Every time a new nation, America or Russia for instance, advances toward civilization, the human race perfects itself; every time an inferior… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
For me, then, territory and movement are linked. For instance, territory is controlled by the movements of horsemen, of tanks, of planes,… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
An opinion can be argued with; a conviction is best shot. The logical end of a war of creeds is the final… — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Many animals even now spring out of the soil, Coalescing from the rains and the heat of the sun. Small wonder, then,… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
What does she (J. K. Rowling) hope people will take with them about this time? “When all the fuss and hoopla dies… — Melissa Anelli Copy Share Image
A piece of wall can be visually disintegrated from the whole into a separate triangle by plunging a diagonal of light from… — Dan Flavin Copy Share Image
... all professional ideologies are high-minded. Hunters, for instance, would not dream of calling themselves the butchers of the woods. — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
A growing number of respectable scientists are defecting from the evolutionist camp.....moreover, for the most part these "experts" have abandoned Darwinism, not… — Wolfgang Smith Copy Share Image
There are lots of ways to design a workflow - for instance, some land surveyors book their notes by hand, and some… — Mark Mason Copy Share Image
General rules are dangerous of application in particular instances. — Charlotte Mary Yonge Copy Share Image
In many instances, order is apprehended first of all by the senses. — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
Respect and mutual respect are important. I, for instance, often show my latest work so that people can see how I work. — Douglas Kirkland Copy Share Image
Each instance of sexual harassment has to be judged on its merits. Facts, timing, motives, credibility: all must be considered before we… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
There are many who say more than the truth on some occasions, and balance the account with their consciences by saying less… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I love the sort of ambivalence of this, the ambiguity of something - being, for instance, in a quite busy Mexican restaurant… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
So for instance it becomes clear why space and time and even the properties of matter itself depend on the observer in… — Robert Lanza Copy Share Image
He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
No wise man will go to live in the country, unless he has something to do which can be better done in… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program provided by working women to their ex-husbands. — Diane Garnick Copy Share Image
Humans have existed only for the last 0.001 percent of cosmic time. All of which says that - unless the Homo sapiens… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
The greatest crimes have been found, in many instances, to be compatible with a superstitious piety and devotion; hence it is justly… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I feel that it's important to fail now and again. For instance, if I go for a job and I don't get… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
You are hard at work madam ," said the man near her. Yes," Answered Madam Defarge ; " I have a good… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
