The world of contemporary art has, in a way, exponentially expanded in the last couple of decades, and almost every major city… — Thomas Heatherwick Copy Share Image
“The historical irony is that European Christians coming to the Americas were escaping highly stratified and intolerant societies; in North America they… — Steven Charleston Copy Share Image
“Inclusive economic and political institutions do not emerge by themselves. They are often the outcome of significant conflict between elites resisting economic… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
I knew that the wall was the main thing in Quebec, and had cost a great deal of money.... In fact, these… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
President Bush has embarked on an eight-day tour of the continent. He hopes this one goes better than the other ones he's… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Most of the energy in North America is just consuming - Wal-Mart, shopping centres, government offices - or personal consumption: houses, cars,… — Vaclav Smil Copy Share Image
“Colorado and Wyoming are America’s highest states, averaging 6,800 feet and 6,700 feet above sea level. Utah comes in third at 6,100… — Keith Meldahl Copy Share Image
My dad was a huge help. He told me that it's going to be different going to North America. It's a different… — Leon Draisaitl Copy Share Image
South America had been an island continent, far bigger and far more diverse than Australia, for tens of millions of years before… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Expert victimologists estimate that 91.2 percent of people in North America and Europe now qualify as victims, at least in their own minds. — John Leo Copy Share Image
I do not speak with any fondness but the language of coolest history, when I say that Boston commands attention as the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of… — Michael Steinhardt Copy Share Image
“Genes, oddly, compromise only a minuscule fraction of it. An enormous proportion-a bewildering 98 percent-is not dedicated to genes per se, but… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
I find it interesting to see people - mostly people who are younger than I am - going to considerable trouble to… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
In the mid-1970s, there was this huge boom of stand-up comedy throughout North America. I went to see a show at a… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
It is not the actual greatness of national wealth, but its continual increase, which occasions a rise in the wages of labour.… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
I think it's great now that we seem to be in an era where it's OK to be gay and I think… — Jason Priestley Copy Share Image
In North America someone who doesn't know anybody, he can go... you can be respected for your own identity. It pushes your… — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
“Crowley wrote Parsons, "You have got me completely puzzled by your remarks about the elemental -the danger of discussing or copying anything… — Paul Rydeen Copy Share Image
“I am in a two-stoplight town in the Alabama hill country, in the heart of the Bible Belt and Crimson Tide football… — Hector Tobar Copy Share Image
Maybe the discipline in North America is just consolidation, right? I mean, it may be that if there were more vigorous pursuit… — Paul Solman Copy Share Image
Major theme of the book ["Hotels of North America"], from my point of view: what is persona, what is self, in the… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
I did 'Red Riding,' which is TV in the U.K. It became a feature project in North America, but we're in a… — James Marsh Copy Share Image
“Until the Second Coming, sin will remain a part of earthly existence. And as long as there is sin, there will be… — Keith A. Mathison Copy Share Image