As the Roman Empire came to its close, all the old gods of the pagan world were seen as demons by the… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Why then should women be denied the benefits of instruction? If knowledge and understanding had been useless additions to the sex, God… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
It is not only useless, it is harmful, to believe in oneself until one truly knows oneself. And to know oneself means… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The primary aim, object, and purpose of consciousness is control. Consciousness in a mere automaton is a useless and unnecessary epiphenomenon. — C. Lloyd Morgan Copy Share Image
To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer:… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
You need an infinite stretch of time ahead of you to start to think, infinite energy to make the smallest decision. The… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
It is as though some old part of yourself wakes up in you, terrified, useless in the life you have, its skills… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
We don't go to school to learn, but to be soaked in the prejudices of our class, without which we should be… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
“Sit still with me in the shade of these green trees, which have no weightier thought than the withering of their leaves… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
We cannot alter the essential shape of a single letter without at the same time destroying the familiar printed face of our… — Jan Tschichold Copy Share Image
Sadly I write in my quiet room, alone as I have always been, alone as I will always be. And I wonder… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
First, the constitution ought to secure a genuine and guard against a select militia, by providing that the militia shall always be… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Gigantic sums are now required to maintain prisons and insane asylums and protect the public against gangsters and lunatics. Why do we… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Generally, successful fads have some kind of play value, like the Frisbee, Slinky, Silly Putty, my Wallwalker. They're generally inexpensive items, impulse… — Ken Hakuta Copy Share Image
She loved the sea for its storms alone, cared for vegetation only when it grew here and there among ruins. She had… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
When it comes to assessing the chances of some complicated combination of events, gut feelings are pretty much useless. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
I have enough trouble with useful information, never mind being burdened with what is useless. — Erlend Loe Copy Share Image
Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
What meaning do our lives have if we cannot set aside at least one hour a day out of 24 for thinking… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
All of the great ideas, without action, become stale and useless. The key to turning dreams into reality is action. People who… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, but either because they find few pursuits equal to painting, or in order… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
