A government with all this mass of favours to give or to withhold, however free in name, wields a power of bribery… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As for Aliki - if you were to stand in the middle of Rome and say the name Sophia Loren, or Paris… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
If I were asked to name, in one word, the pole star round which the mathematical firmament revolves, the central idea which… — James Joseph Sylvester Copy Share Image
Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We lived in places that we never knew. We could not name the birds perched on our sill, Or see the trees… — Dana Gioia Copy Share Image
As I lay down my pen, let me record my immovable conviction that His is the noblest service in which any human… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
Ordinary men, to whom all things are possible, don't often, if ever, think of Heaven. It is a name, and nothing more,… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
Gloria, Gloria! they cry, for their song embraces all that the Lord has begun this day: Glory to God in the highest… — Walter Wangerin Copy Share Image
I smiled at the giant. “Actually, Cacus, I have another secret weapon.” The giant’s eyes lit up with greed. “Another weapon? I… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Well, you missed out on some important protocol, Ella. You can't stand between a Texan and his power tools. We like them.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
In spite of our sinfulness, in spite of the darkness surrounding our souls, the Grace of the Holy Spirit, conferred by baptism… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We know of no spectacle more ridiculous—or more contemptible—than that of the religious reactionaries who dare to re-write the history of our… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I want to take the word Christianity back to Christ himself, back to that mighty heart whose pulse seems to throb through… — Julia Ward Howe Copy Share Image
His name was Michael R. Ross. I've never known what the "R" was for. He died, however, before I was 7. But… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
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My philosophy about journalism is simple - that we have a job to hold those in power accountable, to give voice to… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
There is one Cosmic Essence, all-pervading, all-knowing, all-powerful. This nameless formless essence can be approached by any name, any form, any symbol… — Swami Satchidananda Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time in tiny venues in the way that I got my record deal and got my name… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven Will it be the same If I saw you in heaven… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Certain numbers… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I grew up going around with family, camping and living in a very beautiful mountain valley, knowing the names of the mountains… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
The various systems of doctrine that have held dominion over man have been demonstrated to be true beyond all question by rationalists… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
There is no question that the US market is the hardest to break into. I believe that the reason for this primarily… — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
You're alive, Bod. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. If you can change the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Marketers have long known that a name can make all the difference when you're trying to move the merch. The kiwifruit was… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality, they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
I have a lifetime project which consists of boxes and boxes filled with envelopes on which people have written my name. I've… — Micah Lexier Copy Share Image
It is not for the concept, but for the experience, that we use the term the Beloved. The experience of this enormity… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
The Vedic literatures predicted that after the advent of Lord Caitanya five hundred years ago, there would be a Golden Age of… — Mukunda Goswami Copy Share Image
When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and… — Billie Jean King Copy Share Image
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God we proclaim death to anything or anyone that will lift a hand against this network and ministry that belongs to you… — Paul Crouch Copy Share Image
General Systems Theory is a name which has come into use to describe a level of theoretical model-building which lies somewhere between… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
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She looked up at him and her face was pale and austere in the uplight and her eyes lost in their darkly… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
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Cosmetic surgery is not "cosmetic," and human flesh is not "plastic." Even the names trivialize what it is. It's not like ironing… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
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