As women are empowered, violence can come down, for a number of reasons. By all measures, men are the more violent gender. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
One particular aspect of Siddhartha’s revelation of the outside world has always struck me. Quite possibly he lived his first thirty years… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Nothing is more odious than the majority, for it consists of a few powerful leaders, a certain number of accommodating scoundrels and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The number one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain their self-esteem. Resolving conflict is rarely about… — Thomas Crum Copy Share Image
When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
We have a number of brothers left in the prisons, about 15 of them. And for the most part, they're in bad… — Sekou Odinga Copy Share Image
The challenge is creating a character that's rich and interesting to warrant following for a number of years. — Frank Spotnitz Copy Share Image
I imagine you come across a number of people who are disconcerted by the difference between what you do feel and what… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
The efforts on the parts of Eastern magazine writers to educate the people of the United States, particularly parents, to the doctrine… — George F. Richards Copy Share Image
If we were going to address what involves the biggest number of women, reproductive freedom is a fundamental human right - like… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Many people are very, very concerned with the children in India, with the children in Africa where quite a number die, maybe… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
What was really interesting in his speech, which, by the way, had (inaudible) footnotes - the written version of it - which… — Avik Roy Copy Share Image
The most basic barrier was language itself, very few Americans in Iraq whether soldiers or diplomats or news paper reporters could speak… — Dexter Filkins Copy Share Image
When you love a city and have explored it frequently on foot, your body, not to mention your soul, gets to know… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Color is a big part of what I do. It's like music. There are only so many notes in the scale, but… — Evelyn Lauder Copy Share Image
I read that MTV's Real World got 40,000 applications. That's amazing, such an even number. You would have thought it would be 40,008. — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
'In Search of Excellence' - even the title - is a reminder that business isn't dry, dreary, boring, or by the numbers.… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
We declare that a great number of those who are condemned to eternal punishment suffer that everlasting calamity because of ignorance of… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
You can't imagine the number of people in professional sports who have come up to me and said, "God, you treat those… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I have a form of ESP that allows me to consistently pick losing lottery numbers, and generally make poor life choices. — Joey Comeau Copy Share Image
In a bygone era, penalty-takers would put their laces through the ball and threaten to put a permanent bulge in the netting.… — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
I'm sick at myself for not winning more. But I am always trying to find ways to make myself a better player.… — Luke Donald Copy Share Image
