If the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The following passage is one of those cited by Copernicus himself in his preface to De Revolutionibus: "The Syracusan Hicetas, as Theophrastus… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Common sense is not something rigid and stationary, but is in continuous transformation, becoming enriched with scientific notions and philosophical opinions that… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
Eloquence, when at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection; but addressing itself entirely to the fancy or the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today, we know that time travel need not be confined to myths, science fiction, Hollywood movies, or even speculation by theoretical physicists.… — Clifford A. Pickover Copy Share Image
It is the dissenter, the theorist, the aspirant, who is quitting this ancient domain to embark on seas of adventure, who engages… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'm not superstitious in my normal daily life but I get that way about writing, even though I know it's all bullshit.… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Today I fell off my bike while working out. It was a stationary bike. — Spencer Pratt Copy Share Image
“Speed never killed anyone! It’s suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.” — James Patterson Copy Share Image
By allowing the positive ions to pass through an electric field and thus giving them a certain velocity, it is possible to… — Johannes Stark Copy Share Image
Even a cursory reading of the book of Ecclesiastes shows that culture is a stationary bike that each generation climbs on in… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
Life is not stationary. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years all tick away at the same clip for everyone. No… — Hugh W. Pinnock Copy Share Image
Taste, when once obtained, may be said to be no acquiring faculty, and must remain stationary; but knowledge is of perpetual growth… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Knowledge, in so far as it is directed to practical matters, has only to enumerate the principal possible attitudes of the thing… — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
