Having been created in the image and likeness of God, unlike trees or flowers or fire or the moon, we are most… — Daniel Horan Copy Share Image
A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Worship is at heart a person offered to God, claiming no rights, making no more selfish demands than a dead man does,… — Graham Kendrick Copy Share Image
I know I'm missing something, but those who have children are missing what I get to do. And frankly, I'm probably missing… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
I talk to groups studying the most advanced spiritual teachings and sometimes these people wonder why nothing is happening in their lives.… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
I think there’s a really selfish part of me that wishes I had the tools that I had today in the context… — Khoi Vinh Copy Share Image
You live this life being selfish, you're not going to enjoy it like you will when you open your heart and your… — Markwayne Mullin Copy Share Image
I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better,… — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is, we all come to prayer with a tangled mass of motives altruistic and selfish, merciful and… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
I don't think there's such a thing as a selfish prayer. Prayer puts you in communication so you can talk about whatever… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Unhappiness is selfish, grief is selfish. For whom are the tears? — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Some men spend their lives watching bees and ants, noting down the habits of these insects; my pleasure is to watch the… — George A. Moore Copy Share Image
I just wanted to do the documentary to shine a light on disability in perhaps a different way than I have done… — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
For what can be more noble than to slay oneself? Not literally. Not with a blade in the guts. But to extinguish… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
As a director, you have a thousand things going on in your head, and of course, that's going to be difficult. That's… — Jamie Campbell Bower Copy Share Image
The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We shove and clamour and… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
If my role requires a certain kind of dialect, which I think I am not confident enough to do, I'd prefer a… — Radhika Pandit Copy Share Image
The destruction of the environment, its improper or selfish use, and the violent hoarding of the Earth's resources cause grievances, conflicts and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out… — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
“You are not one of Pentrigrel’s creations. This is not where you belong. He will not keep his word to you. He… — T.A. Miles Copy Share Image
