But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you-the social reformers-see, but they may not, is to deny their human… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
Faith, then, generically, is confidence in a personal being. Specifically, religious faith is confidence in God, in every respect and office in… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
Let's call something a rigid designator if in every possible world it designates the same object, a non-rigid or accidental designator if… — Saul Kripke Copy Share Image
I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth - artists or objects that seemed romantic all those… — Nicholas Haslam Copy Share Image
She hung up and I set out the chess board. I filled a pipe, paraded the chessmen and inspected them for French… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
In general, every stimulus directs activity. It does not simply excite it or stir it up, but directs it toward an object. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The opposite of a glance... is a glimpse: because in a glance, we see only for a second, and in a glimpse,… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
Isn’t desire always the same, whether the object is present or absent? Isn’t the object always absent? —This isn’t the same languor:… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time- To let the punishment fit the crime- The punishment fit the crime. — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
As a child, I felt that books were holy objects, to be caressed, rapturously sniffed, and devotedly provided for. I gave my… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
As I'm studying magic, juggling is mentioned repeatedly as a great way to acquire dexterity and coordination. Now, I had long admired… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
I have an affection for tangible objects, like books and pages, but people sure do seem to love their Kindles! We're definitely… — Katherine Center Copy Share Image
Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
The whole object of my life has been to inculcate into Cornish people a sense of their Cornishness. — Henry Jenner Copy Share Image
What wealth have you, if you have not got Christ? If Christ is the object before you, will all the things that… — George Wigram Copy Share Image
Ever since I was little, I’ve loved making hand-made cards and presents and arts & crafts for people. The book gives me… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
We are trying not so much to make God listen to us as to make ourselves listen to him; we are trying… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
“I thought of that lost book and all the memories it held and how it was just one of millions of objects… — Glenn Haybittle Copy Share Image
I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what is to be done… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Through life let your principal object be the discharge of duty. — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
It is the object which aroused the artist, stimulated his ideas and set of his emotions. These ideas and emotions will be… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
The object of all education should be to increase the usefulness of man - usefulness to himself and others. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
