The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought.

We have reduced sales tax on food. Now we want it eliminated.

Joe Manchin

Give us that grand word woman once again, and let's have done with lady; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I'm not a terrible person, I know that, but sometimes in a relationship, I can be crappy.

Kris Allen

And then I became aware of all the magnificent silk wrapped around my body, and had the feeling I might drown in beauty. At that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy.

Arthur Golden

Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.

Northrup Christiane

Life is too short to learn German

Richard Porson

Maybe we've grown out of each other.

David Nicholls

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.

Jane Addams

Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.

Earl Nightingale

People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone.

John Green

I love to take things that are everyday and comforting and make them into the most luxurious things in the world.

Marc Jacobs

And harmony means that the relationship between all the elements used in a composition is balanced, is good.

Karlheinz Stockhausen