The wisdom of providence is as much revealed in the rarity of genius, as in the circumstance that not everyone is deaf… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Technology has altered the way music sounds, how it’s composed and how we experience it. It has also flooded the world with… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I like the whole package to be good, It's a rarity that that happens, so I end up not working a lot. — Robin Wright Copy Share Image
To a lot of Africans, seeing an animal is a something of a rarity. So it's a paradox of this sort of… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while… — Martial Copy Share Image
Legislators who are of even average intelligence stand out among their colleagues. . . . A cultured college president has become as… — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But… — Dick Schaap Copy Share Image
One of the most dangerous errors is that civilization is automatically bound to increase and spread. The lesson of history is the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The rarity is the sudden epiphany or single turning point showing you with dramatic clarity that your marriage is over, although that… — Laura Wasser Copy Share Image
Virtuosi have been long remarked to have little conscience in their favorite pursuits. A man will steal a rarity who would cut… — Horace Copy Share Image
The multitude always strains after rarities and exceptions, and thinks little of the gifts of nature; so that, when prophecy is talked… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky. I come from a very close family. I'm also in a relationship that's been really good. Lasted a… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Television hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere should be sensed everywhere. If everyone is going to be able to… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa Fortuna." ["Generally common sense is rare in that (higher) rank."]” — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Anaximenes ... also says that the underlying nature is one and infinite ... but not undefined as Anaximander said but definite, for… — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
If refined sense, and exalted sense, be not so useful as common sense, their rarity, their novelty, and the nobleness of their… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Then she spotted in the corner, glowing wonderfully, a Wurlitzer jukebox. ' Holy shit!' It was like being on a commuter train… — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
But our perfect democracy, which neither needs nor particularly wants voters, is a rarity. It is important to remember there still exist… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Report followeth not all goodness, except difficulty and rarity be joined thereto. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
If we make this readjustment to view Homo sapiens as an ultimate in oddball rarity, and life at bacterial grade as the… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Bands don't last. Bands don't last forever - it's a rarity when they do. — Jerry Cantrell Copy Share Image
Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The blush peach, silk dress was layered with cream lace over the bodice and hemline. Most arresting was the stunning cape that… — Ashley Clark Copy Share Image
