One thing we may be sure of, however: For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Iraq was only the latest in a succession of countries. Earlier, there was Cuba, Nicaragua, Libya, Granada, Panama. But this time it… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Fatherlessness didn't strike me as being an event. It was a state of life. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Most thoughtful people would agree that morality in the absence of policing is somehow more truly moral than the kind of false… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Recently, [Diana Wilson] went on a hunger strike to protest Dow Chemical's refusal to accept responsibility for a 1984 chemical disaster in… — Frances Moore Lappé 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
Each moment has its sickle, emulous Of Time's enormous scythe, whose ample sweep Strikes empires from the root. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
I've never been to the Oscars, but if I was ever invited to the Oscars, I would have this weird paranoia of… — Mike White Copy Share Image
It suddenly occurred to me that every move on the chessboard is old and has been played by somebody at some time.… — Karel Capek Copy Share Image
The PDB (Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.) does not say the United States is going to be attacked. It says… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Poverty blights whole cities; spreads horrible pestilences; strikes dead the very souls of all who come within sight, sound, or smell of… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Our emphasis here is based not only on the growing seriousness of drug-related crimes, but also on the belief that relieving our… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Purity strikes me as the most mysterious of the virtues and the more I think about it the less I know about… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
When I write for 'n+1,' I begin by doing a lot of reading, to try to convince myself I'm not stupid. Then… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Er," Oliver said. "He talks even less than the one Lily married," the crone remarked to Walter. "Though when the mood strikes… — Jessica Day George Copy Share Image
The fool strikes. The wise man smiles, and watches, and learns. Then strikes. — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Words of divine consciousness: moral exaltation; lasting feelings of elevation, elation, joy; a quickening of the moral sense, which strikes one as… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes… — Basmah bint Saud Copy Share Image
Turbulence.” This is what pilots announce that you have encountered when your plane strikes an object in midair. You'll be flying along,… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you are lucky, it strikes you right. If not, you'll spend your… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
It doesn't require much for misfortune to strike in the King's Gambit - one incautious move, and Black can be on the… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image