James Watt patented his steam engine on the eve of the American Revolution, consummating a relationship between coal and the new Promethean… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
Where do you draw the line as a human being? Written record is only, what, a couple thousand years? And this scientific… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
If the masses started to accept UFOs, it would profoundly affect their attitude towards life, politics, everything. It would threaten the status… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We're in the second golden age of television, and to me, one of the most profound things that's happening in TV is… — Marti Noxon Copy Share Image
So, I went to McGill University in Montreal to study soil chemistry and microbiology, which I did complete, but realized early that… — Suhasini Mulay Copy Share Image
There was the Cultural Revolution just over the border, and Hong Kong felt quite dodgy. My younger brother's wife actually swam from… — John Rocha Copy Share Image
You know how much I admire Che Guevara. In fact, I believe that the man was not only an intellectual but also… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“EB: Perhaps it's her way of rebelling. You know a thing or two about rebellion, I think. NW: Yes, but I did… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution ... The Britain that is going to… — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
As a person of color, as a woman, as a body moving through this particular space in time, I realize the streets… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
If you have money, donate it. If you have time, donate that time. If you have a story to tell, share that… — Diane Guerrero Copy Share Image
Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, each of us can become clean and the burden of our rebellion will be lifted. Remember,… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
To take part in the African revolution, it is not enough to write a revolutionary song. You must fashion the revolution with… — Ahmed Sekou Toure Copy Share Image
All the signs of incipient activism and uprising, from Tahrir square to Zuccotti Park to [the recent] shutdown of the Internet to… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
The major media companies are playing a defensive game, and I'm not sure I blame them. If you look at the digital… — Harry E. Sloan Copy Share Image
I've embraced rock 'n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
All the political movements of our country that have hitherto played any important role in our modern history had been lacking in… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
The physical body is assembled just like a chair or a building or a flower, but the revolutions we start, the people… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Happily for America, happily, we trust, for the whole human race, they pursued a new and more noble course. They accomplished a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“I'm at a turning point in my life that will ultimately change the lives of many. No more doubt, no more strife.… — James Lee Nathan III Copy Share Image
The inherent tendency of the State is to concentrate, to narrow, and monopolize all social activities; the nature of revolution is, on… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like epidemics, through… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“Being surrounded with every conceivable kind of revolt from infancy, Gabriel had to revolt into something, so he revolted into the only… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
You are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. I am obnoxious, suspected and unpopular;… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We've seen the transformation of America, when at the pinnacle of its Christianity was probably in the 1950s. Ever since then it… — Scott Lively Copy Share Image
A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I believe that she has the kind of magic that causes revolutions and promotes great discoveries. There’s nothing I enjoy more than… — Jorge Amado Copy Share Image
“One with higher 'revolutions' of intellect has a higher power of understanding. He will understand before explanation becomes necessary. Laborers do not… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The fact that we have been able to perturb the carbon cycle with our industrial revolution is evidence of how vulnerable we… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
“This was one of the most revealing scenes of the whole revolution – one of those rare episodes when the hidden relations… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
As the idea imparted by the term Cataclysm, Catastrophe, or Revolution, is extremely vague, and may comprehend any thing you choose to… — George Julius Poulett Scrope Copy Share Image
In order that the revolution should be something more than a word, in order that the reaction should not lead us back… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
It was once understood that resistance is a serious crime because it necessarily triggers an escalation of violence that endangers the life… — William Barr Copy Share Image
Europeans are forever the offspring of Machiavelli, trapped in a historical rollercoaster that can bring us a monarchy-toppling French Revolution and then… — Loretta Napoleoni Copy Share Image
Some great minds become great by turning the rubble of an exploded paradigm into something consistent and meaningful. Others become great by… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
Like the other great revolutions, an environmental revolution will require sacrifices and lead to enormous gains. It, too, will change the face… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Brothers in suffering, brothers in resistance, brothers in ideals and conviction. It is now our duty to further strengthen this bond in… — Guy Verhofstadt Copy Share Image