167383 Quotes & Sayings

What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate. — Edmund Phelps

In my judgment, while it is the duty of Congress to respect to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen ... not any ecclesiastical organization can be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the national government. — James A. Garfield

Nothing is separate. Everything is one thing. — Jeff Hirsch

The majority is still at the General's disposal. — Jared Sparks

Meaning lies as much in the mind of the reader as in the Haiku. — Douglas Hofstadter

Floods, fires, earthquakes, disease, starvation, betrayal, isolation, murder.
What doesn't kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us. — Rick Yancey

When in God thou believest, near God thou wilt certainly be. — Charles Godfrey Leland

The sexual act is in time what the tiger is in space. — Georges Bataille

History teaches us that humans do not change their civilisation after deliberation, or by their own willpower, but in the wake of chaos that they themselves have provoked. — Guillaume Faye

Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil. — Zora Neale Hurston

Standing there, gaping at this monstrous and inhumane spectacle of rock and cloud and sky and space, I feel a ridiculous greed and possessiveness come over me. I want to know it all, posess it all, embrace the entire scene intimately, deeply, totally ... — Edward Abbey

There must be real gods
see, the painted gods
how fair! — Hilda Doolittle

What? Is that boy crazy?"
"Most young men his age are somewhat crazy, I think," Sazed said with a smile. "However, this is hardly unexpected. Haven't you noticed how he stares at you when you enter a room?"
"I thought he was just creepy. — Brandon Sanderson