A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
pity and charity may be at root an attempt to propitiate the dark powers that have not touched us yet. — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
It is a most fearful fact to think of, that in every heart there is some secret spring that would be weak… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
We have come to this earth upon a mission ... that we may have power to go forth and warn the nations… — G. Homer Durham Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of such catastrophes,… — Charles Lyell Copy Share Image
I hold too that whatever may be true of other countries, a bloody revolution will not succeed in India. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Just because you cannot realize your highest aspirations in work does not mean you have chosen wrongly, or are not called to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We must be willing to change chairs if we want to grow. There is no permanent compatibility between a chair and a… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
You may know the intractability of a disease by its long list of remedies. — Alonzo M. Clark Copy Share Image
Most children, even very bright ones, need constant review and practice to truly own a concept in grammar, math or science. In… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
People with a culture of poverty suffer much less from repression than we of the middle class suffer and indeed, if I… — Brian Friel Copy Share Image
I couldn't change anything without changing the end position, and I'm perfectly happy now. So whatever I feel in some sense may… — George Michael Copy Share Image
Whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that is sin to you, however, innocent it may be… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our achievements may make us interesting, Tyler, but our darkness makes us lovable. — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Finally you come to a point where you almost know it all. You are very wise. You are very pure... except for… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their… — Franklin Pierce Copy Share Image
There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I… — Mackenzie Astin Copy Share Image
It may in fact be utterly impossible to be successful without helping others to become successful. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Women are beginning to feel that they are not fairly represented. As we say, 2% may be fine for fat in milk,… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
The important point is that since the origin of life belongs in the category of at-least-once phenomena, time is on its side.… — George Wald Copy Share Image
You're funny, and you're smart, and you may show up late, but you always show up eventually. — John Green Copy Share Image
We have a priori reasons for believing that in every sentence there is some one order of words more effective than any… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
The backside of heroism is often rather sad; women and servants know that. They know also that the heroism may be no… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I am no martyr upon cross, but I would gladly give my life so that those more deserving may live. — Gannicus Copy Share Image
And as ridiculous as it may sound, sometimes all any of us needs in life is for someone to hold our hand… — James Frey Copy Share Image
Adieu! but let me cherish, still, The hope with which I cannot part. Contempt may wound, and coldness chill, But still it… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
Panic is rare, looting is essentially insignificant, people are not terrified and trampling each other to flee from a disaster scene, but… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I love you, Ella May," I whisper, kissing her cheek. "And one day I want to be doing this exact same thing… — Jessica Sorensen Copy Share Image
Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world? Have… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause. — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
