Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

John Boyd Orr Quotes

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without.

John Boyd Orr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: scottish
Birth: September 23, 1880 - June 25, 1971

Topics

Revolution Powerful Without Empires

I think we're pretty spiritual people, the band in general. We're not a bunch of hippies or anything like that, but we like to work together and work with people. We believe that positive energy is pretty necessary in life, although it's not always easy to maintain.

John Gourley

Life Positive Work Together People

It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world could be ascribed to the elegant principle of natural selection.

Michael Behe

Science People World Elegant Natural

I get massages almost daily. Sometimes I fall asleep during the massage, but it's very important to have deep-tissue massages because that type recovers muscles best.

Ana Ivanovic

Daily Best Fall Important Sometimes

We watch a romantic comedy because we want to cry, say, or an action movie so we can participate in heroics. Horror's different. It can hit you with a moment of revulsion so hard you might want to erase the last five minutes of your life, please.

Stephen Graham Jones

Life Moment Romantic Action Comedy

Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.

Robert Andrews Millikan

Civilization Human Wants Refinement

I've talked to ghosts once. For me, it makes sense for them to be real because of physics. In physics, you can't destroy energy; it can only be conserved.

Milly Shapiro

Me Energy You Physics Real Ghosts

America's a family. We all yell at each other. It all works out.

Louis C. K.

Family America Out Other Yell Works

I'm not one of those kind of people who does the observational 'Hey, don't you hate it when you're at the grocery store and the line's long and the cash register starts taking too long.' I don't really do that kind of stuff. I'm heavy on persona, and I do a lot of interacting with the audience.

Judah Friedlander

Hate People Long You Kind Line

Van Gogh was impulsive.

Joni Mitchell

Impulsive Van Van Gogh Gogh

Are we prepared to tolerate a world in which countries which care about morality lay down their nuclear weapons, leaving others to threaten the rest of the world or hold it to ransom?

Des Browne

World Rest Care Down Morality Hold

Whether it's from the biggest, most powerful city, or from the dinkiest little podunk town, there is a certain attachment and connection, and yes, pride about where you came from.

Cheech Marin

City Pride You Connection Powerful

I am prepared to vote in support of a new military authorization that specifically authorizes U.S. military actions against ISIS. We must stand up against this vile enemy and protect United States citizens both at home and abroad.

Bradley Byrne

Home I Am Support Stand Up Stand