Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
In the potential of absurdity, hiding in the disparate combination of the various different subjects which in themselves are nothing but daily… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
[Individuals] have a right to defend themselves and recover by force what by unlawful force is taken from them. — John Locke Copy Share Image
Time was like the rain, glittering as it fell, changing the world, but something that could also be taken for granted. Until… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Real happiness comes from the things that can not be taken away from you. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
I realize it's commonplace for parents to say to their child sternly, 'I love you, but I don't always like you.' But… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
I am helping people maybe scrape off some of the old stuff that has been put upon us that has taken us… — John Assaraf Copy Share Image
There are no simple answers in life. There is a good and bad in everyone and everything. No decision is made without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
His eyes shone when he looked at her, green as spring grass. He has always had green eyes, said the voice in… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“If you ever find yourself being abducted from a public area, your life may depend on you shouting as loud as you… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The kids of today have taken over the music business - most of them very young. Simply because they write and jot… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
Indeed, I suspect that the changes that have taken place during the last century in the average man's fundamental beliefs, in his… — Robert Andrews Millikan Copy Share Image
I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of having a record that's reggae-influenced but not musically, just lyrically. I think there's so much about Rasta… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam, and you… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
The religious neutrality in our schools is, I would argue, one of our strengths. Teachers cannot inhibit or deride religion. But this… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
And I don't want to begin something, I don't want to write that first sentence until all the important connections in the… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Some leave our life with tears, others with an insane frigidity; Mrs. Wilcox had taken the middle course, which only rarer natures… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I remember seeing this picture my mother had of Dick Clark. It didn't inspire me to be an actor or anything, but… — Tom Verica Copy Share Image
I thought scientists were going to find out exactly how everything worked, and then make it work better. I fully expected that… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise.… — Howard Staunton Copy Share Image
What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist? — Peter D. Kramer Copy Share Image