We enjoy telling ourselves that we will soon be gods, masters of the planet, manipulating the genes of living creatures and rebuilding… — Paul Kingsnorth Copy Share Image
The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The consolations of the vulgar are bitter in the royal ear. Let physicians and confectioners and servants in the great houses be… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the… — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Britain has invented a new missile. It's called the civil servant - it doesn't work and it can't be fired. — Walter Walker Copy Share Image
When domestic servants are treated as human beings it is not worth while to keep them. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
My name is Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown. I am a devoted servant of Allah, and an unwavering… — H. Rap Brown Copy Share Image
Writers cannot let themselves be servants of the official mythology. They have to, whatever the cost, say what truth they have to… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Unbelievers, those who believe with difficulty, or believe in part, are those who do not show their faith through works. Apart from… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
Next out of the hall came the sisters and their husbands. Before I could say anything, the captain had clamped his hand… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Only eternal values can give meaning to temporal ones. Time must be the servant of eternity. — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
Death cannot be struggled against, brother. It ever arrives, defiant of every hiding place, of every frantic attempt to escape. Death is… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Ever since its founding in 1913, the Fed has described itself as an "independent" agency operated by selfless public servants striving to… — Thomas DiLorenzo Copy Share Image
As a civil servant in charge of the government's Strategy Unit, I brought in many people from outside government, including academia and… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
"God does not play games with His loyal servants," said the Metatron, but in a worried tone of voice. "Whooo-eee," said Crowley.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. And your humble servant hasn't been… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The dark scary servant of all evil was on his way to rescue me. Somehow that thought failed to make me warm… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
Every person in the world is by nature a slave to sin. The world, by nature, is held in sin's grip. What… — Joel Beeke Copy Share Image
Sciencehas won for us a great liberty in the physical world, a liberty from superstitious fear and from disease, a freedom touse… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political… — Harriet Harman Copy Share Image
In Cree, an oskâpêwis is a servant or a helper, someone who hauls in rocks for sweats, or pipes or medicines. I… — Perry Bellegarde Copy Share Image
