At some time in the recent past someone had decided to brighten the ancient corridors of the University by painting them, having… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is incumbent on a great nation to remain confident, if it wishes to remain free. We need not be ignorant to… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
If I can get out of the way, if I can be pure enough, if I can be selfless enough, and if… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Well, in the sense of the traditional notion of God, coming out of Christianity and Islam and the Abrahamic religions, I do… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
There's this kind of war on running - people keep telling you you'll get hurt, get injured, that you need orthotics, that… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
Maybe it's naive to say, but it almost seems like, in the past, people tried to sell you something you would actually… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And, at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
And what we're looking toward is a moment when the artificial language structures which bind us within the notion of ourselves are… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
For photography to be an art involves reformulating notions of art, rejecting both material and formal purism and also the separation of… — Peter Wollen Copy Share Image
Few countries have produced such arrogance and snobbishness as America. Particularly is this true of the American woman of the middle class.… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Has anyone...any distinct notion of what poets of a stronger age understood by the word inspiration? ... There is an ecstasy such… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If we do not respect ourselves, we are on the one hand forced to despise those who have so few resources as… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
In Mesopotamia or Egypt, for example, the monarch had a god-like religious status. But this is not the case in Judaism. So… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Having spent a substantial part of my career parodying religious figures from my own Christian background, I am aghast at the notion… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Our expensive welfare state is fueled by the destructive notion that 'greed' is when you want to keep your own money but… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There was a degree of interventionism in American foreign policy, the notion that we must be the superpower and we have to… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
As for organs, traits, etc., being "for" something, the notion may be a useful shorthand, but shouldn't be taken too seriously, if… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I shattered the notion that a movie had to be advertised with realistic elements from the story. — Saul Bass Copy Share Image
Any grand new dictionary ought itself to be a democratic product, a book that demonstrated the primacy of individual freedoms, of the… — Simon Winchester Copy Share Image
It's kind of hard to articulate, but, like, this notion of mercy, forgiveness, was very appealing for me. It was very profound.… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
