To put it a little crudely, these days nobody is afraid of excommunication. If they decide they don't want to be Catholic… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
This past Christmas, I told my girlfriend for months in advance that all I wanted was an Xbox. That's it. Beginning and… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
“They made a major mistake," he blurted out, "the dumb bastards, when they didn't start by killing you first." "Benjamin Thomas Parish,… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
My mother took me to the British Museum aged five. I had thought people from the past weren't as good as we… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
Twilight of the Elites main thesis has been borne out far past what I could ever have imagined. The major idea was… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
And sometimes it happened, for a time. That kind of love comes and goes and is hard to remember afterwards, like pain.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The line is "So we beat on, boats against the current, born back ceaselessly into the past." We've interpreted it as the… — Chrissy Costanza Copy Share Image
I am proud of my scars, it reminds me of what I've been through and what I've seen through,and how strong and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's quite unbelievable that Charlie Crist is getting away with this reinvention of himself - this rewriting of history for blatantly political… — Ana Navarro Copy Share Image
Art is for anyone. It just isn't for everyone. Still, over the past decade, its audience has hugely grown, and that's irked… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years; burn them in the… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Once started, religious strife has a tendency to go on and on - to become permanent feuds. Today we see such intractable… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
The wonder, especially about the 'New Mutants' is, they're all kids. They're all growing. They're changing, literally, from page to page in… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it. People gather bundles… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
Now, just think, to accuse me of such a crime. Think of it! I, who have for twenty-five years single- handed struggled… — Jacob Schiff Copy Share Image
America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our checks are pale. Our wallets are invalids. Past due, past due, is what our bills are saying and yet we kiss… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
First of all, I would shoot myself if I ever had to play straight-forward characters that really don't have much of a… — Drea de Matteo Copy Share Image
Cassandra wondered at the mind's cruel ability to toss up flecks of the past. Why, as she neared her life's end, her… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
On the rare occasions when U.N. blue helmets have made the news in the past, it has unfortunately too often been in… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
In Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline seamlessly knits together the past and present of two women, one young and one old. Kline… — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
The old notion that the savage is the freest of mankind is the reverse of the truth. He is a slave, not… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
You look back in time to when there was slavery and you think 'how did people even remotely believe that this was… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
When confronted with a direct threat to American security, Obama has shown he is willing to act unilaterally - in a targeted,… — David E. Sanger Copy Share Image
Those of us who obsess over every word and action are constantly recalling past events, but that doesn't make them any less… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Think for yourself. Unplug yourself from follow-the-follower groupthink, and virtually ignore what everyone else in your industry is saying (except the ones… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
When he has the power to see things detached from self-interest and from the insistent claims of the lust of the senses,… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
The Turkish judiciary has a very strong nationalist tradition, which is gradually changing, but only gradually. And since there was a nationalist… — Andrew Mango Copy Share Image
The difference between Pound and Whitman is not between the democrat who in deep distress could look hopefully toward the future and… — Babette Deutsch Copy Share Image
Let those who hanker after the past return to the past! Let those who want to leave the world leave the world!… — Lu Xun Copy Share Image
Our view of history diminishes the reality of the past. We concentrate on the historic event as something that has happened, and… — Ian Mortimer Copy Share Image
There is, however, no advantage in reflections on the past further than may be of service to the present. For the future… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There are so many ways to get involved with 'The Voice.' There is the open call, which tons of people are from.… — Chloe Kohanski Copy Share Image
“Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. I have realized that failure, whether of personal, professional or even spiritual… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
The biggest thing is education for young chefs and how they should focus on one cuisine rather than trying to imitate too… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
For the past several years, I've been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom generation. We, who started on… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image