It is odd to think that there is a word for something which, strictly speaking, does not exist, namely, "rest." We distinguish… — Max Born Copy Share Image
As far as my experience goes, men of genius are fairly gifted with the social qualities; and in this age, there appears… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“The passenger liner Ossifar Distana was one of the most luxurious of its kind in space anywhere. It ferried the cream of… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
The proverbial Englishman, we know from old chronicler Froissart, takes his pleasures sadly, and the Englishwoman goes a step further and takes… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“It’s no secret that we all live within a damning illusion called denial. We are doomed by our own far-reaching imaginations and… — Christopher Hawke Copy Share Image
Vulgarism in language is the distinguishing characteristic of bad company, and a bad education. A man of fashion avoids nothing with more… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the… — Rudolph A. Marcus Copy Share Image
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings—they are so trite, so threadbare, that… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
The proverbial German phenomenon of the verb-at-the-end about which droll tales of absentminded professors who would begin a sentence, ramble on for… — Douglas Hofstadter Copy Share Image
The proverbial thirteenth chime of the clock - is not only wrong itself, but calls into question everything that came before it. — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
“The power of resistance is to set an example: not necessarily to change the person with whom you disagree, but to empower… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
(Scottish Terriers) have all the compactness of a small dog and all the valor of a big one. And they are so… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
We can’t heal what we don’t feel. We can’t have a future until we fully inhabit our present. It’s like the proverbial… — Derek Rydall Copy Share Image
You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
You may never have heard of Joseph Overton and his proverbial window but you most certainly have heard the Republican presidential campaign… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
As to the permanent interest of individuals in the aggregated interests of the community, and in the proverbial maxim, that honesty is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The art and act of writing - speaking just for myself - involves getting your proverbial ass in the proverbial chair. — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
The common people do not accurately adapt their thoughts to objects; nor, secondly, do they accurately adapt their words to their thoughts;… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is far easier for the proverbial camel to pass through the needle's eye, hump and all, than for an erstwhile colonial… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
I am told that there is a proverbial phrase among the Inuit: 'a long time ago, in the future.' Let the children… — Romeo LeBlanc Copy Share Image
