In the annals of American blunders, the Bay of Pigs may have been even more feckless, and the invasion of Iraq more… — George Will Copy Share Image
England and all civilised nations stand in deadly peril of not having enough to eat. As mouths multiply, food resources dwindle. Land… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
The Englishman's strong point is his vigorous insularity; that of the American his power of adaptation. Each of these attitudes has its… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson Copy Share Image
Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to… — François Fénelon Copy Share Image
There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Whatever one may say about the perils of workshops, they help writers internalize an awareness of audience. — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
The decision to speak out is the vocation and lifelong peril by which the intellectual must live. — Kay Boyle Copy Share Image
It's vital to establish some rituals-automatic but decisive patterns of behavior-at the beginning of the creative process, when you are most at… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
My fellow citizens, the dangers to our country and the world will be overcome. We will pass through this time of peril… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
As a camel beareth labor, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
These are facts that would make every American upset. Our birthright is being stolen, the legacy of our country is at stake,… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
choice in any sphere is a peril, the basic division of peoples is of those who believe in choice and those who… — Nayantara Sahgal Copy Share Image
Whether we like it or not, we are all on a journey, a Quest if you will, every day of our lives,… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
The coming peril is the intellectual, educational, psychological and artistic overproduction, which, equally with economic overproduction, threatens the well-being of contemporary civilisation.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind can really break a man's spirit until he breaks it… — Edgar S. Brightman Copy Share Image
I love moving water, I love ships, I love the sharp definition, the concentrated humanity, the sublime solitude of life at sea.… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does… — Confucius Copy Share Image
REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray society’s weaknesses, its ills, its… — Ken Saro-Wiwa Copy Share Image
