All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Our tendency in the midst of suffering is to turn on God. To get angry and bitter and shake our fist at… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
No religion ever appeared in the world whose natural tendency was so much directed to promote the peace and happiness of mankind.… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
You have a tendency to just remember the bad times and bad moments. I think that often it's the way of life.… — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
Writers that pretend to be in the throes of some kind of genius-demon, some kind of possessing spirit that refuses to let… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
What I consistently say to young people - I say it in the United States, but I'll say it here in Germany… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My booking agent, of course, here and overseas, their tendency is to want to build on a certain kind of measurable success,… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
Conflicts are fueled by the tendency of the powerful to exploit the power and the anger and frustration of the powerless, which… — Ghassan Andoni Copy Share Image
The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to notice… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
There is an almost universal tendency, perhaps an inborn tendency, to suspect the good faith of a man who holds opinions that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There’s a tendency for young people to get discouraged and frustrated easily. But don’t be afraid to fail. In many ways, we… — Anna Maria Chavez Copy Share Image
Well the open-outcry auction is just made to turn the brain into mush: you've got social proof, the other guy is bidding,… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not only… — John J. Pershing Copy Share Image
On the unhampered market there prevails an irresistible tendency to employ every factor of production for the best possible satisfaction of the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all… — Gerard K. O'Neill Copy Share Image
There is a natural and inviolable tendency in things to bloom into whatever they truly are in the core of their being.… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Trump's tendency is to rub shoulders with dictators. We have seen this with his attitude toward Russia and also toward the present… — Lawrence Davidson Copy Share Image
I've long believed alas, that in highly organized industrial societies, capitalist or socialist, the stronger tendency is to converge - that if… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
There is an inherent tendency in all governmental power to recognize no restraints on its operation and to extend the sphere of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Around every corner is another gift waiting to surprise us, and it will surprise us if we can achieve control over our… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
President Karzai is an incredibly kind and decent man. I had the pleasure of meeting him, and he genuinely cares for his… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
There's a normal tendency in the campaign, during a crisis, for the country to rally around the White House. vThat may help… — David Gergen Copy Share Image
In the 1930s there was this tendency in Hollywood to portray everyone as rich. Even if they were doing a poor man's… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
Moreover, nothing is so rare as to see misfortune fairly portrayed; the tendency is either to treat the unfortunate person as though… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
We watch so much film, calling up pitch by pitch, count by count in order to spot tendencies. Technology is a big… — Carl Crawford Copy Share Image
It is my belief that there is a tendency among the so-called 'modern' or 'hip' jazz musicians to consider styles other that… — Don Ellis Copy Share Image
If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
I use [Heraclitus' discovery of] enantiodromia for the emergence of the unconscious opposite in the course of time. This characteristic phenomenon practically… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
I get ticked off a lot because I don't think she [Faith Hill] gets the respect she deserves. I tell her all… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
When we read a literary work (or, in some instances, listen to music) our imagination is stimulated, we feel various emotions, and… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
People, by nature, have a tendency to snap. We get upset at things. We get angry. I'm sure everybody has said, once… — Edwin Hodge Copy Share Image
Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our… — Mencius Copy Share Image
While nobody has identified any gene for religion, there are certainly some candidate genes that may influence human personality and confer a… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
My tendency is to want to say to the person, "Do you understand why I feel this way?" I usually do say… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
From it (the Rosary) the young will draw fresh energy with which to control the rebellious tendencies to evil and to preserve… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation… — Mihai Nadin Copy Share Image
In suffocating the voice of conscience, passion carries with itself a restlessness of the body and the senses: it is the restlessness… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
A tendency to resume the same mode of action at stated times is peculiarly the characteristic of the nervous system; and on… — George Combe Copy Share Image
Usually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you are a bad putter, you will not make a putt. If you have a tendency to chili-dip wedges, you'll be… — Johnny Miller Copy Share Image
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