A long-established occupation may form the very foundations of the moral life, that the art with which a man has solaced his… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the calendar's promise,… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A genius may perhaps be a century ahead of his age and hence stands there as a paradox, but in the end,… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I believe that having something new happen, no matter how small, is what makes for a healthy day, no matter how many… — David Greenberger Copy Share Image
As every writer has his use, every writer ought to have his patrons; and since no man, however high he may now… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
And I say that Your Highnesses ought not to consent that any foreigner does business or sets foot here, except Christian Catholics… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
Even the lucky ones, who do manage to become happy by attaining their goals, live each day in fear of losing whatever… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Medicaid fills in the gaps for millions of working Americans, who may have healthcare from their jobs but need additional coverage. — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
For some reason, President Obama is being heckled about "don't ask, don't tell," which may be revoked. The president wants gays to… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
We really can't boil a man's life down to seasonal divisions of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Seasons cycle perennially, and we… — Hideo Kojima Copy Share Image
Whoever our students may be, whatever the subject we teach, ultimately we teach who we are. — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
If you would like to write better than everybody else, you have to want to write better than everybody else. You must… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
If a man has beheld evil, he may know that it was shown to him in order that he learn his own… — Baal Shem Tov Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as a critic or teacher either, but simply - and at the obvious risk of disingenuousness -… — Richard Gilman Copy Share Image
A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it. — Vilhjalmur Stefansson Copy Share Image
The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs of the people of… — Nelson Rockefeller Copy Share Image
My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty. To you I am bound for life and education. My life and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I shall be supplied with whatever I need; and, if I have not everything I desire, I may conclude it is either… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
As a guy develops and practices his masculinity, he is accompanied by an invisible male chorus of all the other guys, who… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
If travel has taught me nothing more, and it certainly has, it's this: you never know when some trifling incident, utterly without… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
Any moment, big or small, Is a moment, after all. Seize the moment, skies may fall Any moment. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image