When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The continual cracking of your feet on the road makes a certain quantity of road come up into you. When a man… — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
I know that every difficulty we face in life, even those that come from our own negligence or even transgression, can be… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Economic dynamism can be combined with environmental and social responsibility. High financial returns can go hand in hand with respect for human… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
Nearly all educational expenditure should be considered a capital outlay. Education provides a future return in the form of enhanced taxable income… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
Most people will see declining returns [due to inflation]. One of the great defenses if you're worried about inflation is not to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I do think that the more takes you have the more opportunity to experiment [but] at a certain point, there are diminishing… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of death, the death which is inevitable and common to all beings, and the death which is voluntary… — Abdelkader El Djezairi Copy Share Image
Wherever they might be they always remember that the past was a lie, that memory has no return, that every spring gone… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Life is like any other contact sport; you’re gonna get your knocks. But it’s not the knocks that count, it’s how you… — Sydney Banks Copy Share Image
Distractions are everywhere. And with the always-on technologies of today, they take a heavy toll on productivity. One study found that office… — David Rock Copy Share Image
What is the explanation of the seemingly insane drive of man to be painter and poet if it is not an act… — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
Nothing highlights better the continuing gap between rhetoric and substance in British financial services than the failure of providers here to emulate… — Jonathan Davis Copy Share Image
The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Meanwhile, the minute you put on the dotted line your Sam Hancock - and before a notary - you'll not only get… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Despite the campaign rhetoric, the bureaucracies-big business and big government-are here to stay. The centralization effort cannot be checked. but it can… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days. One may be preoccupied with shopping and income tax returns and… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind... what we sow is what we reap. And… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
If expecting something in return is your reason for giving, you are really not giving- you're swapping. If you receive something in… — David Cottrell Copy Share Image
I did a week-long assessment in 2005 at (then Defense Secretary Donald) Rumsfeld's request. Following our return, I told him that Afghanistan… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
After my return to England it appeared to me that by following the example of Lyell in Geology, and by collecting all… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could… — Patrick White Copy Share Image
The greatest treasures of your life are associated with the people you love and who love you in return. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
No one returns from Christianity to the same state he was before Christianity but into a worse state: the difference between a… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image