every day and getting to know your crew and having… — Britt Robertson Copy Share Image
While it may feel natural to devote yourself to your creative work and succumb to feelings of separation and alienation, it nevertheless… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
I'll read pretty much anywhere and anytime, but for a while now, I've really enjoyed reading on flights, especially the longer hauls,… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Through pop music ideas, energies and resources can emerge that can help the audience release themselves from the unrelieving confinements of environment. — Paul Morley Copy Share Image
I'll put an end to the idea that a woman's body belongs to her... Nazi ideals demand that the practice of abortion… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I'm with someone who makes me incredibly happy. I'm not one of those people who subscribes to the idea that marriage takes… — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
