We are squandering our wealth. In many respects, to the extent that we persist in our imperial delusions, we're also going to… — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Eternity' is there, We say, as of a station. Meanwhile, he is so near, He joins me in my Ramble? Divides abode… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A society is always eager to cover misdeeds with a cloak of forgetfulness, but no society can fully repress an ugly past… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
My genetic interests persist in the area of the control of human development. Something must be fundamentally flawed with a reproductive system… — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
We pursue exercise even though empirically we see no benefit from the energy we're spending and we're hurting. So empirically we should… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“God can allow you to pass through storms and get to your success. But what the devil loves to do is to… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend.… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Shared Sino-American global security goals would not mean that one partner dictates to the other. U.S.-PRC differences will persist, and on the… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The deep inequalities that persist are visible reminders of the effects of apartheid and colonialism. Until these scars are healed, the vision… — Kate O'Regan Copy Share Image
The only thing we all have in common is that we play tricks in order to force ourselves to abandon the quest.… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
Turgenev saw human beings as individuals always endowed with consciousness, character, feelings, and moral strengths and weaknesses; Marx saw them always as… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
I cannot but be astonished that Sarsi should persist in trying to prove by means of witnesses something that I may see… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by legal… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Why persist in walking difficult and toilsome paths? There is no repose where you are seeking it. Search as you like, it… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality… The spirit of nationality… — George William Russell Copy Share Image
Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Constellations have always been troublesome things to name. If you give one of them a fanciful name, it will always refuse to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause,… — Dave Pelzer Copy Share Image
Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you've changed your mind. Don't… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Resilience is the maintenance of high levels of positive affect and well-being in the face of adversity. It is not that resilient… — Richard Davidson Copy Share Image
The richness of America is that we are diverse. We're not Sweden. We're not Norway. We are a great American experiment. And… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
If the practice persists of covering government deficits with the issue of notes, then the day will come without fail, sooner or… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Now that Mandela has been released from prison we can all admit what has been apparent, that he is not a Tembu… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
I have a dream," he said slowly. "I persist in dreaming it, although it has often seemed to me that it could… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Human progress depends on unreasonable people. Reasonable people accept the world as they meet it; unreasonable people persist in trying to change… — Bob Geldof Copy Share Image
[Do not] overburden yourself with rules of devotion, but persist in doing well those you have, your daily actions, your work; in… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
As winter weather settles in around the country, millions of American families are facing skyrocketing home heating prices with even greater impact… — Russ Carnahan Copy Share Image
The paradox in China is that while some things change very rapidly, others don't. The appearance of its cities may be entirely… — Sze Tsung Leong Copy Share Image
The Christian is not free to do what the Bible forbids. Christian freedom does not entail the right to fornicate or to… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The urgency to mate persists in all people as in all other mammals because of the evolutionary drive to continue the species,… — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
Reincarnation ... makes life what it is intended to be -- a glorious adventure in which victory is absolutely sure to be… — Shaw Desmond Copy Share Image
Deluded liberal that I am, I persist in thinking that those with a streak of sexual unorthodoxy ought to be more tolerant… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
It is not enough to be well-intentioned; one must strive to put those intentions into action in a capable way. One must… — Andrew Cohen Copy Share Image
There is a strange kind of tragic enigma associated with the problem of racism. No one, or almost no one, wishes to… — Albert Memmi Copy Share Image
It's naive and even irresponsible for a grownup today to get her or his information about foreign policy and war and peace… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
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