I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion. — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
The whole nuclear-arms-control and non-proliferation policy of the nuclear powers is a fraud: The Americans could not prevent the Soviets from replicating… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without… — Bernhard von Bulow Copy Share Image
Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Copy Share Image
The most fascinating powers don't mean a thing if the guy's poorly motivated or dull, and the most generic powers won't hurt… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
My Calvinism persuades me that we are open to God, in the sense that we are not delimited, not organisms with fixed… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
But it is impossible to divide a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into fourth powers, or generally any power… — Pierre de Fermat Copy Share Image
Shooting a film is like a kismet quest. You have thirty days and you need magic to happen. So that's why I… — Mike Mills Copy Share Image
I think there are unseen powers who don't want pop music to be anything other than glorified Madonnas. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always watch superhero movies, and I like the action and the fighting and all the different kinds of powers. — Dakota Goyo Copy Share Image
Whenever anyone challenges anything, the powers that be try to paint them as extremists or radicals or whatever. And I think that's… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
My brain power depends on my retained mastery of analyzing in detail what's happening in my world and in my mind and… — Michael Merzenich Copy Share Image
I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can… — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself… — Ethan A. Hitchcock Copy Share Image
Anyone can write an academic piece directed at other academics. To write something that delivers an argument and a gripping storyline to… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
The president's powers are always open to being questioned by the co-equal branches of government. — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses:… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“Whatever is above will be managed by the powers above you. Don’t live as a man, pretending to be God. Do what… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The greater the burden a man takes upon his shoulders, the stronger he must be to carry it. No words are unmentionable,… — Bjornstjerne Bjornson Copy Share Image
“God helps them that help themselves.” When you begin to help yourself, which means to make the best of what is in… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
If you have to be the antagonist, you often have a lot more creative powers. You have a lot more color to… — William Atherton Copy Share Image
War expands government powers. The trouble is that, when the war goes away, the government powers do not. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Poetry had great powers over me from my childhood, and today the poems live in my memory which I read at the… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
How can our hearts not break? How can we hold our tears? How can we bear the pain of losing those loving… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
