Either philosophy reinforces communal beliefs, in which case it is pointless; or else it is at odds with those beliefs, in which… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
I am in an adolescence in reverse, as mysterious as the first, except that this time I feel it as a decay… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
If you put on your business hat, you can't maintain competitiveness by staying at a competitive disadvantage. I mean, you just can't.… — Heather Bresch Copy Share Image
“Even though the odds are in my favor, doesn’t mean they’ll end up that way. First rule of cards. And of life.” — Jessica Sorensen Copy Share Image
In fights when I've had the odds stacked against me, I definitely perform better because it's like a challenge to me -… — Paulie Malignaggi Copy Share Image
A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against… — Herb Caen Copy Share Image
Focus is scary—until you realize that it only means turning your back on markets you could never have anyway. Sharp focus on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My stories are of gas chambers, shootings, electrified fences, torture, scorching sun, mental abuse, and constant threat of death. But they are… — Livia Bitton-Jackson Copy Share Image
I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo… to give… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I know it is something of a cliche to say that love makes all things possible, but I believe it does. It… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
If all you needed to do is to figure out what company is better than others, everyone would make a lot of… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
America is the student who defies the odds to become the first in a family to go to college - the citizen… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Acting is something that I couldn't recommend to anyone because the odds of it working out are so insane. I don't know… — Kat Dennings Copy Share Image
It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools:… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The issue is Kinkade's ideology, and particularly his nostalgia; his paintings endlessly trumpet a nonexistent past when times were simpler and morality… — Paddy Johnson Copy Share Image
To rest in God's power when your own weaknesses seem to be screaming at you? That's grace! To be confident in who… — Graham Cooke Copy Share Image
There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
You'd better discover a more important motive than publication for your work or else you'll go crazy. My sense is that you'll… — Sydney Lea Copy Share Image
The fundamental problem with golf is that every so often, no matter how lacking you may be in the essential virtues required… — Colin Falconer Copy Share Image
What we want is not mainly to colonize Nebraska with free men, but to colonize Massachusetts with free men-to be free ourselves.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Once a price move exceeds its median historical age, any method you use to analyze the market, whether it be fundamental or… — Victor Sperandeo Copy Share Image
Love is fragile. And we're not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I knew Lee Harvey Oswald, and I knew Jack Kennedy. The odds against that-one person knowing all four of those men-must be… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
But will he come I just want to know what you think the odds are. Tell me what you really think." "I… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
Finding a job is hard enough, but have you ever considered the odds and the challenges of finding a good man? — Mika Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Thousands of people plead guilty to crimes every year in the United States because they know that the odds of a jury's… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
As actors, if you get a pilot on HBO or on USA, your odds are good that it's going to get picked… — Tim DeKay Copy Share Image
I've never let myself give up, because I believe in myself. I want to get stronger than I have ever been, and… — Hrithik Roshan Copy Share Image
When I'm using the Internet, I have 25 tabs open, and even if somebody sends me... something interesting, odds are I'll forget… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
If believing absurd falsehoods increase the odds of getting laid or avoiding predators, your brain will believe those falsehoods with all its… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
“Burning bridges behind you is understandable. It's the bridges before us that we burn, not realizing we may need to cross, that… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
Run the Jewels, our role is this: We can provide some music and some swagger in the face of doom and in… — El-P Copy Share Image
The greatness of our Army has always been the ability of our soldiers who serve in the ranks to rise to the… — Julius W. Gates Copy Share Image
A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
