We must, therefore, emphasize that 'we' are not the government; the government is not 'us.' The government does not in any accurate… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Many years before when I had serious back pain from a sports injury, the surgeons said they would explore my spine and… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share Image
To be continually subject to the breath of slander, will tarnish the purest virtue, as a constant exposure to the atmosphere will… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me. — Michael Bennet Copy Share Image
A multitude of words doth rather obscure than illustrate, they being a burden to the memory, and the first apt to be… — John Ray Copy Share Image
Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius, the stern friend, the cold, obscure shelter where moult the wings which will bear… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To me, the fun part of both jobs is to always try to push the discussion and debate forward in some way.… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Every brand builder will face a million temptations to obscure, dilute, or confuse his or her brand message. These temptations fall under… — David F. D'Alessandro Copy Share Image
A Minister can always give a reason; and, if he be clever, he can generally when doing so punish the man who… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Nothing out of the ordinary ever occurs to me when I'm by myself. But you attract duels, ambushes, immortal enemies, obscure creatures… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
True translation is transparent: it does not obscure the original, does not stand in its light, but rather allows pure language, as… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
The woman who fights against her father still has the possibility of leading an instinctive, feminine existence, because she rejects only what… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
[They let] friendship with the leaders in China obscure our devotion to freedom and democracy when those kids set up in Tiananmen… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
It's like all my life I've been this tower standing at the edge of the ocean for some obscure purpose, and only… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I am an obscure and patient pearl-fisherman who dives into the deepest waters and comes up with empty hands and a blue… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“The desert and the ocean are realms of desolation on the surface. The desert is a place of bones, where the innards… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
God moves in extremely mysterious, not to say, circuitous ways. God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The shortest way to arrive at glory should be to do that for conscience which we do for glory. And the virtue… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I… — Bjork Copy Share Image
When grown-up persons indulge in practical jokes, the fact gauges them. They have lived narrow, obscure, and ignorant lives, and at full… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To ask for an explanation is to explain the obscure by the more obscure. — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
Simplicity, for reasons that are a little bit obscure, is almost not pursued, at least in the academic world. — George M. Whitesides Copy Share Image