The plain wooden toothpick, it may be argued, is among the simplest of manufactured things. It consists of a single part, made… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
It's okay that your parents aren't perfect; no one's are. And it's okay that they didn't have any perfect children either; no… — Ardeth Kapp Copy Share Image
I shift between mediums very frequently. Instead of taking a break from writing, I just write in a different medium or in… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
Making a profit is no more the purpose of a corporation than getting enough to eat is the purpose of life. Getting… — Kenneth Mason Copy Share Image
Every second counts. We are only on this earth for a short amount of time, and we get to decide how we… — Brett Morgen Copy Share Image
Once we agree with God that we exist for His pleasure and His glory, we can accept whatever comes into our lives… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
When you inhabit any of these three roles, you're reacting to fear of victimhood, loss of control, or loss of purpose. You're… — David Emerald Womeldorff Copy Share Image
I wish to be up and doing. I wish to face each day with resolution and purpose. I wish to use every… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I like having a beard. What's funny is when you shave a beard, you realize how freezing cold your face is! The… — Adam Scott Copy Share Image
“If you want to wait till your black hairs turn grey and your teeth start pulling out before you become a leader,… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Right at this moment, I only want silence. I believe that the end of life is silence in the love people have… — Vincent Price Copy Share Image
Lenten practices of giving up pleasures are good reminders that the purpose of life is not pleasure. The purpose of life is… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“So long as the spectator has to figure out the meaning of this or that person, or the presuppositions of this or… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
To be honest, I find going out pretty scary and intimidating. Got all those people checking you out, with only one purpose:… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Thus, when plunder is organized by law for the profit of… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives… — Marlo Thomas Copy Share Image
Every little thing has a purpose, at the same time, it has no purpose because this whole thing is a game. It… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
For our purposes, let’s say a goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don’t sometime in the future. A… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
I moved from Boston to Los Angeles, and took every opportunity that came along my way, trusting that God had a great… — Gianna Simone Copy Share Image
No one need worry about our getting the best of God in some bargain with him, or that we might somehow succeed… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
I am a Prince," he replied, being rather dense. "It is the function of a Prince—value A—to kill monsters—value B—for the purpose… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Baker has done it again! Building on the core principles that he advanced in Professional's Guide to Value Pricing and The Firm… — Thomas Finneran Copy Share Image
The suffering of sickness and the suffering of persecution have this in common: they are both intended by Satan for the destruction… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We all have an obligation as actors to be true to ourselves and our best instincts, but often there's a higher purpose,… — Peter Scolari Copy Share Image
When you look at somebody like a Netanyahu, to simply not understand that this is a right-wing politician, a guy who kind… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“Cats catch mice, small birds and the like, very well. Teleology tells us that they do so because they were expressly constructed… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
If the universe were just electrons and selfish genes, meaningless tragedies ... are exactly what we should expect, along with equally meaningless… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
...[D]ivision of labor, in my mind, is one of the dangers of work-based technology. Modern IT infrastructure allows us to break projects… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Take steadily some one sin, which seems to stand out before thee, to root it out, by God's grace, and every fibre… — Edward Bouverie Pusey Copy Share Image
“Nobody as a destiny. I mean, nobody has some kind of inescapable path for their life. This mug was made from clay,… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
Every form of communication is for the purpose of feeling, experiencing, sharing. Everyone has their own intense journey through life, and you… — Mirah Copy Share Image
Many things that seem random to us, God has positioned strategically.. to intentionally bring us to divine connections. He uses situations to… — Kenneth W Griffin Copy Share Image
You know I've had people come up and ask me to sign their guns. Sign my name on gun handles and holsters… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
After all, the living book of God's creation lies open for all to see; it points constantly to the divine calling for… — Eberhard Arnold Copy Share Image
In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were… — David Hurn Copy Share Image
“Society often sells us a narrow definition of meaning, equating it with productivity or status. ... But a meaningful life is often… — Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World Copy Share Image
By insisting on having your bottle pointing to the north when the cork is being drawn, and calling the waiter Max, you… — Hector Hugh Munro Copy Share Image
There's this American pretense, which is the pretense of the journalist with the view from nowhere - which has somehow morphed into… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Say 'Kenmore Square'," I insist. "Kenmaw Sqway-ah." "Say 'Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina.'" "Nothing could be finah than… — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
The 4-H Clubs believe in and practice the full development of our talents. They believe in physical and mental health. Beyond this… — Fred M. Vinson Copy Share Image