In most cases, obviously, soldiers fought because a government drafted them and gave them a rifle. At every point too, we see… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
The church has contributed nothing to civilization. It has progressed somewhat, and it has become a little more decent, in reflection of… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
When you have people that are cutting Christians' heads off, when you have a world that the border and at so many… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Religion is such a medieval idea. Don't get me started. I have thought about every facet of religion, and I can't buy… — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
Suttree surfaced from these fevered deeps to hear a maudlin voice chant latin by his bedside, what medieval ghost come to usurp… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
“[...] One chief difference between the medieval "scientist" and the scientist of to-day[1948] lies in the nature of the first principles accepted… — Leon Roth Copy Share Image
Travelling, gentlemen, is medieval, today we have means of communication, not to speak of tomorrow and the day after, means of communication… — Max Frisch Copy Share Image
“I remember the fire, it burns bright, always around me. I close my eyes, and tears stream out. The tides of the… — Ned Hayes Copy Share Image
Medievalism, with its saints and martyrs, its love of self-torture, its wild passion for wounding itself, its gashing with knives, and its… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Nothing but mountains filled with barbarous ethnics with views as medieval as their muskets, and unspeakably cruel too — Alexander Cockburn Copy Share Image
The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Cities are about juxtaposition. In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. In Bordeaux, we built law… — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
For so long, it was just my secret. It burned inside me, and I felt like I was carrying something important, something… — Carolyn Parkhurst Copy Share Image
“Singing rose up from the convent, filling the woods with a peaceful echo that tried to penetrate her heart and smooth her… — Kate Willis Copy Share Image
“A sudden yearning to hold Artagan close overtakes me, to smell the scent of his skin and run my hands through his… — Mark Noce Copy Share Image
Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination. — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
There was nothing medieval people liked better, or did better, than sorting out and tidying up. Of all our modern inventions I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why, when the economist gives advice to his society, is he so often cooly ignored? He never ceases to preach free trade,… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should guard against the encroachment of religion in areas where it has no place, and in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“HIPPOCRATIC OATH, n. A promise that mainly pleases the prof: “I swear by Apollo Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and… — Jonas Koblin Copy Share Image
The Divine Comedy is a political poem and when you say poetry is not about - he's always quoted out of context,… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
Ancient metaphysics underwent many changes at the hands of medieval thinkers who brought it in line with the dominant religious and theological… — Wilhelm Dilthey Copy Share Image
The civilized people of today look back with horror at their medieval ancestors who wantonly destroyed great works of art or sat… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
