British diplomats, constantly exposed to American political-ethical rhetoric, find their professional skills tested to the limits by the need to keep a… — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
My father was a schoolteacher, and so I had the advantage of both western educational instruction in the school, as well as… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
People always say, "What do you want to do next, what kind of movie do you want to do next?" And I… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
All of the western world raises its children uncircumcised and it seems logical that, with the extent of health knowledge in those… — C. Everett Koop Copy Share Image
If in Nietzsche's thinking the prior tradition of Western thought is gathered and completed in a decisive respect, then the confrontation with… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
It is inevitable that, in the process of teaching an Asian religion in a Western country, many of the teachings will seem… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I see myself today as Sitting Bull trying to bring a voice of Easternism, holism, community-based thinking to a very Western culture. — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
After the Moslem Africans lost control over Spain, they began to prey on the Africans further to the south. They destroyed the… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
All I really want to do is someday be in a western. If I could be on a horse with a rifle,… — Lily Rabe Copy Share Image
Theology is in disrepute among most Western intellectuals. The word is taken to mean a passe form of religious thinking that embraces… — Rodney Stark Copy Share Image
The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
We say it’s a modern American Western - two gunslingers who ride into town, fight the bad guys, kiss the girl and… — Eric Kripke Copy Share Image
For women in my lifetime things have changed quite a bit, but not enough. They have only changed for women that have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The freedom enjoyed in Western society under the rule of law and constitutional government explains both the quality of its civilization and… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
The reason why I always wanted to make an American film was because of the Western genre. It is something that I… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers… — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
What they [the 9/11 attackers] abominate about 'the west', to put it in a phrase, is not what western liberals don't like… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I confess [Election] is a hard doctrine, running contrary to our earthly ideas of fair play, but I can see no way… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
Many do not understand how precarious Western civilization is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
I'm quite fond of the writer who told a beginning author, "If you've got a message, use Western Union." — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
All things journey: sun and moon, Morning, noon, and afternoon, Night and all her stars; 'Twixt the east and western bars Round… — George Eliot Copy Share Image