And fast by, hanging in a golden chain, This pendent world, in bigness as a star Of smallest magnitude, close by the… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The actual infinite arises in three contexts: first when it is realized in the most complete form, in a fully independent otherworldly… — Georg Cantor Copy Share Image
It would be a blunder of the first magnitude for the British to be a party, in any way whatsoever, to the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I would say the damage here is much more [than the tsunami], the magnitude of the calamity here is much more — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Our brains have evolved to help us survive within the orders of magnitude of size and speed which our bodies operate at.… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
All appearances have a determinate magnitude (the relation of which to another assignable). The infinite does not appear as such, likewise not… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Only struggle educates the exploited class. Only struggle discloses to it the magnitude of its own power, widens its horizon, enhances its… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Above the comforts of Base Camp, the expedition in fact became an almost Calvinistic undertaking. The ratio of misery to pleasure was… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I always appreciated the magnitude of my mother's imagination. She always saw beauty in what was broken, and she'd preserve it. — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
When you consider the magnitude of how many people use Wikipedia globally, there is a potential here for really creating some noise… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Many...have learned that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements, but as to their subjective experiences. The impressionable… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
We have reached a profound point in economic history where the truth is unpalatable to the political class - and that truth… — Hugh Hendry Copy Share Image
The scenarios of biological or chemical warfare painted in detail by the American media during the months after September 11 only betray… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
The referee told me this league has never had a brawl of that magnitude," said Mr. Penderwick after a long, painful silence.… — Jeanne Birdsall Copy Share Image
The amount of poverty and suffering required for the emergence of a Rockefeller, and the amount of depravity that the accumulation of… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
The effect on the planet of having one child less is an order of magnitude greater than all these other things we… — John Guillebaud Copy Share Image
With the magnitude of the challenges we face right now, what we need in Washington are not more political tactics, we need… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A possibility is that we see more and more leverage, and credit-to-GDP ratios rise once more to even higher levels; eventually the… — Alan M. Taylor Copy Share Image
Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude, — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
But in this world of morally-warped phenomena there are rare and happy exceptions of truly great magnitude, which always pay dearly for… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share Image
We are still fearful, superstitious and all-too-human creatures. At times, we forget the magnitude of the havoc we can wreak by off-loading… — Richard Dooling Copy Share Image
You know, we live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there's remarkably little discussion about how much… — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
