If you have to prove a theorem, do not rush. First of all, understand fully what the theorem says, try to see… — George Polya Copy Share Image
In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered… — Ulrich Beck Copy Share Image
Our assent to the hypothesis implies that it is held to be true of all particular instances. That these cases belong to… — William Whewell Copy Share Image
If we look more closely, we see that any violent display of power, whether political or religious, produces an outburst of folly… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a… — Celia Thaxter Copy Share Image
Delimitation is always difficult. The world is one, life is one. The sweetest and most heavenly of activities partake in some measure… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
With the black and white films, one was concerned with tone... You had to make sure that the tone of your dress… — Julie Harris Copy Share Image
You know, I've always just made the choices on my characters based on my connection to them, and I've made decisions that… — Summer Glau Copy Share Image
And many kinds of creatures must have died, Unable to plant out new sprouts of life. For whatever you see that lives… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody… — Usain Bolt Copy Share Image
That the corruption of the best thing produces the worst, is grown into a maxim, and is commonly proved, among other instances,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I grew up, really, in the days before air conditioning. So I can remember what it was like to be really hot,… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
So is the English Parliament provincial. Mere country bumpkins, they betray themselves, when any more important question arises for them to settle,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I'm tone deaf to… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I think the music industry, for instance, is such a huge, multibazillion-dollar industry and it's become very, very savvy. There's a very… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Yes, it must be something that goes very well with my voice, let's say something that I understand that this would be… — Victoria de los Angeles Copy Share Image
You can't really class all reality shows together. For instance, 'Top Chef' is about talent and competition. 'Big Brother' is more like… — Sienna Guillory Copy Share Image
Krugman has been a columnist for the Times for a long enough time, covering a sufficient variety of political events, for us… — Bob Tyrrell Copy Share Image
Most people just aren't grateful for the lives they have, and it really saddens me. For instance, I said 'hello' to a… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless… — Adolf Anderssen Copy Share Image
It is well to write love letters. There are certain things for which it is not easy to ask your mistress face… — Henri de Regnier Copy Share Image
The capacity for friendship usually goes with highly developed civilizations. The ability to cultivate people differs by culture and class; but on… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
God has told us Latter-day Saints that we shall be condemned if we do not enter into that principle of polygamy; and… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
Many readers simply can't stomach fantasy. They immediately picture elves with broadswords or mighty-thewed barbarians with battle axes, seeking the bejeweled Coronet… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
When we remember presidents who didn't fulfill their promises - for instance George H.W. Bush saying no new taxes or Barack Obama… — Evan Osnos Copy Share Image
If you don’t care about something, one way to demonstrate your feelings is to say the word and then repeat the word… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are many resistance movements in the world, like the IRA for instance. But it is only Islamic resistance movements that are… — Ahmed Yassin Copy Share Image
When you see Hitler burning paintings by Salvador Dali and Picasso he's telling you that this time period and these men and… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
It's an astonishing skill that people can read, and read well. Very few people can read well. For instance, I have to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
There is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school. To begin with, it is… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
You truly need to witness me goo-gooing and coo-cooing and making up goofy little songs to glean a full appreciation of how… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
If I may add, for instance, [Martin Luther] King and these others will say that they are fighting for the Negro to… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Salman Khan did not help me get movie offers. What rubbish! Will any producer take a risk of millions of rupees at… — Katrina Kaif Copy Share Image
Fighters DON'T know how to jab. You take Roy Jones, for instance. He paws his jab. He throws it out, it don't… — Larry Holmes Copy Share Image
Cruelty is no more the cure of crimes than it is the cure of sufferings; compassion, in the first instance, is good… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
When we see an effect happen always in the same manner, we infer that it takes place by a natural necessity; as,… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image