I'll leave it to you, Sassenach," he said dryly, "to imagine what it feels like to arrive unexpectedly in the midst of… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
Communities now find themselves in possession of improvements [resulting from the WPA] which even in 1929 they would have thought themselves presumptuous… — Harry Hopkins Copy Share Image
We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the… — Carl Levin Copy Share Image
Angels are endowed with the noblest created Attributes. They are endowed with wonderful Power. This perfection of Angels is forcibly indicated by… — Timothy Dwight V Copy Share Image
I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men… — Martin Delany Copy Share Image
A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one. — Simonides of Ceos Copy Share Image
We often say that we fear no invasion from the south, but the armies of the south have already crossed the border… — Sara Jeannette Duncan Copy Share Image
The universe defies you to answer the following questions: What good is a high paying career if it leaves you continually stressed… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
To have faith requires courage, the ability to take a risk, the readiness even to accept pain and disappointment. Whoever insists on… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
So there is nothing to be proud of these worldly possessions. What you are to be proud of, or to be conscious… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
It is long been a principal of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The absence of romance from my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything. — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
If a man has important work, and enough leisure and income to enable him to do it properly, he is in possession… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
Cars aren't merely modes of transit or material possessions to Texans; they are something of a state treasure. We share a special,… — Jim Atkinson Copy Share Image
The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession,… — William H. Wharton Copy Share Image
Mary adored Jesus as the Bridegroom of souls. Union is the final purpose of love. Jesus by the gift of His substance… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
How frequently has melancholy and even misanthropy taken possession of me, when the world has disgusted me, and friends have proven unkind.… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
In the hearts of people today there is a deep longing for peace. When the true spirit of peace is thoroughly dominant,… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Although man is not armed by nature nor is naturally swiftest in flight, yet he has something better by far—reason. For by… — Adelard of Bath Copy Share Image
Taking photographs can assuage the itch for possession sparked by the beauty of a place; our anxiety over losing a precious scene… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
