The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.
Joseph McCabeAt the camp the whole squad reaffirmed their commitment to the Spirit of Cricket and I'm disappointed that I fell short of the standards I expect of myself and my team-mates
Ricky PontingThe first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you. [On an audience]
Elmer DavisLet not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are
Thomas A KempisCompromise: An agreement between two men to do what both agree is wrong.
Lord Edward CecilI guess I like them a bit rough around the edges - like you need to take them home and give them a good scrub (on men)
Cat DeeleyA fundamental problem in such studies stems from the long tradition that has regarded artistic productions as social facts.
Norman DenzinThe world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up.
D H LawrenceHe's a fallen hero, a very gentle man under that exterior. He's lived in an environment always ravaged by war and had to be realistic. He wants to use the ring against the enemy instead of destroying it. He doesn't understand the complexities this piece of metal can have on human beings. (on Boromir, Lord of the Rings)
Sean BeanThis decision will only strengthen the bond between women players and one of the world's great sporting events [on equal prize money at Wimbledon]
Maria SharapovaAt this moment in time I did not say them things.
Glen HoddleIt's not my job to manage this department - it's my job to lead this department
John ReidPropose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it. If you speak to him of a machine for peeling a potato, he will pronounce it impossible; if you peel a potato with it before his eyes, he will declare it useless, because it will not slice a pineapple.
Charles BabbageMusic is very important. It's important as a tool for learning, it can be a tool for healing, it can be no telling what, as long as we remain free to be able to create the music, to be able to experiment and to really research, and to really get time to develop the music.
Lester BowieMy only interest in women's clothes is what's underneath them.
Lynda CarterSex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.
Simone De BeauvoirThere's no trick to being a humourist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will RogersGovernment's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it.
Ronald ReaganWomen have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything but the obvious.
Oscar WildePersonally, I deplore the fact that Britain refused to pay a fair and reasonable share of the cost of enlargement.
Jacques ChiracIt's one of the best moments in my career, it's unbelievable - if at the beginning of the season you had asked me if I was going to play in the Champions League final I would not have staked £1 on it.
Djimi TraoreThe chancellor's failure to give Britain's taxpayers value for money will be the terrible legacy of this government.
Oliver LetwinEvery moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.
Frederick FaberMen make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
Sydney HarrisIt had just come out and had a shiny purple and black striped cover. It doesn't mean that much to me at the moment as my turntable is bust [a town called malice]
Andy ParsonsNo matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments.
Eric HofferMen are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other. Its virtuosi are called altruists.
Henry L MenckenThe best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.
Alistair CookeMen's hearts ought not to be set against one another, but set with one another, and all against evil only
Thomas CarlyleBeauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheI felt that the commitment I would need to make to Sugababes over the next 12 months was something that would become compromised by me [Mutya Buena on leaving Sugababes]
Mutya SugababeA symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.
Colin WilsonWoman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention.
Camille Paglia I have no interest in schmoozing with other Premiership chairmen... I don't go to football to drink chardonnay in the boardroom with those twats.
Simon JordanI've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or wear living creatures.
Drew BarrymoreMy opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
Malcolm MuggeridgeBeing human is itself difficult, and therefore all kinds of settlements have problems
Jane JacobsI share the view of the overwhelming majority of the party and the country that the only way the party and the government can renew itself in office is urgently to renew its leadership. [resignation letter to Tony Blair]
Tom WatsonA man's brain has a more difficult time shifting from thinking to feeling than a women's brain does.
Barbara De AngelisMax waited for a moment before knocking on the door, wondering who had built on the ugly flat-roofed porch, and then a shadow appeared behind the mottled glass. [The Sea House]
Esther FreudAlmost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.
Albert PikeThose who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
AristotlePeople like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too.
Christopher MorleyGormenghast, that is, the main massing of the original stone, taken by itself would have displayed a certain ponderous architectural quality were it possible to have ignored the circumfusion of those mean dwellings that swarmed like an epidemic around it s Outer Walls.
Mervyn PeakeI'm one of a generation of women who have truly been able to reach the highest level - there have been no barriers.
Dawn AireyMusic has brought me some of the highest moments of my life. I don't even hear the music. I don't even hear the notes.
Jane SeymourEvery quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language
Samuel Johnson'He said I was a radge wee midden, which I am told means a sexy little lady, so I will take it like that.' - on a compliment at the MTV Europe awards, Edinburgh
Christina AguileraIt is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.
Jonas SalkPeople that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
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