Venus's life story across 5,000 years reminds us not to trivialise the power of desire: the ancients were right to never underestimate… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Man is his own star, and the soul that can, render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence,… — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
We all have very personal relationships to what happened on 9/11 and the events after tracking Osama bin Laden. Nobody can escape… — Edgar Ramirez Copy Share Image
By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
I've been in the Green party for a very long time - when was it, 1986 - and I joined the party… — Caroline Lucas Copy Share Image
Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I was greatly influenced by musique concrete when I was, like, 10. I was completely mesmerized by the idea that you could… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Tom Regan’s now classic Case for Animal Rights blends careful argument with intense moral concern. For two decades, where Regan has been… — Holmes Rolston III Copy Share Image
I think that 'Mr. Show' was a huge influence on me. It was literally the reason I started doing comedy, because I… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
At one point cinema and photography weren't treated as art. Now it's crazy to think they're not. The key question is "What… — Ferran Adria Copy Share Image
How could politics be a science, if laws and forms of government had not a uniform influence upon society? Where would be… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The idea that Christianity is basically a religion of moral improvement... has its roots in the liberal Protestantism of the late nineteenth… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Rebellion against technology and civilization is real rebellion, a real attack on the values of the existing system. But the green anarchists,… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
As an undergraduate, I took two writing workshops taught by Elizabeth Hardwick. She was certainly a major influence, though more as a… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
The beauty of ideas is that they are like waves in the ocean and they connect with things that came before them,… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
I sometimes wish I had never had to sell a painting. Every painting you make represents the time it was made and… — Peter Doig Copy Share Image
Anytime somebody shares a personal story with me during autograph signings and someone comes up to me and shakes my hand and… — Kofi Kingston Copy Share Image
I really don't see any influence of my work on any artists. But I do think I've had an influence on drawings'… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
Judo should be free as art and science from any external influences, political, national, racial, and financial or any other organized interest.… — Kano Jigoro Copy Share Image
There's some people who say big philanthropy is not such a good idea, meaning that somehow you have enormous power and you're… — Charlie Rose Copy Share Image
Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon – it is the very heart of painting. Repeated experiments with adjacent colors… — Josef Albers Copy Share Image
It's time to resist efforts of the American Civil Liberties Union who have conducted a religious lobotomy on this country, seeking to… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
All know the importance of sustaining the hopes of a sick man. The reason of this is that his nervous system is… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Men's prejudices rest upon their character for the time being and cannot be overcome, as being part and parcel of themselves. Neither… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Todays youth cannot miss something they have never known, but I fear that there are no current fictional characters whose impact and… — Peter Cushing Copy Share Image
If today there is a proper American sphere of influence it is this fragile sphere called earth upon which all men live… — Hubert H Humphrey Copy Share Image
We continue to be inspired by my father's growing legacy and are excited to embark on new opportunities that will further his… — Cedella Marley Copy Share Image
I don't think a lot of people realize the influence TV has on our kids. Kids take a lot of their cues… — Jerry Mathers Copy Share Image
Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Groups that advocate open government have argued that it's vital to know the names of White House visitors, who may have an… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
In any country, in any city, there will be political influence on what is said, what kind of images are to be… — Cai Guo-Qiang Copy Share Image
A guy named Peter Rabe wrote a batch of books for Gold Medal in the '50s, and he was absolutely the single… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
As trans advocacy has institutionalized and developed, the context of the undemocratic nature of US non-profits and the ways that white, wealthy… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
After decades of declining influence on the affairs of the world, there is once again a widespread consideration of spritual principles as… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I had always been considered such a nonentity where human relations were concerned that the idea that I might have an influence,… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the… — Jean-Jacques Annaud Copy Share Image
The media are doing this, not because they have a sinister motive, but because they love to feel that they are influencing… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
