There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income and strive for it. Yet as Western… — Richard Layard, Baron Layard Copy Share Image
That's a mistake I think that a lot of Western observers make is to assume that Korean nationalism is hundreds if not… — Brian Reynolds Myers Copy Share Image
The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should always be borne in mind here in… — Herman Gorter Copy Share Image
If we have an element of Americans here that reject western civilization, and that's a big element, that reject western civilization, then… — Steve King Copy Share Image
Our western science is a child of moral virtues; and it must now become the father of further moral virtues if its… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
Hinduism has made marvelous discoveries in things of religion, of the spirit, of the soul. We have no eye for these great… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
I do have two wonderful awards from the Western Writers of America, one for 'Beardance' and the other for 'Far North.' The… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
Many people in Western culture are striving for success. They want the home, they want the great business. They want all of… — Marci Shimoff Copy Share Image
Since the Greeks, Western man has believed that Being, all Being, is intelligible, that there is a reason for everythingand that the… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
There are a variety of reasons. Not all Western leaders are equal. We have to make a certain separation from naïve Americans… — Manfred Gerstenfeld Copy Share Image
What I tried to show is that this idea of this fundamental conflict between savagery and civilization goes back to the very… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
The sheer novelty and glamor of the Western diet, with its seventeen thousand new food products every year and the marketing power… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Get yourself empty in the Eastern sense. Not in the Western sense. In the Western sense when we feel empty we feel… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“Many lessons can be learned from the history of Western civilization, but one of them is especially clear. Lack of involvement in… — Jackson Spielvogel Copy Share Image
Perhaps Westerners are in a better position to practice true renunciation than uneducated Orientals because most Western people, by the time they… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
In the past 30 years, officials of the Iranian regime and its apologists have labeled criticism, especially with regard to women's rights,… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
the wealthy white western minority of the world could not hope to prosper if most of the rest of mankind were foundering… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share Image
I got the nickname in the preseason of my rookie season. I was playing for the Suns at the (Great Western) Forum.… — Shawn Marion Copy Share Image
The demand in India is to have a hit, which becomes a promotion for the movie and makes people come to the… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
In most Western economies, the general relationship is not in fact between the rate of inflation and the level of unemployment, but… — Paul Ormerod Copy Share Image
The Treatise tries to analyze not only modern Western families, but also those in other cultures and the changes in family structure… — Gary Becker Copy Share Image
In Western Europe people perish from the congestion and stifling closeness, but with us it is from the spaciousness… The expanses are… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I think angels definitely offer all the imaginative possibilities that vampires do, and I think they've actually been popular in Western culture… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
'Orientalism' has successfully built my critical awareness to question and see the big picture of knowledge, perspective or idea from a Western… — Okky Madasari Copy Share Image
I feel if theres one little thing I could do, its to make people realize: We are not worthless because we inhabit… — Bapsi Sidhwa Copy Share Image
The immiseration of the majority is an integral part of the Free World package for the Third World, the unsavory aspects of… — Edward S. Herman Copy Share Image
I do not think there was anything abusive in my house. Yet, I stand by a lot of my critiques of Western… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
We are the richest country in the world. We spend more on health care than any other country. Yet we have the… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
I was born Muslim, but for a large part of my life, I wasn't necessarily raised Muslim. My father always kept everything… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Right now we're in the middle of a cultural war between the Muslims and the Western world. The politicians get in the… — Sandy Duncan Copy Share Image
I'm still getting used to the idea that people out in the world are reading my books. Every time I get a… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
A western audience might not appreciate 'Chanakya's Chant' because of its dependence on history and ancient statecraft. My book is a modern-day… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I slept in black tents, blue tents, skin tents, yurts of felt and windbreaks of thorns. One night, caught in a sandstorm… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
Even though Chinese society was really closed, there were two windows for me to explore the world. One was from my mother… — Cai Guo-Qiang Copy Share Image
Western Australia is covered by granite, the largest single piece of Achaean rock that still lies on the surface of the, of,… — Antony Gormley Copy Share Image
When I took on the title sponsorship of the Western European League and the World Cup Final in October 2010, I did… — Reem Acra Copy Share Image
I love the game - and I hate the Russians because they've almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Business is the economic engine of our Western culture, and if it could be transformed to truly serve nature as well as… — Karl-Henrik Robert Copy Share Image
