If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The artist must yield himself to his own inspiration... I should compose with utter confidence a subject that set my musical blood… — Giuseppe Verdi Copy Share Image
There is not in the British empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
One thing I've discovered is that if you remain in contact with people, if you build longitudinal relationships, if you invest in… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share Image
Reflect how you are to govern a people who think they ought to be free, and think they are not. Your scheme… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield! Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. Exalted reason, Resplendent daughter of the… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
The actor's physical type is the main consideration. It isn't and shouldn't be. Does the actor "look the part"? It is the… — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
By the laws of rectitude accused Persons, however atrocious their offences, are allowed to make their defence, and by a verdict of… — Judith Sargent Murray Copy Share Image
Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescribe laws must presuppose all men naturally bad, and that they will… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some argue that now isn't the time to push the green agenda - that all efforts should be on preventing a serious… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present… — Leopold von Ranke Copy Share Image
He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
The fossil fuel industry will inevitably have to experience major cutbacks and, over the longer term, near-total demise. There is simply no… — Robert Pollin Copy Share Image
Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Had (I) been a member of a more popular race, I should have been inclined to yield to the temptation of depending… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Nature yields her most profound secrets to the person who is determined to uncover them. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls… — Lucian Copy Share Image
...works of piety and charity... are necessary in this present life for as long as inequality prevails. Their workings here would not… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has discernment sees through him. — Sharlene05 Copy Share Image
