“And when someone suggests you believe in a proposition, you must first examine it to see whether it is acceptable, because our… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Why is Netanyahu pushing war? Among several reasons, demonizing Iran reduces pressure on Israel to negotiate seriously with the Palestinians. Many Israelis… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can… — David Hume Copy Share Image
For instance, dragons are deeply revered by the Chinese. According to legend they have megapowers that include weather control and life creation.… — Jennifer Rardin Copy Share Image
The narratives we create in order to justify our actions and choices become in so many ways who we are. They are… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
The history behind the Garden and all the players that have come through and played on that court in the Garden, I… — Trae Young Copy Share Image
The masterpiece should appear as the flower to the painter - perfect in its bud as in its bloom - with no… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
Childhood is less clear to me than to many people: when it ended I turned my face away from it for no… — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
Wake up! If you knew for certain you had a terminal illness--if you had little time left to live--you would waste precious… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
The reason I do photographs is to help people understand my music, so it's very important that I am the same, emotionally,… — Bjork Copy Share Image
...our intellectual powers are rather geared to master static relations and that our powers to visualize processes evolving in time are relatively… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Any man who stands for progress has to criticize, disbelieve and challenge every item of the old faith. Item by item he… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
There's lots of things that can be solved with cash. And there's occasional things that can't be solved with cash, which become… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
The irony is this: Our bodies react to stress in exactly the same way whether or not we have a good reason… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint, will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I live in Selfridges because it has everything under one roof. Liberty's is great for the same reason - I'm so lazy,… — Sheridan Smith Copy Share Image
Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment... The first question is: What… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
On one occasion I saw a banner where my name read 'Sarvasri Bharat Balachandra Menon.' I was amused and decided to find… — Balachandra Menon Copy Share Image
You're more than Dauntless," he says in a low voice. "But if you want to be just like them, hurling yourself into… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The time is long overdue for a massive flooding of the earth with the Book of Mormon for the many reasons which… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I like making series, for a couple reasons. One, the repetition of routine is very healthy because I can get a little… — Paul Madonna Copy Share Image
There is no lasting pleasure but contemplation; all others grow flat and insipid upon frequent use; and when a man hath run… — Gilbert Burnet Copy Share Image
One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
Maybe you’ve invested a lot of time, effort, money, emotion, and energy in a relationship; you did your best to make it… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Humanism is an approach to life which encourages ethical and fulfilling living on the basis of reason and humanity, and rejects superstition… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
People who think with their epidermis or their genitalia or their clan are the problem to begin with. One does not banish… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
What was interesting to me was how they actually went to 9/11 and they chose that as part of his back story… — Brian Wayne Peterson Copy Share Image
People have accused me of only working with good companies. No I don't. I work with some very dysfunctional companies or unbelievably… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
When I say this, I don't mean that if you can love more people you will not go into marriage. As far… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I don't think most people know how to meditate - they fall asleep and they call it meditation. I prefer a kind… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, the success still blows my mind - that I'm able to talk to people about the music I've written.… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
“The adult world may seem a cold and empty place, with no fairies and no Father Christmas, no Toyland or Narnia, no… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Many things they sawe with us as mathematicall instruments, sea compasses... spring clocks that seemed to goe of themselves - and many… — Thomas Harriot Copy Share Image
Reason, if consulted with, would advise, that their children's time should be spent in acquiring what might be useful to them when… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I don't believe in God because certain reasons and arguments weigh more heavily in my mind than others, not because I have… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
You are very clever,' said the old man shyly. 'I would like to eat your brains, one day,' For some reason the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This is not a new idea; this is the idea of the age of reason. This is the philosophy that guided the… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“A child who was taught from the age of three or four "You are here for a reason" would face a very… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
