Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather Strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams; Somewhere above us, in elusive ether, Waits… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
If you have decided to change the world, don't read the books about the dimensions of the world! Be like a meteorite;… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to… — Arthur Scargill Copy Share Image
Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Looking forward into an empty year strikes one with a certain awe, because one finds therein no recognition. The years behind have… — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
The aging process seems to strike first at the mechanism which warns that we have been talking too much and the listener… — Barbara Walters Copy Share Image
When you fight corruption, corruption strikes back and that is the truth because when you fight corruption, you get confidence and when… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I think, as a historian, what strikes one the most about this [Donald'd Trump] program is just simply its nationalism, with his… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalist System was to debauch the currency. By a… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
In truth a clear-headed physicalist shouldn't be thinking any of these dualist thoughts. If pains are one and the same as C-fibres… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
And as much as I’d like to believe there’s a truth beyond illusion, I’ve come to believe that there’s no truth beyond… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
You were in Sweden?" Boomer asked. "No," I said. "The trip got called off at the last minute. Because of political the… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
An inflated consciousness is always egocentric and conscious of nothing but its own existence. It is incapable of learning from the past,… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
There are many things in this world that are an outrage, to be sure, but death at our current life expectancy doesn’t… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual — the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoner of goodwill. If you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Ancient one sleeping, waiting to rise When earth's power bleeds sacred red The mark strikes true; Queen Tsi Sgili will devise He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You have to be eligible for luck to strike, and I think that's a matter of education and preparation, and character and… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Grace strikes us when we are in great pain …Sometimes at that moment a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and… — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Australia seems to strike a balance between big and small. It's big enough to have that diversity, but not so big that… — Michael Bierut Copy Share Image
I don't doubt that at the dawn of martial arts, the main goal was to beat up one's opponents in the most… — Daniele Bolelli Copy Share Image
It's harder than ever to build an enduring company. As soon as a product strikes a nerve with customers, competitors emerge globally… — Alfred Lin Copy Share Image
When you sit down and focus on the matches and series that took place during the 12 month period it strikes you… — Sunil Gavaskar Copy Share Image
I warn the marauder dragging plunder, chaotic, rich beyond all rights: he'll strike his sails, harried at long last, stunned when the… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
We live in a world of entertainment in full color with a lot of fast action, a world in which many children… — Joe J. Christensen Copy Share Image
I consider myself as a character actor. I like the sports analogy, which I do all the time; I'm an avid sports… — Clint Howard Copy Share Image
I have nothing but praise for the boy. He is easily the best player in the world. His contribution as a goal… — Alex Ferguson Copy Share Image
What Franklin Roosevelt did, which really offended them, was he strengthened the labor unions - made it possible for them to strike.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I also became inspired by impressionist painters such as Renoir, and wanted to do the same sort of thing with music-portray whatever… — Lenny Breau Copy Share Image
Workers do not strike every day, they cannot do that the way they function in the capitalist economy. The way they have… — Ernest Mandel Copy Share Image
Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow… — John Aubrey Copy Share Image
The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when… — Ted Olson Copy Share Image
Sometimes it could be just during the day, when I'm riding in the car or on the plane. I'll hear somebody say… — Tyga Copy Share Image
Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby. No… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
To suppose that safety-first consists in having a small gamble in a large number of different companies where I have no information… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save millions of people, or even our entire species. And, as human beings, we can… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
You never go into a season thinking you're going to strike out 200 guys or that you would have the most double-digit… — R.A. Dickey Copy Share Image
When the Idea, of any Pleasure strikes your Imagination... let that time be employed in making a just Computation between, the duration… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
I meet young artists and it becomes clear that with some the main motivation is getting a show in Chelsea. It strikes… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image