If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I found their games and… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
It may be no less dangerous to claim, on certain occasions, too little than too much. There is something captivating in spirit… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I think He intends to try you like gold in the crucible, so as to number you amongst His most faithful servants.… — Margaret Mary Alacoque Copy Share Image
Nor do apophthegms only serve for ornament and delight, but also for action and civil use, as being the edge-tools of speech… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Like a community sing, a howl is a happy occasion. Wolves love to howl. When it is started, they instantly seek contact… — Lois Crisler Copy Share Image
Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should've done.… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
Bin Laden wasn't all that central to the terrorist network any more, but taking him down created a kind of national catharsis.… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
It is with jealousy as with the gout. When such distempers are in the blood, there is never any security against their… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
I've always felt the portrait is an occasion for marks to happen. I've never viewed the portrait as about the sitter. Even… — Toyin Odutola Copy Share Image
It is very certain that the strong British race which has now overrun much of this continent, must also overrun [Texas], and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He's helped me out on a couple of… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Anger and the thirst of revenge are a kind of fever; fighting and lawsuits, bleeding,--at least, an evacuation. The latter occasions a… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let’s use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are many occasions when the muscles that form the lips of the mouth move the lateral muscles that are joined to… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The market is incredibly inefficient and capable on rare occasions of being utterly dysfunctional. And people have a really hard time getting… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
Let the entire world hear me. Our hostility to the Great Satan [America] is absolute... I conclude my speech with the slogan… — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man,… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
We are all called to initiate involvement in each other’s lives... We covenant together to work and pray for unity, to walk… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Play: It is an an activity which proceeds within certain limits of time and space, in a visible order, according to rules… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Again and again, I find something eerie in many Irish occasions - the unrelenting whiteness, the emotional tribal attachments, the violent prejudices… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
The pleasure we hold in esteem for the course of our lives ought to have a greater share of our time dedicated… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the creator. Dancers come and go in the… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
During the late war I had an infallible rule for deciding what Great Britain would do on every occasion. It was, to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
All questions rely on the present for their solution. Time measures nothing but itself. The word that is written may be postponed,but… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do. It's only when… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Rules matter, and to be rules they need to be universal in form: always do this, never do that. But it is… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey of a wit to his home town:… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When I was a congressman, I had occasion to talk to this group of students who were taking their seat. There were… — Benigno Aquino III Copy Share Image
Because of my compact and muscular body composition, my short hair, and my "Johawk," I have been mistaken for a boy on… — Joanna Lohman Copy Share Image
It was Mrs. Campbell, for instance, who, on a celebrated occasion, threw her companion into a flurry by describing her recent marriage… — Alexander Woollcott Copy Share Image
I am lucky because I can - and I like to - mix the beautiful Caraceni jackets I inherited from my grandfather… — Lapo Elkann Copy Share Image
If you can’t lead and you can’t deliver, then your own personal political philosophy is pretty much irrelevant, there have been far… — Rich Nugent Copy Share Image
And I came close to losing a part of my foot on two occasions. I hope I'm consistently lucky and that the… — Mary Tyler Moore Copy Share Image
When I travel overseas on many occasions, I get pulled out because I may be buying a one-way ticket, I may be… — Aaron Schock Copy Share Image
I'm OK. Much better than on other occasions. It's true that I've made lots of mistakes but I've never tried to bother… — George Best Copy Share Image
I encourage my students to be honest in their assessment of both the published work we read and the work of their… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image