Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
My father was a truck driver, made $50 a week. And the reason why I know that so vividly is my Mom… — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
Congressmen are like diapers - You need to change them often, and for the same reason — Pete McCloskey Copy Share Image
He felt a momentary pang of regret that he had not spent more time with his beloved wife. But it passed when… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The old knowledge had been difficult but not distressing. It had been all paradox and myth, and it had made sense. The… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
'No fear' is a mindset that I stand for. It's the reason why I've got to where I am today. — Skepta Copy Share Image
Don't think I was the only reason he healed. You're his light, Marissa. Don't ever forget that. — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men,… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk. — Andrew Schneider Copy Share Image
Usually sociopaths will look down upon us for that very reason - that we're gullible. We're weak. One person told me that… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
The simple reason no embryo can develop without at least one X chromosome is that it's the X, not the Y, that… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
I think my brother is good coach,because he's Jim. He's a good decision maker. He makes good judgments. He's got a vision.… — John Harbaugh Copy Share Image
The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it's not like I… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
We live in a world filled with language. Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human community. Writers are either polluters… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
An established government has an infinite advantage, by that very circumstance of its being established--the bulk of mankind being governed by authority,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Some authors write nonsense in a clear style, and others sense in an obscure one; some can reason without being able to… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
So many girls and boys are looking up to me, and I have to conduct myself in a way that I don't… — Mawra Hocane Copy Share Image
Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Men do not often dare to avow, even to themselves, the slow progress reason has made in their minds; but they are… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
I was discovered out of nowhere. I didn't have family that was in the industry. I didn't know anyone in L.A.; I… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the… — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
