“When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases. — Diogenes Copy Share Image
She could only write with him at night and she was wasting her days just sitting around. So he thought I could… — Cynthia Weil Copy Share Image
My mother had heard all about miniskirts but had never seen one so I took her for lunch at Alvaro's [in Chelsea].… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
What we are told of the inhabitants of Brazil, that they never die but of old age, is attributed to the tranquility… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
That was what they did with themselves, those two Gracelings, along with a small band of friends: They stirred up trouble on… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
for my grief's so great That no supporter but the huge firm earth Can hold it up: here I and sorrows sit;… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Well Lord, I'm still on the case. I'm still doing what Dr. King and Pops want me to do. I'm still on… — Mavis Staples Copy Share Image
A judgment pronounced in accordance with the facts can therefore assign to it an historical place only within that movement of reformation… — Julius Wellhausen Copy Share Image
Artificial lighting, air-conditioning, and automobiles, all powered by fossil fuels, swaddle us in our giddy modernity. In our ergonomic chairs and acoustical-panel… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
With people's revolutionary rage, the king will be ousted and a democratic state, Islamic Republic, will be established. — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
The Bible goes equally to the cottage of the peasant, and the palace of the king. - It is woven into literature,… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left. One of the main things I was taught from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled. — Vanessa Hudgens Copy Share Image
I just know I'm too much of a wuss for Stephen King's books. I'm way too chicken to read horror. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy in Worcestershire reading history books I never thought I should have to interfere between a king… — Stanley Baldwin Copy Share Image
We are with Europe but not of it. We are linked, not combined. We are interested and associated, not absorbed. And should… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
I don't know what you all believe, and I don't really care ... but you have to admit that beliefs are odd.… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
I was taught to respect everyone for the simple reason that we're all God's children. I was taught, in the words of… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
