The response to my books from my East Coast friends has been wildly various, running the gamut from 'bad' to 'very bad.'… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Men are impatient, and for precipitating things; but the Author of Nature appears deliberate throughout His operations, accomplishing His natural ends by… — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
England was nothing, compared to continental nations until she had become commercial... until about the middle of the last century, when a… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The whole world is like the human body with its various members. Pain in one member is felt in the whole body. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the… — Homer Copy Share Image
9/11, the wars and terrorism have affected all of us in different ways: people who lost family on 9/11, the people who… — Mark Boal Copy Share Image
I define science fiction as fiction in which things happen that are not possible today - that depend, for instance, on advanced… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
O time, swift robber of all created things, how many kings, how many nations hast thou undone, and how many changes of… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
A world of derived beings, an immense, wide creation, requires an extended scale with various ranks and orders of existence. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
Why do people give each other flowers? To celebrate various important occasions, they’re killing living creatures? Why restrict it to plants? 'Sweetheart,… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
In case any are puzzled by the different translations from which I draw strength and help and delight, it is like this:… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe… — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So… — Gary Gygax Copy Share Image
I think one reason is that philosophers are more insecure to speak accessibly because non-philosophers are skeptical that philosophers have any special… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
I find one vast garden spread out all over the universe. All plants, all human beings, all higher mind bodies are about… — Anandamayi Ma Copy Share Image
God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications… — Nicolas Malebranche Copy Share Image
Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
You have various institutions like law firms and accounting firms which bill by the hour. I'm really against that. You have an… — Robert Pozen Copy Share Image
I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts of the… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
Liberals say they are for civil liberties and personal freedom, but they continue to advocate government regulation of business, redistribution of wealth,… — Richard Ebeling Copy Share Image
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I mean not to accuse any one, but to take the shame upon myself, in common, indeed, with the whole parliament of… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
University was a chance to people-watch and to mix with people from all various walks of life, which as an actor is… — Tom Riley Copy Share Image
Remember always, in painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter will be your manner, and the fewer your words;… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
