My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Our soul is not united to our body in the ordinary sense of these terms. It is immediately and directly united to… — Nicolas Malebranche Copy Share Image
Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“Seven years, Dawn. Working with the Slayer. Seeing my friends get more and more powerful... a witch. A demon. Hell, I could… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
If the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their… — Nichiren Copy Share Image
It is actually getting much harder for someone from an ordinary background to break through the ranks. In the period from 1964… — Andrew Neil Copy Share Image
But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the bright children of life, the happy, the… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Such as are betrayed by their easy nature to be ordinary security for their friends leave so little to themselves, as their… — Frances Osborne Copy Share Image
The main goal in my life is to make extraordinary things out of the ordinary. — Vittorio Grigolo Copy Share Image
I want my kids to know that they're just as good and just as American as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or Dr.… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The footsteps of Nature are to be trac'd, not only in her ordinary course, but when she seems to be put to… — Robert Hooke Copy Share Image
What we grieve for is not the loss of a grand vision, but rather the loss of common things, events and gestures....… — Irena Klepfisz Copy Share Image
As always with any discussion of elite immunity, it's crucial to note that what makes this development such a particularly warped travesty… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The act of voting is one opportunity for us to remember that our whole way of life is predicated on the capacity… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty.… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
There are not enough rich and powerful people to consume the whole world; for that, the rich and powerful need the help… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
We throw our parties; we abandon our families to live alone in Canada; we struggle to write books that do not change… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
From all we have learnt about the structure of living matter, we must be prepared to find it working in a manner… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
Corky is an ordinary person who does extraordinary things. He is a true inspiration, but he doesn't know that he's an inspiration. — Chris Burke Copy Share Image
God loves to use ordinary people just like you and me, faults and all, to do extraordinary things. — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Body tension will always be present if our good feeing is just ordinary, self-centered happiness. Joy has no tension in it, because… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An ordinary life used to look something like this: born into a growing family, you help rear your siblings, have the first… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“I'm drawn to unusual, even freakish people. Why? They are far more engaging than the ordinary, which the world has too much… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
