Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia.… — James Nasmyth Copy Share Image
There is a word in Old English which belongs wholly to that civilization - "dustsceawung," meaning contemplation of dust. It is a… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
It is probable that the principal credit of miracles, visions, enchantments, and such extraordinary occurrences comes from the power of imagination, acting… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Throughout the industrial era, economists considered manufactured capital - money, factories, etc. - the principal factor in industrial production, and perceived natural… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
Those in society who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
My heroes always are mostly my parents - my father especially, and my mom, who's passed on already. My dad is a… — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
Daydreams are doable. The turn-on is not in scale, spectacle, or cost. It's in the doing. Anything you haven't done is an… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
When I first started with 'Twilight,' I didn't have any experience. I didn't know what I was doing. So I was pretty… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
If I found any new truths in the sciences, I can say that they follow from, or depend on, five or six… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
The Grand Duke [of Tuscany] ...after observing the Medicaean plants several times with me ... has now invited me to attach myself… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Language is the principal tool with which we communicate; but when words are used carelessly or mistakenly, what was intended to advance… — Irving Copi Copy Share Image
No human law can abolish the natural and original right of marriage, nor in any way limit the chief and principal purpose… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
I received a phone call from the chief executive of my principal sponsor [Marlboro], who actually told me that it would be… — Ron Dennis Copy Share Image
Our participation in the single market, and our ability to help set its rules is the principal reason for our membership of… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
The most important thing in the Land of Israel is to build, build, build. Its important that there will be an Israeli… — Naftali Bennett Copy Share Image
Women have been held back and limited throughout the centuries. Creation could not have been rendered, not even considered, let alone be… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share Image
There were 315,000 slave owners in the Union Army (with 200,000 in the Confederate Army) and the men who walked away from… — John Coleman Copy Share Image
A social group can, indeed must, already exercise 'leadership' before winning governmental power (this is indeed one of the principal conditions for… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many… — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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I kind of had my life planned out for me. I'd be married at some point, have, you know, 1.5 children, and… — Clay Aiken Copy Share Image
Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all.… — Frank Dobson Copy Share Image
Looking back at his career, Mr. Rustin, a Quaker, once wrote: ‘The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics;… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
What appeals to me about an American music directorship is the involvement of the conductor with the orchestra and the community. I… — Jeffrey Tate Copy Share Image
Words may be either the servants or masters. If the former they may safely guide us in the way of truth. If… — George Horne Copy Share Image
Today, only a fool would offer herself as the singular role model for the Good Mother. Most of us know not to… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
I feel that the change, the mutation in consciousness, will occur spontaneously once certain pressures now in operation are removed. I feel… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The principal or highest part of the mountain having changed its direction to east and west, I ascended it in such manner… — William Henry Ashley Copy Share Image
When we tell our own story, we teach the values that our choices reveal, not as abstract principals, but as our lived… — Marshall Ganz Copy Share Image
Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Tonality itself - with its process of instilling expectations and subsequently withholding promised fulfillment until climax - is the principal musical means… — Susan McClary Copy Share Image
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The relation of photography and language is a principal site of struggle for value and power in contemporary representations of reality; it… — William J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
To believe that the intolerable crime is to burn a few cars and rob some shops, whereas to kill a young man… — Alain Badiou Copy Share Image
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Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I turned quickly… — Francois Laurent d'Arlandes Copy Share Image
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