“This is an extremely difficult matter for modern readers of the gospels to grasp, but Luke never meant for his story about… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
“What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
There is no other airport in the world which serves so many people and so many airplanes. This is an extraordinary airport.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“It was all very well being a modern society, but the advent of prosperity and the growth of the towns was a… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
During the Vietnam War, which lasted longer than any war we've ever been in - and which we lost - every respectable… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
I live in the modern world, and I appreciate the most cutting-edge parts of it. But I also like to check out… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Brandon McCaw did 500,000,000,000 multiple choice questions on a computer test about companies racing for global leadership have to consider competing in… — Brandon McCaw Copy Share Image
When we, for example, see shifts of huge production lines from certain areas to other countries, people tend to ask the question,… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Considered in its entirety, psychoanalysis won't do. It is an end product, moreover, like a dinosaur or a zeppelin; no better theory… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
Only if you have some knowledge of the human sacrifices, the vicious temple rites, the degrading superstitions and customs that were practiced… — Carlton J. H. Hayes Copy Share Image
The movie industry had it better in the '30s and '40s, in terms of gender equality, than it does now, both in… — Daryl Hannah Copy Share Image
“Everybody on this island has one ambition, which may be summed up very simply. It is to do something, however small it… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Some of his [Chester Bowles's] friends thought that his entire political career reflected his background, that he truly believed in the idea… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
The romantic image of the ancient world is very inspiring, as is nature itself, but I think the dissatisfaction with our modern… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
Today, Labour has a disruptive economic narrative - that Britain needs fundamental change in its market structure and culture to compete in… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
Josh Billings said, It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. Human beings… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
“The modern world is full of pundits, poseurs, and mall ninjas. Preparedness is not just about accumulating a pile of stuff. You… — James Wesley Rawles Copy Share Image
Is there any man here or any woman, let me say is there any child here, who does not know that the… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
"Nationwide" featured an amazing collection of apprentice impersonators. From all over Britain, schoolchildren materialised via local studios to give us their imitations… — Clive James Copy Share Image
Since the birth of modern Orthodox Judaism in 19th-century Germany, a central goal of the movement has been to normalize the observance… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
Many in the modern world fell for the myth that we're living in a static, fixed, flat reality of just material things. — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“Alchemy is the name of this temple of images. Here a towering wall of video flashes glamorous vamps and alien androgynes over… — Karen D. Best Copy Share Image
The Intelligentsia (scientists apart) are losing all touch with, and all influence over, nearly the whole human race. Our most esteemed poets… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
