The Great Recession is not imaginary, and the effects loom large. There was an article in the NYT about the galloping death… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Idea's won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
It was stone carvers in ancient Rome, scribes in the Middle Ages, all the way through Gutenberg to the present day. That's… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
In the days of Moses and the prophets such a man would have been counted among the wise men of the land;… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
“This is 1955, for heaven’s sake. Not the Middle Ages! Of course, it doesn’t help having the bloody Tories still in power… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
It's like suddenly in the Middle Ages, people figured men should be in charge of women's bodies since they were in charge… — Inga Muscio Copy Share Image
In youth we take egregious risks because death has no reality for us. Youth goes caparisoned in immortality. It is only in… — P. D. James Copy Share Image
“The word “smile” doesn’t even exist in Latin or Ancient Greek. Smiling was an invention of the Middle Ages, and broad, toothy-mouthed… — Lisa Feldman Barrett Copy Share Image
Is enough to look at the Middle Ages, at the Inquisition and on the ultra religious societies that, through their fanaticism, make… — Sorin Cerin Copy Share Image
“[On Dr. Strangelove ]: My idea of doing it as a nightmare comedy came in the early weeks of working on the… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Dear Lord, who made the face of me not all that I would have it be, not really homely, only plain, but… — Ruth Perry Copy Share Image
When we were children, there was a silent part of us watching the child. When we were adolescents, there was that same… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“This is an instance of the truism that, when switching from one recording medium to another, there is always a considerable data… — Sara Ayad Copy Share Image
The time passes so quickly during these full and active middle years that most people arrive at the end of middle age… — Robert J. Havighurst Copy Share Image
Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Gardening is one of the rewards of middle age, when one is ready for an impersonal passion, a passion that demands patience,… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
The religious conflicts of the Reformation era were never simply and only about religion, because religion during this era as in the… — Brad Stephan Gregory Copy Share Image
“it may be worth while to note again how often finely developed skulls are discovered in the graveyards of old monasteries, and… — John Beddoe Copy Share Image
“rosticceria . . . cuddriruni . . . arancini supplì: A rosticceria is a take-out restaurant serving mostly roast meats; cuddriruni is a Sicilian sort of focaccia, served… — Andrea Camilleri Copy Share Image
You also said in Rolling Stone that your look is based on mine. The look I chose, I chose on purpose at… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Probably this has always been the case: once an action is recounted, for intransitive ends, and no longer in order to act… — Barthes Copy Share Image
Men's gender problems cause them a lot of suffering. There is a massive spiking suicide rate in middle age for men and… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
“ The Renaissance After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe began a period that is called the Middle Ages, or the… — Jean F. Blashfield Copy Share Image
In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption. — John Knox Copy Share Image
