We do not hear the term compassionate applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in their normal… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Organized religion is in substance a mystification, a means of hiding the wickedness of the social system. If the Christian principles of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
History without the history of science, to alter slightly an apothegm of Lord Bacon, resembles a statue of Polyphemus without his eye-that… — I. Bernard Cohen Copy Share Image
Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
The United States is strongly committed to the IPCC process of international cooperation on global climate change. We consider it vital that… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Nearly all the Escapists in the long past have managed their own budget and their social relations so unsuccessfully that I wouldn't… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
Most poverty and suffering - whether in a country, a family or a person - flows from disorganization. A stable social order… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
It remains a mystery to me why some of that [pulp] fiction should be judged inferior to the rafts and rafts of… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
While women once acquired relationship skills to "hook," "snare," or "catch" a husband who would provide access to economic security and social… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Though we feel extremely connected through all this technology [social networks], there's also this disconnect that happens. Because you're not actually talking… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
[E]conomic liberty and creative entrepreneurship are the basis of any solution to today's social and economic difficulties. Blaming business, setting wages, and… — Doug Bandow Copy Share Image
Mysticism has often been misunderstood as the attempt to escape this simple, phenomenal world to a more pure existence in heaven beyond.… — Walter Wink Copy Share Image
As a citizen I might be well-behaved and have nothing salacious or radical about me, I might be a total bore, but… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Clothes are nothing more than a fig leaf. And the bodies beneath are just another layer of clothing, an outfit of flesh… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
The theory of social contracts extends as far back as Plato. However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke,… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
To feed the hungry, clothe the naked and shelter the harborless without also trying to change the social order so that people… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
In distinguishing between Islamic teachings and social taboos, we must remember that Islam forbids injustice; Injustice against people, against nations, against women.… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
We regard as 'scientific' a method based on deep analysis of facts, theories, and views, presupposing unprejudiced, unfearing open discussion and conclusions.… — Andrei Sakharov Copy Share Image
History is not just about dates and quotations. And it's not just about politics, the military and social issues, though much of… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
An academic discipline, or any other semiotic domain, for that matter, is not primarily content, in the sense of facts and principles.… — James Paul Gee Copy Share Image
Nobody in TV makes as much money as Robert Redford, who likes to make movies for several million dollars only on the… — David Brinkley Copy Share Image
Because of social pressure, individualism is rejected by most people in favor of conformity. Thus the individual relies mainly upon the actions… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pure physical sensation, social status, sexual attraction, and feeling like a winner are generally superficial, which is why people hunger for them… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I can't agree that what we're seeing is a matter of the American bourgeoisie confronting workers everywhere. It's more like the international… — Hendrik Hertzberg Copy Share Image
Dickens is a much misunderstood and mis-approached writer, in that he tends to be read, particularly in the twentieth century, as a… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
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The desire for guidance, love, and support prompts men to form the social or moral conception of God. This is the God… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In horror films, they sometimes don't show the monster because our imaginations and our own pain is so much greater. Social media… — Alice Eve Copy Share Image
Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Be famous. Be a big social experiment in getting what you don't want. Find value in what we've been taught is worthless.… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
New Hampshire has always been cheap, mean, rural, small-minded, and reactionary. It's one of the few states in the nation with neither… — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
For so long, companies were run using a command-and-control, 'top down' hierarchical method that involved dictating down the command chain and maintaining… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
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Charity is in the heart of man, and righteousness in the path of men. Pity the man who has lost his path… — Mencius Copy Share Image
People never hurt others in moments of personal strength and bravery, when they are feeling good about themselves, when they are strong… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
The world is full of people who have lost faith: politicians who have lost faith in politics, social workers who have lost… — P. D. James Copy Share Image
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