Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies, upped the stakes. — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
In the way that scepticism is sometimes applied to issues of public concern, there is a tendency to belittle, to condescend, to… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The long-run historical tendency of capitalism has not only been to increase real incomes more or less proportionately nearly all along the… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I don't respond well to mellow, you know what I mean, II have a tendency to... if I get too mellow, II… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
One of the less attractive aspects of human nature is our tendency to hate the people we haven't treated very well; it's… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
The tendency of liberals is to create bodies of men and women-of all classes-detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
If the financial system has a defect, it is that it reflects and magnifies what we human beings are like. Money amplifies… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
The world-spirit is a good swimmer, and storms and waves can not drown him. He snaps his fingers at laws; and so,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The conclusions seem inescapable that in certain circles a tendency has arisen to fear people who fear government. Government, as the Father… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
I think that the tendency for most people is to fall back on a comic interpretation of things because things are so… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
A lot of guys get slammed pretty hard. I do think there's a tendency with women performers to just sort of write… — Nina Gordon Copy Share Image
Wildness we might consider as the root of the authentic spontaneities of any being. It is that wellspring of creativity whence comes… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
Different Chinese philosophers, writing probably in 5-4 centuries B.C., presented some major ideas and a way of life that are nowadays known… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions. — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
Man is essentially the imitative animal. His whole educabilityand in fact the whole history of civilization depend on this trait, which his… — William James Copy Share Image
The renewed use of lobotomy today is particularly applicable to women: Because they do routine things, it is possible to take away… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ''weasel words.'' When a weasel sucks… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The moral nature of man is more sacred in my eyes than his intellectual nature. I know they cannot be divorced -… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Of these three words, direction, control, and guidance, the last best conveys the idea of assisting through cooperation the natural capacities of… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Water is also one of the four elements, the most beautiful of God's creations. It is both wet and cold, heavy, and… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
I do think there is an enhanced awareness of insecurity and vulnerability that induces anxiety that creates pressure on teachers and administrators… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive. — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
In general, teaching writing makes me a far better reader because there's so many ways to write a good sentence or a… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
There prevails on a free labor market a tendency toward full employment. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The first evil choice or act is linked to the second; and each one to the one that follows, both by the… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
