In 1844, Karl Marx said, "Religion is the opiate of the masses." He said this at a time when opium and opium… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I left school December of 1988. I was 21 at the time. And I hadn't quite finished my degree because I had… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
When I did comedy I made fun of myself.If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon. And people looked at me… — Sid Caesar Copy Share Image
God is going to supply a million dollars, somebody is praying right now, right this second, you're praying for a million dollars.… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
If you cared about me as much as you said you did, why I am hearing all these stories on how your… — Dan Pellegrino Copy Share Image
I like taking genres and subverting them. I did that with 'In the Valley of Elah.' I said, 'Okay, this is just… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
In the political language of today, people who want to keep what they have earned are said to be greedy, while those… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
God has a sense of humor though and he must see funny things in us. He must also have some love. We're… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
The people in Iraq lived essentially good lives. They had brilliant health and education systems. Saddam actually created an incredible infrastructure in… — Dominic Cooper Copy Share Image
I said it, just like that. No stupid jokes, no changing the subject. For once, I wasn't embarrassed, because it was the… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
A certain monk told me that when he was very sick, his mother said to his father, "How our little boy is… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
“There is some awe mixed with the joy of our surprise, when this poet, who lived in some past world, two or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Illinois Senator Paul Simon, once said "The test for a Supreme Court nominee is not where he stands on any one specific… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
When I was discussing my role with other senior campaign folks, they would say, "I know you have four kids, but..." I… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
I haven't invented anything earth-shattering. If I could be said to have one noteworthy ability compared with the average person, it's that… — Masayoshi Son Copy Share Image
[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; whichwould… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Edward can do everything, right?" I explained. Jasper snickered and Esme gave Edward a reproving look. "I hope you haven't been showing… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Makes a diff'rence, havin' a decent family,' he said. 'Me dad was decent. An' your mum an' dad were decent. If they'd… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To be diagnosed was the hardest thing because I didn't know what they were talking about... And the doctor said, Don't worry,… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
But Sophie and Howl were holding one another's hand and smiling and smiling, quite unable to stop. "Don't bother me know," said… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
Well,” Waxillium said. “Perhaps I should begin by asking after your health.” “Perhaps you should,” Steris replied. “Er. Yes. How’s your health?”… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It’s brown.” So maybe I had the teeniest, tiniest, most infinitesimal amount of auburn in my hair. I was still a brunette.… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
It is important for women to have a choice, to have an opportunity to plan their families, because if they don't, the… — Gwen Moore Copy Share Image
In Sufi terms the crushing of the ego is called Nafs Kushi. And how do we crush it? We crush it by… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Pope Francis said the use of contraception could be justified in regions hit by the Zika virus; a stance that could reignite… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
My dad said to me the other day, I really am an artistic person. I was shocked as I never saw him… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
As Alaska zipped through something obvious about linear equations, stoner/baller Hank Walsten said, "Wait, wait. I don't get it." "That's because you… — John Green Copy Share Image
Michael Keaton had a great, great career. I do remember when I was a young guy thinking about him, about how he'd… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
“You won’t even have time to miss me.” I tried to keep quiet. I tried to swallow the words wanting to tumble… — Kelly Oram Copy Share Image
God was something I did not understand the way kids who went to church did. They said God was a man in… — Melissa Coleman Copy Share Image
America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your last name is, it… — Cristina Saralegui Copy Share Image
I learned that Canadians are furious because Canada is exporting water to the United States. Their lakes are shrinking because they're selling… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
Oh, my god!” I said to Reyes, my eyes radiating accusations at him. “She took your picture? Just what kind of game… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
I love you, Eliza,” I said. She thought about it. “No,” she said at last, “I don’t like it.” “Why not?” I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I had a meal last night. I ordered everything in French, surprised everybody. It was a Chinese restaurant. I said to this… — Tommy Cooper Copy Share Image
Philosophers have very justly remarked that the only solid instruction is that which the pupil brings from his own depths; that the… — Joseph Marie, baron de Gerando Copy Share Image
We have stood up and said continuing growth in the Western world is unjust, inappropriate and potentially destabilising. Having said that, we… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
When Vanity kissed Vanity, a hundred happy Junes ago, he pondered o'er her breathlessly, and, that all men might ever know, he… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
People tell me that the countryside must always be stupid and backward, and I get angry, as if it were said that… — George William Russell Copy Share Image
My earliest memories of Gwyneth first singing is in bed when we would make up songs. The most I could do was… — Blythe Danner Copy Share Image