But suppose we take the noun 'truth': here is a case where the disagreements between different theorists have largely turned on whether… — J. L. Austin Copy Share Image
“What I “discovered” was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance.… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Nowadays, as before, the public declaration and confession of Orthodoxy is usually encountered among dull-witted, cruel and immoral people who tend to… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
To those who have lived long together, everything heard and everything seen recalls some pleasure communicated, some benefit conferred, some petty quarrel… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Whether an MP is a woman or a man, it's about the qualities of the individual in doing that job. — Theresa May Copy Share Image
It ought not to be unpleasant to say that which one honestly believes or disbelieves. That it so constantly is painful to… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
There is an inability to sustain the tragic mood, a phoenix quality of the mind. It may be helpful or harmful, it… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really think the… — Morris Chestnut Copy Share Image
I think there was something started under my father that I appreciate that it's time to end, and I like the symmetry… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
My son took many years to learn the simple truth. You cannot love any one person adequately until you have made friends… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
In the feeding of hospital patients, more attention should be given to providing tasty and attractive meals, and less to the nutritive… — Frederick J. Stare Copy Share Image
But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not… — Niklaus Wirth Copy Share Image
Because of the nature of my background in modeling, I'm really used to using the best products around. And I just wanted… — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
It's clear that anyone who plays in Belgium or another league with less quality still has a chance of making the Champions… — Andrea Pirlo Copy Share Image
I grew up on Bach and Beethoven and now I'm listening to more modern composers who I can't even name. But since… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
I'm of the opinion that as a DJ you must always play what you love and ignore what's 'trendy' because true passion… — Boy George Copy Share Image
Women are at once the guardians and the well-spring of the world's faith, morality, and tenderness; and if ever they are degraded… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The truest mark of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I ought to respect myself for my friends' sake, and my children's. It is time, at fifty-six, to begin, at least, to… — John Constable Copy Share Image
If you seem to yourself to be lacking in certain necessary qualities, if your character seems to lack strength, ask God to… — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
Narrativity presumes a special taste for plot. And this taste for plot was always very present in the Anglo-Saxon countries and that… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
As long as I'm working in sport, enjoying it and getting to see some wonderful sporting events, I'm quite happy. I don't… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
It's all about the quality of the fabric, how soft it is and feeling comfortable in what you're wearing. — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
As we become more mature we will learn to master the interplay between the past and the present and not be so… — Alvin Lustig Copy Share Image
A decrease in the quantity of legislation generally means an increase in the quality of life. — George Will Copy Share Image
“Her father had always said that a man could be fairly judged by the quality of his allies and that of his… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Time has a different quality in a forest, a different kind of flow. Time moves in circles, and events are linked, even… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
The term 'charisma' will be applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is considered extraordinary… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
Genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us. — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
As for King Hussein of Jordan, I cannot praise him enough. He is not only a friend, but a brother. His qualities… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
I suppose I had a soulful quality. I was often cast as a wounded person, the 'sensitive' role. — Yvette Mimieux Copy Share Image
As a financial historian, I was quite isolated in Oxford - British historians are supposed to write about kings - so the… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Motherhood goes back in history to a time when a father had no way of knowing his children. Fatherhood only became known… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
