From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
It does not seem to me to be sufficiently recognized everywhere among the officials that the existence or non-existence of our people… — Paul von Hindenburg Copy Share Image
The crisis of our diminishing water resources is just as severe (if less obviously immediate) as any wartime crisis we have ever… — Jim Wright Copy Share Image
Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
We can't take a slipshod and easygoing attitude toward education in this country. And by "we" I don't mean "somebody else," but… — Henry Ford II Copy Share Image
I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I have a soul of lead So stakes me to the ground I cannot move. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The acting background helped a lot when I started writing. I was training for it. In acting class they teach you about… — Carol Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and… — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
If you're going to immerse yourself in a project for three years, why not stake out a chunk of the world that… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses. — Carol Bellamy Copy Share Image
Raise the stakes! Always push your luck because no one else would push it for you. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If both parties have a stake in the other, the chances of them killing each other are going to be reduced. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
As Americans, we want peace - we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
In one's youth, one has tremendous access to one's feelings. And as one gets older, some of those feelings kind of drift… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Yet, it had been Dimitri’s gentleness and thoughtfulness mixed with that deadliness that made him so wonderful. The same hands that wielded… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
What is at stake is how to answer the potential threat Iraq represents with the risk of proliferation of WMD. Baghdad's regime… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share Image
For many years the stakes were clear. There were the Arabs attacking us and us defending ourselves, so basically there were no… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Gary Greenberg is a thoughtful comedian and a cranky philosopher and a humble pest of a reporter, equal parts Woody Allen, Kierkegaard,… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
To take one example, I mean, the whole issue of bathrooms and gender - in this particular election, when the stakes were… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
Nurses have new and expanding roles. They are case managers, helping patients navigate the maze of health care choices and develop plans… — Judi Evans Copy Share Image
...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
