Though my grandmother had picked up modern ideas in America, she still had some conflicting 19th-century Irish notions. She believed that daughters,… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones,… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
Knowing does not always allow us to prevent, but at least the things that we know, we hold them, if not in… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice… — Craig Claiborne Copy Share Image
I have tried to resign myself, and to console myself; and that, I hope, I may have done imperfectly; but what I… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I earn my living by teaching film, mostly filmmaking but also teaching courses on current cinema. I'm interested in movies. I hope… — Thom Andersen Copy Share Image
In the name of Jerusalem. If I forget the extermination of the Jews, may my right hand wither, may my tongue stick… — Menachem Begin Copy Share Image
May God bless each of us in our calls to serve. May our faith strengthen as we serve in righteousness, faithfully keeping… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Assuming normal winter weather, we currently anticipate the coal markets to remain difficult through 2015; while we always strive to operate a… — Joe Craft Copy Share Image
India may be overtaking China as the world's most polluted country. Even now, which country is worse depends on the day. — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands, but he cannot lift up his face. — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A monkey is unaware that atoms exist. Likewise, our brainpower may not stretch to the deepest aspects of reality. The bedrock nature… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
If Robert Heinlein is more to your taste than George Lucas: “If you are part of a society that votes, then do… — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It is amazing how may drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down. — Mario Andretti Copy Share Image
A thing may in itself be the finest piece of writing one has ever done, and yet have absolutely no place in… — Carolyn Forche Copy Share Image
