When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I not only think that they (U.S. leaders) are misguided, but I think they know exactly what they are doing and I… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood. — Ted Kotcheff Copy Share Image
Contemporary man is blind to the fact that, with all his rationality and efficiency, he is possessed by "powers" that are beyond… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Everybody talks about the entitlement generation. There is no time I'd rather live in than now, and there is no generation I… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
My proposal is not that we understand what the word ‘god’ means and manage somehow to fit Jesus into that. Instead, I… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
My mother always seemed to me like a fairy princess: a radiant being possessed of limitless riches and power. She shone for… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Naught is possessed, neither gold, nor land nor love, nor life, nor peace, nor even sorrow nor death, nor yet salvation. Say… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Grecians and Romans were strongly possessed of the spirit of liberty but not the principle, for at the time they were… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Philosophy can add to our happiness in no other manner but by diminishing our misery; it should not pretend to increase our… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The rich are never as possessed by their riches as the poor are by their poverty. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Once upon a time men were possessed by devils. Now they are not less obsessed by ideas — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Wolves and women are relational by nature, inquiring, possessed of great endurance and strength. They are deeply intuitive, intensely concerned with their… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
I do not believe that since man was in the habit of living on this planet anyone has ever lived possessed of… — Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Does there exist a single instance of a saint asserting that he himself possessed the gift of miracles? — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Television hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere should be sensed everywhere. If everyone is going to be able to… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
It is not earthly riches which make us or our sons happy; for they must either be lost by us in our… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin lacked the preparation or temperament to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, but what she possessed in abundance was… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It's odd to look out there and see a bunch of Mini-Mes," says Williams. "You're wondering what possessed them to do such… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
