Sometimes you buy a book, powerfully drawn to it, but then it just sits on the shelf. Maybe you flick through it,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
In the New Yorker library, I have long been shelved between Nadine Gordimer and Brendan Gill; an eerie little space nestled between… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
We do not have to wait for future discoveries in connection with the powers of the human mind for evidence that the… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
There is indescribable joy, deep satisfaction and an eternal purpose in dying to ourselves and living for Christ. — David Platt Copy Share Image
“The majority of people on earth are ignorant of what their time should be used for.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
I was 48-years old before anybody talked me into it for medicinal purposes, instead of some of these drugs that they give… — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
The nation should have a tax system that looks like someone designed it on purpose. — William E. Simon Copy Share Image
In talking with people, don't begin by discussing the things on which you differ. Begin by emphasizing - and keep on emphasizing… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
People like Donald Trump can take all the money that's made from a TV show, from selling neckties made in China, running… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
There's more to be learned here [St. Andrews] about course design than anywhere. Collection bunkers, false fronts, bump shots. The fundamentals of… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
“For the human experience, life in the natural world seems to require the application of meaning, in order to evoke purpose.” — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
In every take, that you're not sure of what they're going to cut and paste together and what the arc or the… — Shannyn Sossamon Copy Share Image
There are some who believe that because they have made mistakes, they can no longer fully partake of the blessings of the… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Every novelist has a different purpose-and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
“What's your dream and to what corner of the missions world will it take you?” — Eleanor Roat Copy Share Image
Because addiction is a developmental problem, the developmental stage is important, things like employment are important, things like having a sense of… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
Through the triumphs there has come a greater confidence and through the challenges has come a greater clarity of purpose. — O. J. Brigance Copy Share Image
Sharks have swum the oceans for over 400 million years, but we're threatening this critically important species for the purpose of making… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain but what He pours through us that really counts. God’s purpose… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
To satisfy the customer is the mission and purpose of every business. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“A wise teacher learns in the midst of teaching; a wise student teaches in the midst of learning.” — Mollie Marti Copy Share Image
Do not think about or do anything without a spiritual purpose, whereby it is done for God. For If you travel without… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“If Gratitude were a tree in a Bountiful orchard... Grace would be it's Seed bearing fruit.” — Raymond D. Longoria Jr Copy Share Image
We've now got a group of young people in this country who for all practical purposes are American. They grew up here.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Education is a slow-moving but powerful force. It may not be fast enough or strong enough to save us from catastrophe, but… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
“But the fantasy kingdom and trappings of success soon lost their luster, as I discovered that the most prestigious and remunerative of… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
The idea that the State originated to serve any kind of social purpose is completely unhistorical. It originated in conquest and confiscation… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Gas Lights - Without Oil, Tallow, Wicks or Smoke. It is not necessary to invite attention to the gas lights by which… — Rembrandt Peale Copy Share Image
The abolition of slavery was driven by the King James Bible. It gave slaves a common language and purpose. — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
Every twenty minutes on the Appalachian Trail, Katz and I walked farther than the average American walks in a week. For 93… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
The purpose of therapy is not to remove suffering but to move through it to an enlarged consciousness that can sustain the… — James Hollis Copy Share Image