The art of banking is always to balance the risk of a run with the reward of a profit. The tantalizing factor… — James Grant Copy Share Image
There are doubtless all kinds of ways of explaining why people want security, but I do not think we can start with… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“Why did God set it up like this?” Rachel asked. “With them as masters and us as slaves?” “There is no God,… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
To be fair, on a good project, no matter whether it's improvised or scripted or meticulously prepared, or all up for grabs,… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
The idea behind the tuxedo is the woman's point of view that men are all the same; so we might as well… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
For Christians, the first priority may be theological self-understanding. For Jews it is, and after Auschwitz must be, simple safety for their… — Emil Fackenheim Copy Share Image
It becomes all therefore who are friends of a Government based on free principles to reflect, that by denying the possibility of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
There are pros and cons about the policy decision whether to follow the Geneva Conventions in a war where they do not… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
I find myself, after all these years, with a built-in safety-brake that stops me from doing certain things. And one of the… — Helmut Newton Copy Share Image
When you go through some controversy and you see your face on the news in a negative way for 48 hours... you… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
No one will be offended if we tell them that they are good people who could be a little better. The offense… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
When government is invested with money power it rises above the citizen and under the profession of protecting him may actually constitute… — E.C. Riegel Copy Share Image
Israel will never get true security and safety through oppressing another people. A true peace can ultimately be built only on justice.… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The point I wish plainly to bring before you on this occasion is the individuality of each human soul--our Protestant idea, the… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
It's unsettling, to lose the safety of the familiar, even when what's disrupted is an ordinary routine. When I began this poem,… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
Marriage is for committed lovers, not hostages. Marriage is a sacred relationship created for two people who complete each other spiritually. While… — Rob Jackson Copy Share Image
It was very interesting having an opportunity to talk to the Syrians themselves. And I asked them: What do you want? What… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
The greeting of peace (as-salamu 'alaykum) has many meanings. One of these meanings is that the person you are greeting will be… — Salman al-Ouda Copy Share Image
Most people look at their homes, and they are trying to decide what things cosmetically they want to do. When I go… — Bryan Baeumler Copy Share Image
“The old school of thought would have you believe that you'd be a fool to take on nature without arming yourself with… — Ryel Kestenbaum Copy Share Image
The history of successful cases, some of which are in this museum, illustrates that often the regulators and legislatures don't wake up… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
What social safety net does is provide a glimmer of hope for what a democratic socialist society might look like. It makes… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
What frightens you? What makes the hair on your arms rise, your palms sweat, the breath catch in your chest like a… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Across the continent, on the shores of small tributaries, in the shadows of sacred mountains, on the vast expanse of the prairies,… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
She had not wanted him to but had let him have his way because ever since she was a child she had… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
I'm not comparing myself with Donald Trump or anybody else - but the people are fed up with the politicians ignoring the… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
There is just no way that I can understand in God's green earth that an airline could undertake with its normal procedures… — Frank Borman Copy Share Image
“When I worked in high altitude astronomy, the worst sickness that I experienced was not at the 13,796 feet very high altitude… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“A woman who goes around wearing a knife is obviously looking for trouble." She reached deep into her pocket and brought out… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of… — Alan Bersin Copy Share Image
Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration… — Janet Napolitano Copy Share Image
“It's a tricky balancing act, finding that point between safety and danger where you can feel both secure and adventurous. I used… — John Zeaman Copy Share Image
The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits;… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Thunderously, inarguably, the Sermon on the Mount proves that before God we all stand on level ground: murderers and temper-throwers, adulterers and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
Independent travel does that, bringing temporarily together these wandering ships that would otherwise pass in the night. Relationships were mostly brief and… — John Haines Copy Share Image
Dramas about addiction can be exciting to watch. And then dispiriting. Exciting because degradation is fascinating to follow from the relative safety… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
The distinction between East and West is that the Western novel is very organized, it's very logical, there's a logical progression, there's… — Donald Richie Copy Share Image
There's a scene I particularly like in 'Betrayed' where Shane has been shot in the side. Yet he drives to a small… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
“You are no ruin sir--no lighting-struck tree: you are green and vigorous. Plants will grow about your roots, whether you ask them… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
