From an evolutionary point of view, most emotions - fear, desire, anger - serve some practical purpose, but nostalgia is a useless,… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
My mother said that when I was young I was constantly saying, Look at this - Look at that. I think that… — Ruth Orkin Copy Share Image
This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Social opinion is like a sharp knife. There are foolish people who regard it only with terror, and dare not touch or… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
There is little doubt that, until 1846 when he helped to engineer the resignation of Robert Peel, Disraeli was driven by an… — Christopher Hibbert Copy Share Image
This is true only because the purposes and objectives of the Committee for Industrial Organization find economic, social, political and moral justification… — John L. Lewis Copy Share Image
Who is it who decides that one man should live and another should die? My life wasn't worth any more than his,… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Is there some meaning to this life? What purpose lies behind the strife? Whence do we come, where are we bound? These… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“But there was a special kind of gift that came with embracing the chaos, even if I cursed most of the way.… — Jennifer DeLucy Copy Share Image
I think college prepared me at a really high level. High school, you can take some plays off on the defensive end.… — Trey Burke Copy Share Image
Destroy everything. That's all well and fine, but you got to offer something in it's place. Since I always have a point… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
The American taxing structure, the purpose of which was to serve the people, began instead to serve the insatiable appetite of government.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Creation is bringing potential into being, bringing inspiration into action. Inspiration and action are nothing when they are apart. Inspiration feels like… — Kristi Bowman Copy Share Image
It is important to remember the purpose of health care reform: to make sure Americans have access to quality, affordable health care… — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
Spiritual Partnership ... The new female and the new male are partners on a journey of spiritual growth. They want to make… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
I saw the spiders marching through the air, Swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day In latter August when the hay… — Robert Lowell Copy Share Image
The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
Who can break the law? If I break this glass, it will fall down. If anyone succeeds in throwing one atom out… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Comey worried that the pressure from Trump to end the Flynn investigation or remove the 'cloud' of the larger investigation would 'infect'… — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
The chief significance of Alpha Phi Alpha lies in its purpose to stimulate, develop, and cement an intelligent, trained leadership in the… — Jewel Copy Share Image
We live in a post-authentic world, and today authenticity is a house of mirrors. It's all just what you're bringing when the… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Nature has not implanted any power in man that was not meant to be exercised at times, though too often our powers… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The sensors have many potential practical uses - in Government buildings, train carriages, cargo containers, on a soldier's lapel - and are… — Anne Campbell Copy Share Image
It seems that wherever the Welfare State is involved, the moral precept, "Thou shalt not steal," becomes altered to say: "Thou shalt… — F. A. Harper Copy Share Image
Digging up new information and speculating on it isn't your primary purpose when you're writing a biography intended for young readers, unless… — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
Looking at the world today, we might easily forget that the main purpose of our life - you could call it the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You want to kill me, don't you? And here I thought you and your friends were so righteous. You are just as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't like, speaking about the movie, if I may say couple more words, I like a movie that doesn't drag too… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
[The Republicans] offer . . . a detailed agenda for national renewal. . . . [On] reducing illegitimacy . . . the… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
That which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
The Statist has an insatiable appetite for control. His sights are set on his next meal even before he has fully digested… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
Prevailing prayer is prayer that pushes right through all difficulties and obstacles, drives back all the opposing forces of Satan, and secures… — Wesley L Duewel Copy Share Image
Seriously, the Olympic badminton players were apparently trying to lose on purpose, a big story. But really, think about it, if you… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
There is unusual power in united prayer. God has planned for His people to join together in prayer, not only for Christian… — Wesley L Duewel Copy Share Image
Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution, it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration, but also… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
My purpose is to show people that you can take what God put inside of you, inside your heart, and you can… — Brely Evans Copy Share Image
It is extremely important that adequate provision be made for reasonable levels of income to them, for the care of the children… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Why aren't people more successful? Because most people do not select and pursue a vision without regard for other objectives. Most people… — Ari Kiev Copy Share Image
Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image