The pretense that humans are superior to nonhumans is entirely unsupportable. I have seen no compelling evidence that humans are particularly more… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
Great short stories and great jokes have a lot in common. Both depend on what communication-theorists sometimes called "exformation," which is a… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
The riches of a country are to be valued by the quantity of labor its inhabitants are able to purchase, and not… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of the one… — Nassau William Senior Copy Share Image
Caught one a live by poreing a great quantity of Water in his hole. — Meriwether Lewis Copy Share Image
If you free yourself from the conventional reaction to a quantity like a million years, you free yourself a bit from the… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Seek first what is true and of value, and then whatever happiness follows will be of the appropriate quantity and, more importantly,… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
... nothing is more human than substituting the quantity of words and actions for their character. But using imprecise words is very… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
“The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side… — David Bayles and Ted Orland Copy Share Image
After exponential quantities the circular functions, sine and cosine, should be considered because they arise when imaginary quantities are involved in the… — Leonhard Euler Copy Share Image
(Such a life)engaged gross quantities of hope and despair and set them wildly side by side, like a Third World country of… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Beauty . . . cannot be interpreted. It is not an empirically verifiable fact; it is not a quantity. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means that in… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically… — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity. — Hugh Shelton Copy Share Image
The receipt to make a speaker, and an applauded one too, is short and easy. Take common sense quantum sufficit; add a… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Always make stock in a large quantity and freeze it in plastic bags. That way, when you want to make a nice… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Indeed, the quantity of PCBs still in use plus the quantity still languishing in waste dumps exceeds the total amount that has… — Sandra Steingraber Copy Share Image
Goodness is a perpetual quantity, all penetrating, all searching, impartial, noble, a comfort in distress, a refuge to the weak, a tower… — Joseph Parker Copy Share Image
Black folks are judged by quantity, not quality. It's a decimal point or figure. How different is that from slavery? There's no… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
“Opulence and fame will shorten your life, ask for long life, and you'll enjoy the former in small quantities, for it is… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
