Browse All Quotes I had always heard that Mitch McConnell was a master legislator and a true loyalist to this institution. But in the 18 months I've been in the Senate, what I've seen is an astonishingly limited vision for what the Senate can and should accomplish. What a waste. Tina Smith truealwaysaccomplishvision There's no reason to keep a piece of furniture in your house that is so sacred and rare that you can't put your feet up on it and a dog can't jump up on it. Likewise, a book that sits on a shelf like a piece of porcelain, only to be admired, never to be read again, is a dead book. Elizabeth Gilbert dogfeetbook I have spent a good part of my life showing what an intellectual bubble the Left lives in. Dennis Prager bubblesleftintellectual Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and a three-dollar pantyhose that won't run. Phyllis Diller womenrunningchildren The basic problem affecting the Pakistan today is human rights. Islamic fundamentalists have no roots among the common people and while they are pushing hard for religious fundamentalists to take hold, the common people still seek change through humanitarian and common human rights law. Abdul Sattar Edhi islamicreligiousrights No one is ignorant that there are two avenues by which opinions are received into the soul, which are its two principal powers: the understanding and the will. Blaise Pascal understandingsoultwo I alienated the automotive industry by saying that cars should be lightweight and compact. Raymond Loewy compactcarshould The euro is going to be a big source of problems, not a source of help. Milton Friedman sourceproblemhelping It's so hard to express yourself.' I understand this.' I want to express myself.' The same is true for me.' I'm looking for my voice.' It's in your mouth.' I want to do something I'm not ashamed of.' Something you are proud of, yes?' Not even. I just don't want to be ashamed. Jonathan Safran Foer voicemouthswant Therefore, what you do as a spiritual practitioner in this life shapes that. To seek and find this beautiful, continuing existence, where there can be more progress towards Buddha-hood, toward love, and wisdom, and helping all being etc. So that's the great value of it. Robert Thurman progressspiritualbeautiful They say African Americans. I say black people. I've only been to Africa once. I've been in America all my life! Herman Cain blackamericapeople Take these chances Place them in a box until a quieter time Lights down, you up and die Dave Matthews chancelighttime One doesn't read poetry while thinking of other things. Gaston Bachelard thinking-of-otherspoetrythinking That's not Judaism, it's a personal choice, i think it's a silly, foolish personal choice. Asher Bush health-news The best physician is he who can distinguish the possible from the impossible. Herophilos physiciansimpossible Postmodernity is the simultaneity of the destruction of earlier values and their reconstruction. It is renovation within ruination. Jean Baudrillard renovationreconstructiondestruction If I weren't making music, I'd be the kid who writes into the magazines and says, "why don't you guys ever cover anything that's different? Hip hop is so much of the same thing over and over again." I love hip hop, so I wanted to make an album from that standpoint, 'cause that's who I am. Mike Shinoda who-i-amwritingkids Today, you're a piranha if you are seen having coffee with somebody from the other party in many cases. Michael Bloomberg coffeepartytoday All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage. William Blake desperatefuturerage His kids are dead in the car while he is walking through Walmart. He looks like a regular shopper. But instead in his cart, he had saws, acid not a shovel. Prosecutor Rick Hubbard us«56789101112131415»