We have but to remember man's natural tendency to satisfy his desires with the minimum of effort to realize how political power… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
When the boomers started to have kids reach adolescence, there was suddenly this feeling that they needed to protect their kids from… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
We have never said that the fight against the Iranian aggression and against the expansionist Persian tendencies (which have been demonstrated by… — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
Continuously, we have to fight to defeat the primitive tendency towards the glorification of arms, the adulation of force, born of the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I is a militant social tendency, working to hold and enlarge its place in the general current of tendencies. So far as… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
Conservatism is pessimistic, with a negative tendency - which we mostly resist - towards despair. Liberals are optimists, with a negative tendency,… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
I think each of my books attempts to create its own voice so I'm not even sure I have a signature style,… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I believe that one's basic financial attitudes are - like a tendency toward fat knees - probably formed in utero, or, at… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
I think there are universal principles that we should want to understand, but that are not necessarily good for us. We could… — Sam Harris 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
The essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Thought, backed by strong desire, has a tendency to transmute itself into its physical equivalent. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
...I do like the low frequencies. It's from years and years of observing audiences when they hear a lower frequency coming from… — Bennie Maupin Copy Share Image
The tendencies are considerably weaker in the natural sciences, which, for the past several centuries, have survived and flourished through such constant… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I look at the bird in the cage and see the air, not only the air that is around the bird when… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
We always come back to the same misunderstanding. The Jews because of their spirit of revolt, their exclusiveness and the Messianic tendencies… — Leon V. DePoncins Copy Share Image
Genes are rarely about inevitability, especially when it comes to humans, the brain, or behavior. They're about vulnerability, propensities, tendencies. — Robert M. Sapolsky 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
The characteristic feature of modern capitalism is mass production of goods destined for consumption by the masses. The result is a tendency… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I have a tendency toward the pleasures of the flesh. It's a battle for me, as far as weight and things like… — Chris Farley Copy Share Image
We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
