Through exploitation of its influence over global financial affairs, the United States has been able to cover the costs of its hegemonic… — Robert Gilpin Copy Share Image
Everyone is caught in the web of his or her own actions and is bound by past karmas (actions). Good and bad… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
And then she thought that you went on living one day after another, and in time you were somebody else, your previous… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
If human values were relative, all laws-whether those based on revealed religions or those devised by man-would become meaningless. — Anwar Sadat Copy Share Image
Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The definition of good prose is proper words in their proper places; of good verse, the most proper words in their proper… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Where absolute superiority is not attainable, you must produce a relative one at the decisive point by making skillful use ofwhat you… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Frequent comparative ranking can only reinforce a short-term investment perspective. It is understandably difficult to maintain a long-term view when, faced with… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Any ideas of 'other' are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of 'normal. — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
In times of turbulence and rapid change, you must constantly be re-evaluating yourself relative to the new realities. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image