One... gets an impression that civilization is something which was imposed on a resisting majority by a minority which understood how to… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Bourne concentrated on rest and mobility. From somewhere in his forgotten past he understood that recovery depended upon both and he applied… — Robert Ludlum Copy Share Image
To approach a poem as if it is a puzzle to be understood is to miss the point. — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
I've never really understood attachment to a place for reasons of birth. That my mother happened to give birth to me in… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I have never understood, for instance, why some people see contemporary art as divided between 'painting' and 'conceptual art', as though this… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
Physically the Celts are terrifying in appearance, with deep sounding and very harsh voices. In conversation they use few words and speak… — Diodorus Siculus Copy Share Image
Because books are written by individuals, it has often made knowledge seem like the product of individuals, even though everybody has always… — David Weinberger Copy Share Image
Adam Smith, and other able writers to whom I have alluded, not having viewed correctly the principles of rent, have, it appears… — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don't really know what they are or where they… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service, — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
With respect to our State and federal governments, I do not think their relations correctly understood by foreigners. They generally suppose the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I would love to see an America where race is understood in the same way that the ethnic diversity of the white… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would say that in 2000, we understand as much about how today's system of globalization is going to work as we… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
The man to solitude accustom'd long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I personally never thought that 'Dallas' would resurrect itself because I didn't think anybody knew how to do it. And it was… — Patrick Duffy Copy Share Image
Moiraine: It seems Ryne was wrong as well as a Darkfriend. You were better than he. Lan: He was better. But he… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
When in many dissections, carried out as opportunity offered upon living animals, I first addressed my mind to seeing how I could… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
While everyone knows that London is both big and overprivileged when it comes to spending, the scale of its dominance is poorly… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
'Sixth Street' is probably a new chapter for me. All of the songs were written in my apartment where I'm most comfortable,… — Yuna Copy Share Image
In my adult life I've understood that if I put an enormous amount of love and honesty into something, usually that shows… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
The founders understood that democracy would inevitably evolve into a system of legalized plunder unless the plundered were given numerous escape routes… — Thomas DiLorenzo Copy Share Image
I believe that the Bible is to be understood and received in the plain and obvious meaning of its passages; for I… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
People have understood the designs of opposition parties, especially of BJP. It could trigger Hindu-Muslim riot in Uttar Pradesh before the state… — Mayawati Copy Share Image
With Geoffrey, it was the first time we did music together, we understood that everything could be well, and without any problem.… — Victoria de los Angeles Copy Share Image
A novelist has two lives-- a reading and writing life, and a lived life. he or she cannot be understood at all… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
