The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
What is left over if I subtract the fact that my arms goes up from the fact that I raise my arm? — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
I think that you try to raise the bar on whatever you do because you know, in this day of having to… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders? — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
The best paradoxes raise questions about what kinds of contradictions can occur-what species of impossibilities are possible. — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
Lange was hosting a reception at Vogel House for the Chinese politician Hu Yao Bang when the lights went out. Lange immediately… — David Lange Copy Share Image
Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it. — Alexandra David-Neel Copy Share Image
Cats are like Baptists. You know they raise hell, but you can never catch them at it. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
The central fact for me is, I think, that the [role of the] intellectual... cannot be played without a sense of being… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
Everything starts with prayer. Love to pray-feel the need to pray often during the day and take the trouble to pray. If… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Do I walk? Have I feet still? I raise my eyes, I let them move round, and turn myself with them, one… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
What we need to do is raise the minimum wage. We also need to hold onto equal pay. Women work for 76… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Even the self-assured will raise their perceived self-efficacy if models teach them better ways of doing things. — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
The only way America can reduce the long-term budget deficit, maintain vital services, protect Social Security and Medicare, invest more in education… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Everybody in life is pursuing money: left, right, charity, nonprofits, everybody's pursuing money. Everybody wants a raise. Everybody wants to improve their… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain… — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
Let our information and social technologies raise awareness and not propaganda, build connections and not passive-aggression. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Having traveled across America and to 24 counties as the first-ever UN Youth Champion, I’m inspired by the desire of young people… — Monique Coleman Copy Share Image
It is a general maxim that all governments find a use for as much money as they can raise. Indeed, they have… — James Smith Copy Share Image
Action helps you think and raises your self-esteem. Good luck happens when you're in action. Ask yourself, "Does this go toward or… — Barbara Sher Copy Share Image
[I]n order to raise a soul to the highest perfection, He allows it to pass through dryness, brambles, and combats, causing it… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image