The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
It's not a good idea to take a forecast from someone wearing a tie. If possible, tease people who take themselves and… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
There are situations where I'm uncomfortable saying, "I'm a hip-hop artist." In some circles, the response is like, "Oh, OK, so... you… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
The officers of the branch of the Force (the Obscene Publications Squad) have a discouraging club tie, on which a book is… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
The harmony of the nation is promoted and the whole Union is knit together by the sentiments of mutual respect, the habits… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
DNA ties us all together; we share ancestry with barracuda and bacteria and mushrooms, if you go far enough back. — Spencer Wells Copy Share Image
You only have to glance at the daily news to see how passions are stirred by claims of exclusive loyalty to one's… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's such an honour being banned in Italy, the mother of sensuality. It's like being asked to straighten your tie in a… — Harold Town Copy Share Image
For once, Evie didn’t know what to say. She hadn’t really thought of her uncle as very human. He was more like… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Pot is like a gang of Mexican bandits in your brain. They wait for thoughts to come down the road, then tie… — Kevin Rooney Copy Share Image
Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which,… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
I never learned how to tie my shoes, and I was mocked for that. I still don't know how to. — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
..but it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
If we have a decent sort of cat to begin with, and have always treated it courteously, and aren't cursed with meddling,… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Borg's won Wimbledon four straight times and out there he has just lost an 18-16 tie breaker. You'd think maybe once he'd… — John McEnroe Copy Share Image
Disbelief in futurity loosens in a great measure the ties of morality, and may be for that reason pernicious to the peace… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I don't really know how to tie a fly until I've tied a hundred dozen of them. — John Gierach Copy Share Image
Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay.… — Dom DeLuise Copy Share Image
There are emotional ties to family that are connected to the sexual experience for women that are very different than men which… — Zoe Lister-Jones Copy Share Image
The man who is free from credulity, but knows the uncreated, who has cut all ties, removed all temptations, renounced all desires,… — Max Muller Copy Share Image
There's an axiom I live by: 'There is no art without politics.' You either choose to engage it, or you choose political… — Chris Jordan Copy Share Image
