The father's life is surrounded by mysterious prestige: the hours he spends in the home, the room where he works, the objects… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
While believing strongly, without evidence, is considered a mark of madness or stupidity in any other area of our lives, faith in… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Chickenshit refers to behavior that makes military life worse than it need be: petty harassment of the weak by the strong; open… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“I think that it [the Church] stands for everything most hostile to the mental emancipation and stimulation of mankind. It is the… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
People said if [I] was at a party, it gave it prestige. I would let people know I'd arrived by letting off… — Malick Sidibe Copy Share Image
Christ also takes from us all inclination or power to boast of our national prestige. To me, it is prestige enough to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Aren't you ashamed to be concerned so much about making all the money you can and advancing your reputation and prestige, while… — Socrates Copy Share Image
No one that ever lived has ever had enough power, prestige, or knowledge to overcome the basic condition of all life -… — Ken Keyes Jr Copy Share Image
At the end of your lives you will not be judged by academic successes, the degrees or diplomas earned, the positions held,… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States - with its unrivaled power and prestige - has begun… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court. — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
Immigrants who come to a country are going to lose something, for sure, but they hope to gain a great deal by… — Nguyen Viet Thang Copy Share Image
Of course I've enjoyed having the Nobel Prize, the prestige that goes along with it, the money that came with it in… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I thank God for his many blessings he has given me, but money and prestige are not what it's about. I seek… — Glenn Hughes Copy Share Image
I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
It is not simply the brightest who have the best ideas; it is those who are best at harvesting ideas from others.… — Alex Pentland Copy Share Image
“The newly-minted captain admits the irony between the gold on his shoulders and the lack of gold in his pockets.” — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
No passion is stronger in the breast of man than the desire to make others believe as he believes. Nothing so cuts… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Without a complex knowledge of one's place and without the faithfulness to one's place on which such knowledge depends, it is inevitable… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
How to find joy? Let your ambition disappear; ambition is the barrier. Ambition means an ego trip: "I want to be this,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton is the master politician. In one way, you can say that he was never really about self-enrichment - he was… — Jeffrey St. Clair Copy Share Image
Don't you think I have sense enough to worry about my motives for saying the prayer? That's exactly what's bothering me so.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image