Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I was an awful critic. I operated on the assumption that there was an absolute scale of values against which art could… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt,… — Dmitri Mendeleev Copy Share Image
Everyone has values, and values their family, values their health, their sanity, their safety and security, and their families, their parents, their… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
When goods are exchanged between countries, they must be paid for by commodities or gold. They cannot be paid for by the… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
It's hard to stay flexible if you don't stretch. I think if you train the right way you'll be flexible. There are… — Darren Shahlavi Copy Share Image
It is the Divine Presence that gives value to life. This Presence is the source of all peace, all joy, all security.… — Mirra Alfassa Copy Share Image
Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of incompetent government. You get that alternative and you'll… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There is nothing more necessary than truth, and in comparison with it everything else has only secondary value. This absolute will to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Conservative values aren't really reflected in the radical values of the NRA. And the other idea was that the NRA is not… — Abigail Disney Copy Share Image
The key is to be true to your community's norms and values. You can't just force yourself on people and try to… — Chris DeWolfe Copy Share Image
Christianity is not just involved with "salvation", but with the total man in the total world. The Christian message begins with the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values - the charming little clothy box of the thing, the smell… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Man is more than his environment. It is from the innate quality of the Spirit in him, his inner storehouse, that he… — Nilakanta Sri Ram Copy Share Image
It is hard to put a price on some things. What is the value of having prevented nuclear weapons from getting into… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I hear from patients who say their doctor said, 'If you want to take Vitamin C, go ahead and do it. It… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Real knowledge, like every thing else of the highest value, is not to be obtained so easily. It must be worked for,… — Thomas Arnold Copy Share Image
Life is surely given us for higher purposes than to gather what our ancestors have wisely thrown away, and to learn what… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Simplicity is no longer presented as a virtue. The value of complex and difficult language has been preached with such insistence that… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
If someone is in the same state of mind and doesn't seek to block your success, you have a friend. Such friends… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's nothing more satisfying than going to a market and meeting the person who picked the strawberries, or it's their farm that… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I don't believe that children can develop in a healthy way unless they feel that they have value apart from anything they… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Why should Cornishmen learn Cornish? There is no money in it, it serves no practical purpose, and the literature is scanty and… — Henry Jenner Copy Share Image
Individuals because of their identity can't render an impartial judgment is just deeply offensive and contrary to all the ideals of the… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
History teaches that when valuations are extreme, "mean reversion," a move towards historical norms, is likely. Once value stocks turn, the recovery… — Robert D. Arnott Copy Share Image
Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Our success as a party will largely be determined by how well we do here in the heartland... The time has come… — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
Our whole life is an attempt to discover when our spontaneity is whimsical, sentimental irresponsibility and when it is a valid expression… — Helen Lynd Copy Share Image
More and more surveys in the US are indicating a change in values taking place among consumers, who become more concerned about… — David Korten Copy Share Image
And now, if we try to assign a value, in and of itself, outside its relations to the dream and with error,… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The Christian faith is faith in Christ. Its value or worth is not in the one believing but in the One believed… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
Liberty is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly… — Saadi Copy Share Image
The religious heritage sort of suggests implicitly and explicitly that you pay your dues and you get your reward later on, that's… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Aishwarya, my parent's daughter, has been brought up with enough values inculcated where I will use my discretion in my choices. At… — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Copy Share Image
I don't presume to have knowledge of what happens after I die. But I feel very strongly that whether the reward is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America that has done more to support Israel than any other country cannot be true to our own values if we allow… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
