Some may belittle politics, but we know - who are engaged in it - that it is where people stand tall. And,… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
On the occasions when I have pondered over men's various activities, the dangers and worries they are exposed to at court or… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Only while they are conforming their actions to the model of some archetypal hero do the Arunta feel that they are truly… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
The Spirit of Enterprise, which characterizes the commercial part of America, has left no occasion of displaying itself unimproved. It is not… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'm happy that my films were discovered by chance by foreign film festivals. That makes me realise more that there is a… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
I have referred to [Rabbi Shlomo ben Isaac] on occasion, but I doubt that you will find his name in any of… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
The unphilosophical and philosophical attitudes can be very sharply distinguished (with scarcely any intermediate forms) by the fact that the first accepts… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
I do think trying to live each day as a bunch of moral occasions, did I live up to what I would… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
Naked need is the occasion for God's giving, not a need adorned with the clean, elegant robes of respectability and good works. — Miroslav Volf Copy Share Image
When Hume and Adam Smith prophesied that a little increase of national debt beyond the then amount of it, would probably occasion… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
No people are more conceited than those who depict their own feelings, especially if they happen to have a little prose at… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Accept life, take it as it is? Stupid. The means of doing otherwise? Far from our having to take it, it is… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
One time, the homie Venus[-X] read me; we were on the phone and she was like, "Girl, you keep wearing jeans and… — Le1f Copy Share Image
However, on many occasions, I examined normal blood and normal tissues and there was no possibility of overlooking bacteria or confusing them… — Robert Koch Copy Share Image
A statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician. — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
Among the numerous luxuries of the table...coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
But as we do not light up our houses with our brightest lamps for all comers, so neither did she emit from… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The abjectly poor, and all those person whose energies are entirely absorbed by the struggle for daily sustenance, are conservative because they… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
On one occasion, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeremy Irons and myself were due to appear at the Sarajevo film festival and were turned off… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
What gives value to travel is fear. It is a fact that, at a certain moment, when we are so far from… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image