Children whose parents return to study do much better at school. Offenders who persist with studies are much less likely to reoffend.… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
In my experience, most federal prosecutors, at every level, are seeking to make a name for themselves, and the best way to… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
People we've encountered at pivotal moments who profoundly influence our direction are not necessarily the people whose names everybody knows. More often,… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
The relevant questions now are: How do we move beyond coal? How do we bring new jobs to the coal fields and… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Bearing an eternal longing for Jewishness, I threw myself in all directions and left to work for another people. I am not… — S. Ansky Copy Share Image
I never met Peter O'Toole, but he one was of those rare actors whose success was defined by a single role. His… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
The name 'The Beach Boys' is controlled by Brother Records Inc., which was founded by the original members of the Beach Boys… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
Some companies are already investing in women and thereby betting on a brighter future - for a workforce just waiting to blossom,… — Beth Brooke Copy Share Image
I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I've spent hours reading it, and I'm… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
The Thames could be thought of as England's longest archaeological site, and no fewer than 90,000 objects recovered from its foreshore are… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
I often visit Maria Tatar's 'The Grimm Reader' for a cold dose of courage. Her translations come from the Brothers Grimm, whose… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
The scriptures record remarkable accounts of men whose lives changed dramatically, in an instant, as it were: Alma the Younger, Paul on… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Trust-me companies are companies whose financial results gallop ahead of their businesses, companies with seemingly perfect control over their quarterly sales and… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in… — Saint Ignatius Copy Share Image
As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three… — Tim Murphy Copy Share Image
As Americans, we're not sure we share values. We're sometimes even afraid to use the word 'values.' We talk about teaching ethics… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
The communities and countries best at using energy to optimize a microclimate for human life are also the ones whose people have… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
History resembles a guest list in that sense of the invited and the gatecrashers: the people for whom we have been waiting,… — Sarah Churchwell Copy Share Image
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
After a show, I'll get the 16-year-old white kid whose lip is pierced, his head is shaved and his parents hate him,… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Remember the Dreamers whose patriotism was praised when the Democratic House passed, and the Senate filibustered - the DREAM Act in 2010?… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
When I taught writing classes to psychiatric patients, I met people whose stories of manic highs and immobilizing lows appeared to be… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples.… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
All good art is seditious, but the people in authority can never recognise it. I think when you mention sedition, artists are… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
One of the things that strikes me is so many of the critics are people whose lifestyle doesn't change when the price… — Lee Scott Copy Share Image
One of the nicest things about receiving the accolade of Australia is that, previously, the knighthood was historically for what was termed… — Lindsay Fox Copy Share Image
The Constitution of the United States, like all systems of government which are permanent, had its origin in the history and necessities… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
The life-giving preacher is a man of God, whose heart is ever athirst for God, whose soul is ever following hard after… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
I grew up in a highly political home. My mother was the co-chair of the 300 Group, an organisation whose aim was… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
I am a legal immigrant whose parents went from Russia to China to Chile to finally reach the United States and thereby… — Mike Medavoy Copy Share Image
I don't have the panic I used to have, meeting people who are androgynous, but when you meet someone whose identity is… — Alice Dreger Copy Share Image
Compared with other recent presidents whose stumbles and failures have assaulted the national self-esteem, memories of Kennedy continue to give the country… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
The first voyagers to the stars will be creatures whose life cycle is matched to the voyage: the aeons involved in traversing… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
I still find the best way to understand a hospitalized patient whose care I am taking over is not by staring at… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
When we talk about the kind of folks whose lives will be made better by raising the minimum wage, we're not talking… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Country music, the music of the white rural working class, has often been mocked by elitists whose understanding of power and art… — Will Shetterly Copy Share Image
The mere suggestion that not speaking for a day can give you an appreciation of the social isolation that comes with the… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
I think it's fun to look at people with big diamonds. I see them in my audience all the time, with the… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
I always knew I was brainy. It struck me when I was a child that I wanted to be an adult because… — Maximillian Degenerez Copy Share Image
