“Some people, when desperate, retreat to pills or hard liquor. I nap.” — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
An early remedy for malaria called for tossing the sufferer, Br'er Rabbit-style, into a prickly bush; in his hasty retreat, went the… — Jonathan Miles Copy Share Image
The regime must allow immediate and unrestricted access to every site, every document, and every person identified by inspectors. Iraq can be… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after… — Douglas Alexander Copy Share Image
The mountain decides whether you climb or not. The art of mountaineering is knowing when to go, when to stay, and when… — Ed Viesturs Copy Share Image
Progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it. Sometimes I think there's a man who sits behind a… — Jerome Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Our roads are most often a tawdry detour we have chosen because the press of pain or the push of greed drove… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night… — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
“You’ll meet someone else. You don’t need a man to complete you. Your body does not define you. You need to fall… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat; courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems. — Lee H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I advance, the happy… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
Life isn't always smooth. If it were, we would never grow & develop as human beings. If we succeed, we are envied;… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So deep in my soul… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
Maybe poets express more directly a sense of sympathy for other human beings. Painting is a little bit more of a retreat… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
We would go on retreats to Florence. The people in the planning team got to be good friends and so we did… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
To translate, one must have a style of his own, for the translation will have no rhythm or nuance, which come from… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
We've just done a five-day retreat at the Chopra centre and people who went to the meditation retreat saw their anti-ageing enzyme… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
A public that tries to do without criticism, and asserts that it knows what it wants or likes, brutalizes the arts and… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image