The concept of need is often looked upon rather unfavorably by economists, in contrast with the concept of demand. Both, however, have… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The fact is that humans have been shaping the genetics of what they eat for thousands of years. Genetic engineering simply speeds… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
I have always been intrigued by the journals that girls keep. They are like dollhouses. Once you look inside them, the rest… — Rachel Klein Copy Share Image
If we go back to the beginnings of things, we shall always find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that imagination,… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
Someday a computer will give a wrong answer to spare someone's feelings, and man will have invented artificial intelligence. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
And one would worship a woman whom all perfections dower, But the other smiles at transparent wiles; and he quotes from Schopenhauer… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
My first objective is to invest, and if I have anything spare, then I spend. — Shiv Khera Copy Share Image
He spares no resource in telling of his dead inventions... Bare verbs he rarely tolerates. He splits infinitives and fills them up… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
When I gave up my office job and became a full-time professional photographer, my fortunes certainly improved markedly. We moved away from… — Derek Ridgers Copy Share Image
Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Teenagers also sometimes think, 'What's the use? The world will soon be blown all apart and come to an end.' That feeling… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
He that spareth in everything is an inexcusable niggard. He that spareth in nothing is an inexcusable madman. The mean is to… — Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax Copy Share Image
Ko Un's poems evoke the open creativity and fluidity of nature, and funny turns and twists of Mind. Mind is sometimes registered… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
Fear was given to man as a cautionary device to spare him pain; it is not mean to be cultivated and abused. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
'Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think; it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Linnæus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his "comb" and "spare shirt," "leathern breeches" and "gauze cap to keep off gnats," with as… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Theorists write all the popular books on science: Heinz Pagels, Frank Wilczek, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman, et al. And why not? They… — Leon M. Lederman Copy Share Image
Hardware is easy to protect: lock it in a room, chain it to a desk, or buy a spare. Information poses more… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
We had better be without God's laws than the Pope's.” To which Tyndale passionately responded: “I defy the Pope, and all his… — William Tyndale Copy Share Image
If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'T is when a youthful, loving, modest pair… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Amid the cheering of the crowds, he hardly heard his master's voice, but he saw the familiar head and shoulders, and the… — Ernest Thompson Seton Copy Share Image
When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not… — Cato the Elder Copy Share Image
Like driftwood spares which meet and pass Upon the boundless ocean-plain, So on the sea of life, alas! Man nears man, meets,… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Whosoever you are who introduce new doctrines, I beseech you to spare the ears of Romans! Spare that faith which was commended… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image