We were not foolish enough to try to make a currency [backed by] gold of which we had none, but for every… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Beliefs constitute the basic stratum, that which lies deepest, in the architecture of our life. By them we live, and by the… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
The man whose silent daysIn harmless joys are spent,Whom hopes cannot delude,Nor sorrow discontent:That man needs neither towersNor armour for defence,Nor secret… — Thomas Campion Copy Share Image
As slippery as smooth grapes, words exploding in the light like dormant seeds waiting in the vaults of vocabulary, alive again, and… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
In a sense, it's less about seeing how high up I can vault than about seeing how deeply I can explore my… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Man himself is an enigma in motion; his questions never stay asked; whereas the mold, the footprint, and by natural extension, the… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
Those who sage as they age view aging not as a hardship but, rather, as a precious gift filled with promise and… — Sue Thoele Copy Share Image
Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart-- The heart which… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
It's hard to pass up a pole vault opportunity here in Des Moines. The crowd was so great when I was at… — Jenn Suhr Copy Share Image
I think it is love of that blue vault of sky that becomes your playground if, and only if, you are a… — Robin Olds Copy Share Image
Moss grows where nothing else can grow. It grows on bricks. It grows on tree bark and roofing slate. It grows in… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
New Orleans is 5 feet below sea level, which means that holes dug in the ground immediately fill with water. Coffins were… — James Cagney Copy Share Image
Here's my proposal, which is based on the TV show Survivor: We put the entire Congress on an island. All the food… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Everyone asks about gold. This is the irony: just as Jim Grant tells us (correctly) that we all have faith-based paper currencies… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
In every generation there is a vault-keeper, one who guards the links fiercely and knows they are more precious than rubies. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
There is no sense in owning the copyright unless you are going to use it. I don't think anyone wants to hold… — Hilary Rosen Copy Share Image
Religions lead us to believe that the soul is the ultimate family jewel and that in return for our mindless obedience, they… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The world's central banks and the International Monetary Fund still have vaults full of bullion, even though currencies are no longer backed… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Wherefore a monk's whole attention should thus be fixed on one point, and the rise and circle of all his thoughts be… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Clouds on clouds, in volumes driven, curtain round the vault of heaven. — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
[Google is] an omnivorous collector of information, a hyperencyclopedic vault of human knowledge, an unerring auctioneer, an eerily skilful student of languages,… — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
The lady across the hall tried to rob a department store . . . with a pricing gun. She said, "Give me… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the… — Shannon Miller Copy Share Image