Humor is the offspring of man; it comes forth like Minerva, fully armed from the brain. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Holly frowned at her. "Glad to see you've forgiven yourself so quickly." "Harboring feelings of guilt can have a negative affect on… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
Jesus. Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. Delilah, Jezebel, Salome, Judith, Eve. Trouble, every last one. Add Minerva Highwood to the list. — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Understanding is always in some sense retrospective, which is what Hegel meant by remarking that the owl of Minerva flies only at… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“He turned to Miss Minerva. "I'm relying on you, at any rate. You've got a good mind. Anybody can see that." "Thank… — Earl Derr Biggers Copy Share Image
I always say that love is like the meat in a pie,” Freddy put in. “The crust is what people see—the practical… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
The words burned on her tongue, but Minerva couldn’t give them voice. What a hopeless coward she was. She could pound on… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
We are used to discounting the river-gods and dryads of the Greeks as poetical fancies, and even the chief figures in the… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Creating the Minerva Awards. I really have enjoyed that. I have to say that I moaned and groaned about this job but… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
“Minerva considered herself a reasonably intelligent person, but good heavens . . . handsome men made her stupid. She grew so flustered… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
He was too good to be Where ill men were, and was the best of all Amongst the rar'st of good ones-… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
So,” sneered Fudge, recovering himself, “you intend to take on Dawlish, Shacklebolt, Dolores, and myself single-handed, do you, Dumbledore?” “Merlin’s beard, no,”… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I merely don't like drafts, or servants falling and breaking their ankles, making them incapable of serving me." "I understand completely." Her… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“Today, all her mother's judgements had been proved false. She wasn't plain, but pretty. She wasn't distracted and awkward, but confident and… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
I even had success with commercials, which is strange, because out of the six ideas, two won the platinum Minerva in France… — Sergio Leone Copy Share Image
I don't go for the so-called "intimate" stuff. Column items that report: "Minerva Ferncroft sleeps in pink dusting powder between puce-colored sheets… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
“As Hegel put it, only when it is dark does the owl of Minerva begin its flight. Only in extinction is the… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I should fear the infinite power and inflexible justice of the almighty mortal hardly as yet apotheosized, so wholly masculine, with no… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Investing in women, helping women to achieve their dreams, sending young girls to college. Trying to train young girls to be leaders.… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion! What feminism does not need, it seems to me, is an endless… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
We have accounts of the deification of men in pagan mythology. But I do not remember any account of a god becoming… — A. C. Dixon Copy Share Image
“And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Before I found Minerva, I'd passed nights with more than my share of women." Thorne groaned. Don't. Just don't. "I've passed time… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
He had to feel those lips on him again. Had. To. This wasn’t a mild expression of preference. This was an imperative.… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Little do the devout worshippers of the Vatican suspect, when they lift up their eyes in mute adoration upon the head of… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
If one doubts whether Grecian valor and patriotism are not a fiction of the poets, he may go to Athens and see… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I love you, Minerva. I love that you believe in me no matter what. I love how you take whatever you see… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
O you, who in some pretty boat, Eager to listen, have been following Behind my ship, that singing sails along Turn back… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
In the fabulous ages of ancient times the appellations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were given to the planets as… — William Herschel Copy Share Image
How do you know it won't be duels at dawn when you tell him you've accepted my proposal of marriage?" "Don't be… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“Rockton is no more Oliver than Churchgrove is Lord Kirkwood,” Lady Minerva said stoutly. “Then why did you steal my name for… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
Severus, please fetch me the strongest truth potion you posess, then go down to the kitchen and bring up the house elf… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
