“Also, even if technocrats provide reasonable estimates of a risk, which itself is an iffy enterprise, they cannot dictate what level of… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter. — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
The effect of speech upon the condition of the soul is comparable to the power of drugs over the nature of bodies.… — Gorgias Copy Share Image
Life has always given me enough reasons to be negative. But I've never ceased to convince it to join me in staying… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
I love the best of all the traditions. My discipline is the take-no-prisoners language of good poetry, but a language that actually… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
the wrongs of society can be more deeply impressed on a large class of readers in the form of fiction than by… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“I once wrote you a letter and you never replied, which makes me wonder if you ever received it. This time it's… — Juliet Archer Copy Share Image
I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence. — David Wooster Copy Share Image
“He (LBJ) was smiling and deferential, but lots of guys can be smiling and deferential. He had something else. No matter what… — Tommy Corcoran Copy Share Image
I wanted to know how much of conversion was forced - that is, forced in the sense that the Inquisition forced people… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Half the sum of attraction, on either side, might have been enough, for he had nothing to do, and she had hardly… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The simple, daily influences of prayer, persuasion, and promoting of godly values are the most powerful tools a mother can use to… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
