My interest in science was always essentially limited to the study of principles… That I have published so little is due to… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Bond sat for a moment frozen to his chair. Suddenly, there flashed unwanted into his mind that most sinister line in poetry:… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
In the pursuit of Knowledge, every day something is added. In the practice of the Way, every day something is dropped. Less… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If one fails to develop goals that give meaning to one’s existence, if one does not use the mind to it’s fullest,… — Dan Buettner Copy Share Image
Like many works of literature, Hollywood chooses for its villains people who strive for social dominance through the pursuit of wealth, prestige,… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
All industries are brought under the control of such people [film producers] by Capitalism. If the capitalists let themselves be seduced from… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Love, affection, even attention are not things that need pursuit. If they are not given freely, openly, willingly to you by another… — Charles F. Glassman Copy Share Image
Every Latter-day Saint should make the study of this book a lifetime pursuit. Otherwise, he is placing his soul in jeopardy and… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The impulse to acquisition, pursuit of gain, of money, of the greatest possible amount of money, has in itself nothing to do… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
With a little more deliberation in the choice of their pursuits, all men would perhaps become essentially students and observers, for certainly… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Burn to be great, Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone. The plains are everlasting as the hills, The bard cannot… — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
Our unalienable right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, those rights were stripped from college kids in Blackburg and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Poverty is a bitter thing; but it is not as bitter as the existence of restless vacuity and physical, moral, and intellectual… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The moment before I jump is filled with anxiety and what-ifs. But then as soon as I enter the air, I'm filled… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Capitalism may even be identical with the restraint, or at least a rational tempering, of this irrational impulse. But capitalism is identical… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
Politics, as I never tire of saying, is for social and emotional misfits, handicapped folk, those with a grudge. The purpose of… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
Liberalism should be found not striving to spread bureaucracy but striving to set bounds to it. True liberalism seeks all legitimate freedom… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
In the networks' endless pursuit of controversy, we should ask what is the end value ... to enlighten or to profit? What… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
Blessed be you, mighty matter, irresistible march of evolution, reality ever newborn; you who, by constantly shattering our mental categories, force us… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
The world is devoted to physical science, because it believes theses discoveries will increase its capacity of luxury and self-indulgence. But the… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
When you are passionate, you always have your destination in sight and you are not distracted by obstacles. Because you love what… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
There is a limit to the work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
If art is to flourish in the twenty-first century, it must renew its moral authority by rededicating itself to life. It must… — Frederick Hart Copy Share Image
We are men and women from many lands, representing a rich variety of cultures. And we have been brought together to work… — Kurt Waldheim Copy Share Image
That word again. Happy. It’s a curse. The pursuit of happiness makes us deeply unhappy. It’s a trap.Before anything else happened, there… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence -… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I believe that anyone who is serious and committed to pay the price of learning, discipline and taking the right actions in… — John Assaraf Copy Share Image
To be an outstanding musician, you have to be very attentive to the smallest detail and willing to have infinite patience in… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
Business isn't some disembodied bloodless enterprise. Profit is fine - a sign that the customer honors the value of what we do.… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The 'EU in a Nutshell' is a miscellany of facts and anecdotes about the system which rules us. It's a book you… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
Maybe this is a utopian view of art but I do believe that art can function as a vehicle, that it isn't… — Antony Gormley Copy Share Image
In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
The oppressors do not perceive their monopoly on having more as a privilege which dehumanizes others and themselves. They cannot see that,… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
And, more importantly, reach for the stars. And realize that it is never too late – not now, not ever – for… — Debbi Fields Copy Share Image
It would be a mistake to assume that the present day educational system is unchanging. On the contrary, it is undergoing rapid… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible… — Philip Carr-Gomm Copy Share Image
He that floats lazily down the stream, in pursuit of something borne along by the same current, will find himself indeed moved… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image