It is asserted by most respectable writers upon our government, that a well-regulated militia, composed of the yeomanry of the country, have… — John L. DeWitt Copy Share Image
So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
A gentleman of Typee can bring up a numerous family of children and give them all a highly respectable cannibal education, with… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the… — Maurice Ashley Copy Share Image
Metaphor is, as a common feature of linguistic practice, an incidental expediency, a homely administering of first-aid by mother-wit to jams or… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
What I intend to do is uphold a standard of intellectual seriousness on the right. [These books] should be written in a… — Adam Bellow Copy Share Image
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings. — Frederick the Great Copy Share Image
The most perfect political community must be amongst those who are in the middle rank, and those states are best instituted wherein… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In my next life, I plan to be a more respectable creature. For now, this is what is given to us. So… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
All great writers begin with a good leather binding and a respectable title. — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
Only sound common sense, respectable fellow that he is, in the homely realm of his own four walls, has very wonderful adventures… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
I always was interested in prose. As a teenager, I published short stories. And I always wanted to write the long short… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
MacPherson told me that my theorem can be viewed as blah blah blah Grothendieck blah blah blah, which makes it much more… — Jim Propp Copy Share Image
If the men of property will not support us, they must fall. Our strength shall come from that great and respectable class,… — Theobald of Bec Copy Share Image
I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an… — Christopher Durang Copy Share Image
I think we ought to decide that man-hating is not only respectable but honorable. To be a misandrist a woman needs considerable… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
Anti-Catholicism is the last respectable prejudice. You can't hate black people anymore, of course, and you can't hate homosexuals anymore, but you… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
One thing is clear to me, that no indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
There are respectable individuals, who from a just aversion to an accumulation of Public debt, are unwilling to concede to it any… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
