The 9/11 strikes left an indelible impact on our minds, but in relative terms, the scale of casualties actually wasn't all that high. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
It strikes me how strange people are. You can see them every day - you can think you know them - and… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
This is why true beauty never strikes us directly. The setting sun is beautiful because of all it makes us lose. — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. I may not put my finger into the jaws of a snake, but the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The ghastly thing about postal strikes is that after they are over, the service returns to normal. — Richard J. Needham Copy Share Image
The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But Here or There as strikes the Player goes. — Edward Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I knew that the moment the great governing spirit strikes the blow to divide all humanity into just two opposing factions, I… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
Strike the enemy's settlements, turn them into dust, pave the Arab roads with the skulls of Jews. — Hafez al-Assad Copy Share Image
Imagine a man who stands before a mirror; a stone strikes it, and it falls to ruin all in an instant. And… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
The hardest thing is to endure the applause of fools, and patiently suffer the booing, while with the bravissimo of the foolish… — Carl Maria von Weber Copy Share Image
It's funny how I use social media because I don't use it to promote my restaurants that much. I use it for… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I'm always making things, and I have this ongoing practice of compelling stuff that strikes me. Over the course of my life… — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
What always strikes me in the story of Cain and Abel is how often the word "brother" is used. Cain killed his… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
As an athlete, when you least expect it, you may find yourself standing on the threshold of an accomplishment so monumental that… — John Bingham Copy Share Image
I believe our foreign assistance should be scrutinized, should be debated, and that we should strike the right balance, but in all… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
I saw the man my friendwants pardoned, Thomas Flinton. He is a bright, good-looking fellow… Of his innocence all are confident. The… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
You say you should have died instead of me. But during my time on earth, people died instead of me, too. It… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
The indications which tell your dry fly angler when to strike are clear and unmistakable, but those which bid a wet fly… — G. E. M. Skues Copy Share Image
Investing is the greatest business in the world because you never have to swing. You stand at the plate; the pitcher throws… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I don't reject the concept of preemptive war. I'm a mother of five. I have five grandchildren. And I always say: Think… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Can anything be imagined more abhorrent to every sentiment of generosity and justice, than the law which arms the rich with the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would not hesitate to say I was addicted to the Internet in the first two years. It can be addictive, and… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
Elk have not been seen in Switzerland for many a year. In the interests of scientific accuracy, please strike the idea of… — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them; then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Every once in a while, magicians strike gold. David Regal has created and produced the perfect close-up illusion. — Jim Steinmeyer Copy Share Image
Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a… — Jimmy Hoffa Copy Share Image
Yes, we worship the idea of the "self-made man" - otherwise we'd go on strike against Bill Gates having all that money!… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
Then came a big strike. About 100 girls went out. The result was a victory, which netted us - I mean the… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
All men hate to hear "We need to talk about our relationship." These seven words strike fear in the heart of even… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
I am convinced that the attitude we cultivate in advance may well determine how suffering will affect us when it does strike. — Paul Brand Copy Share Image
Free men do not forfeit their security, contrary to Bush's claim that we hate freedom. If so, then let him explain to… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going to leave you alone, not going to… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
Man's passion for truth is such that he will welcome the bitterest of all postulates so long as it strikes him as… — Antonio Machado Copy Share Image
Not to be provok'd is best: But if mov'd, never correct till the fume is spent; for every stroke our fury strikes,… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Shooting gives me a good feeling. It is faster than baseball and you are out on one strike. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Even the notion that, you know,[Bill] Clinton was the black president strikes me as the greatest irony of all times. — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Things people say strike me as amusing, and I am prone to saying out loud what everybody's thinking. — William Shatner Copy Share Image
A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
A great deal of what is presumed to be intractable or inevitable in this world doesn't strike me that way at all. — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image