Many things about American life, that even secular people consider good, have flowed from the presence of a robust, resilient institutional Christianity. — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
For some reason, they always gave me a fat suit in high-school productions. If there was a character who needed to be… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
The basic scientific conclusions on climate change are very robust and for good reason. The greenhouse effect is simple science: greenhouse gases… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, "I like the… — Jeff Sharlet Copy Share Image
Some people, no matter how robust their stock portfolios or how healthy their children, are always mentally preparing for doom. They are… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
If the people that believed the moon landing was staged on a movie lot had access to unlimited money from large carbon… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Nothing is more wistful than the scent of lilac, nor more robust than its woody stalk, for we must remember that it… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Our economy is robust and will remain strong as more Americans who want a job find one. Republican economic policies based on… — Dennis Hastert Copy Share Image
When you ask people, 'What's the opposite of fragile?,' they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That's not it. The… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
We support any deal that denies Iran nuclear weapons, that has a continuous and robust inspection mechanism and that has snap-back provisions… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
It is certainly not then-not in dreams- but when one is wide awake, at moments of robust joy and achievement, on the… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
It is curious how sometimes the memory of death lives on for so much longer than the memory of the life that… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
We need to develop a robust set of tools - strategies and routines - that help us address student variance. It's easy… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
People who are knowledgeable about poetry sometimes discuss it in that knowing, rather hateful way in which oenophiles talk about wine: robust,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I would set aside all these budget cuts that are going to devastate the F.B.I., the C.I.A., and the N.S.A. Sequestration, cuts,… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I have respect for mother nature's methods of robustness (billions of years allow most of what is fragile to break); classical thought… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
If every other store in town is paying workers $9 an hour, one offering $8 will find it hard to hire anyone… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
The new Rwanda is about building an economy that delivers prosperity and opportunity for our citizens based on a robust private sector.… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
We must remain, in a word, in an intellectual disposition which seems paradoxical, but which, in my opinion, represents the true mind… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
If we use these common standards as the foundation for better schools, we can give all kids a robust curriculum taught by… — Randi Weingarten Copy Share Image
My thesis is that government is not, in fact, broken. It's just listening to the wrong people, and it's listening to all… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Life has survived for more than three billion years because it is robust, and almost no mutations can easily outwit the defense… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
Probably the most satisfying soup in the world for people who are hungry, as well as for those who are tired or… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
Scaling back the U.S. fleet of 14 nuclear-armed submarines to eight would maintain a robust deterrent at sea while generating billions in… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
Be patient and gentle with yourself as you continue to learn new ways of eating and living. There is no need for… — Kathy Freston Copy Share Image
We don't know what energy is, any more than we know what information is, but as a now robust scientific concept we… — Hans Christian von Baeyer Copy Share Image
Hundreds of millions of people around the world have been lifted out of poverty with the creation of robust middle classes in… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
We are a strong, robust, and prosperous nation. Optimism is the essence of our success. It drives our creativity and emboldens our… — Bill Frist Copy Share Image
The debate about the war seems pretty robust and free. Many publications, from the New Yorker to the Nation, feel perfectly comfortable… — Rich Lowry Copy Share Image
We [American nation] can now, by virtue of new technology, actually get all the energy we need in North America without having… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Willpower is the fuel that runs human life; Like a driver in a computer application, Or Operating System in cyber programme, Willpower… — Praveen Kumar Copy Share Image
Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I have nearly… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
We're going to have a very, very robust, level of performance having to do with mental health. We are losing so many… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a… — Ed Rendell Copy Share Image
I'm concerned, too, about ISIS' ability, right, to infiltrate people. But we have got some very effective, robust processes for vetting people.… — Michael Morell Copy Share Image
There are dozens of unfinished or aborted projects in my files, but I can only assume they don't get done because they're… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is the lowest of the qualities of an orator, but it is, on so many occasions, of chief importance,--a certain… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Recent economic data shows that our economy is robust, growing and headed in the right direction. The numbers don't lie. Americans are… — J. D. Hayworth Copy Share Image