The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
When the government pays, health care's lack of affordability becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. In health care, as in other things, government is… — Arnold Kling Copy Share Image
“Stomach full of jitters, little beasts that were second cousins to guacamolians—little green monsters that wreaked havoc in your stomach.” — William Kely McClung Copy Share Image
I only know I have this power. I have always had this power. I can feel it burning within me, driving me… — Grigori Rasputin Copy Share Image
And my fear of failure has been lifelong and deep. If you are what you do- and I think my parents may… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It is not merely the multiplicity of tints, the gladness of tone, or the balminess of the air which delight in the… — Novalis Copy Share Image
Among all the valuable things of this world, the word is the most precious. For in the word one can find a… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
We were young, and we had no need for prophecies. Just living was itself an act of prophecy. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
It is not till it is discovered that high individual incomes will not purchase the mass of mankind immunity from cholera, typhus,… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
“Oh, one more thing,' Thor calls out. 'If I know my prophecy, and I do, you beautiful ladies had best start looking… — Daniel Keidl Copy Share Image
If you give up on politics, you're giving up on democracy. And if you give up on democracy, you're basically saying to… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the… — Sallust Copy Share Image
In sum, the Court's conclusion that a constitutionally adequate recount is impractical is a prophecy the Court's own judgment will not allow… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew) prophecies, as it is the basis of… — James Allen Copy Share Image
“In my view, the gospels are true, not historically, but theologically, or, as I would argue, prophetically! What we have is, the… — Eli Of Kittim Copy Share Image
In every crowd are certain persons who seem just like the rest, yet they bear amazing messages. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“Gabe watched, holding his breath as the figure slowly turned. The body moved in an almost unnatural way as it shifted and… — Wendy Owens Copy Share Image
The cross is the centre of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifiction of our Lord are the pivot… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Geology is rapidly taking its place as an introduction to the higher history of man. If the author has sought to exalt… — James Dwight Dana Copy Share Image
We must be optimistic about the future because it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we are creative and ambitious, intelligent machines will liberate… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Positive self-expectancy is the first, most outwardly identifiable quality of a top-achieving, winning human being. Positive self-expectancy is pure and simple optimism:… — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
Prophets are so dangerous because they cry in season and out of season, politely and impolitely, loud and long. — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
