There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its existence, that people can get promotions for, because it could result in results.

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.

Joseph Conrad

I didn't have a regular school experience and wanted a more abstract way of learning. I started exploring in lots of different creative ways. It gave me the opportunity to travel and play music, so it was good for me.

Brie Larson

I said to the almond tree, Friend, speak to me of God, and the almond tree blossomed.

Nikos Kazantzakis

Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.

Elizabeth Goudge

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it for a woman. I'm disappointed to have to say that, but I think it's undeniably true.

Carly Fiorina

He who cannot eat horsemeat need not do so. Let him eat pork. But he who cannot eat pork, let him eat horsemeat. It's simply a question of taste.

Nikita Khrushchev

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom -- these are the pillars of society.

Henrik Ibsen

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals, love them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.

Edwin Way Teale

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe

The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.

Eugene Debs

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

Arthur Schopenhauer