If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's… — George Will Copy Share Image
But then everyone would be burdened and pained. They don't want that. And that's the real reason The Receiver is so vital… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
By using our international network, utilising templates and thinking ahead with pre-planned pages that contain carefully selected relevant news, we can deliver… — Lionel Barber Copy Share Image
[Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates selected by the two parties in history] indicates that there is a lot of cynicism… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all, By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul; But, though we… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Brokerage firms and their executives cannot use threats regarding research activities as a way to obtain investment banking business. The threat to… — Mary Schapiro Copy Share Image
If I should get selected into the Hall of Fame, I'd be able to say 'thank you' to all the legends that… — Jerry Rice Copy Share Image
We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or… — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think… — Harold Ford, Jr Copy Share Image
The grand solid merit of jury trial is that the jurors ... are selected at the last moment from the multitude of… — John Henry Wigmore Copy Share Image
To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m… — Oscar Pistorius Copy Share Image
...in every religion the priest insists on five things - First: There is a God. Second: He has made known his will.… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I grew up in a strong faith-based family. I think I have selected to return to those roots for strength, for my… — Paula Broadwell Copy Share Image
I have been supporting the European Union, but we are still a work in progress. We have to become more of a… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
My English teacher, Dr. John Lindstrom, taught me an appreciation for the written word. Until his class, I'd dabbled in journalism and… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I will never forget the moment when Peter van Pels and I saw a group of selected men. Among those men was… — Otto Frank Copy Share Image
There's a truly unbelievable story in the paper today, that a young brother and sister... have been turned down for adoption by… — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
After twenty years and thirty stories, thirteen pieces were finally selected and the collection was born. So far, the blurbs from [authors]… — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
The Japanese tend to be far more co-operative and docile and group-oriented. It would be easier to get the entire population of… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I spend a long time casting, but once I've cast a film there's a reason why I selected those people. So I'm… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so rough and grim, begins at once to have its… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The first story I wrote was "Catface" which was later selected for The O. Henry Collection, so that gave me some confidence… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
What an investor needs is the ability to correctly evaluate selected businesses. Note that word “selected”: You don't have to be an… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Way back in 1989, I got lucky with my first published story when it was selected for the Journey Prize anthology. Then… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
I selected an enormous Marine Corps emblem to be tattooed across my chest. It required several sittings and hurt me like the… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
The best thing I can say is professional football is a business. When they are recruiting football players, they are not recruiting… — Jackson Katz Copy Share Image
I flew fighters for the Navy in San Diego for three years, went and did my post-graduate education, and then I was… — Alan G. Poindexter Copy Share Image
It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
For me, getting older doesnt mean throwing away a favourite-coloured lipstick or a fabulous pair of boots; instead, its about harnessing all… — Twiggy Copy Share Image
The scientists at CERN were actually surprised that people commented on this. Reportedly Fabiola Gianotti, the coordinator of the CERN program to… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
I've said multiple times that the world's first trillionaire is going to be the person who exploits the resources of asteroids, the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Characteristically skeptical of the idea that living things would faithfully follow mathematical formulas, [Robert Harper] seized upon factors in corn which seemed… — Charles Thom Copy Share Image
More and more people are becoming aware that government has nothing to give them without first taking it away from somebody else-or… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“Hat head is a sad affliction wherein the chosen hat and the selected hairstyle are grossly incompatible. The unfortunate combination results in… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
Here's the fascinating part, call it the golden shoulder: We have no idea in advance who the great contributors are going to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
This is what I will forever hold against men in general: that they have carefully selected out and inoculated intelligent women with… — Dorothy Uhnak Copy Share Image