When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future. Jules Verne characterdeeddoubt Change image and share on social
When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos. Edith Hamilton chaosdispensefact Change image and share on social
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Desmond Tutu africabibleclose Change image and share on social
When the modern movement began, starting perhaps with the paintings of Manet and the poetry of Baudelaire and Rimbaud, what distinguished the modern movement was the enormous honesty that writers, painters and playwrights displayed about themselves. The bourgeois novel flinches from such notions. J. G. Ballard baudelairebeginbourgeois share on social
When the money dries up, the sites die off. That's the way to go after piracy. Jared Polis diedrymoney Change image and share on social
When the mood takes me, I like to be a man of action. I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better! Andrea Bocelli actionfasthorse Change image and share on social
When the moon covers the sun, we have a solar eclipse. What do you call it when birds do that? Kim Young-ha birdcallcover Change image and share on social
When the mortgage giant Fannie Mae recruited Daniel H. Mudd, he told a friend he wanted to work for an altruistic business. Already a decorated marine and a successful executive, he wanted to be a role model to his four children - just as his father, the television journalist Roger Mudd, had been to him. Charles Duhigg altruisticbusinesschild share on social
When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution. Charlotte Perkins Gilman birthcalmeasy Change image and share on social
When the mothers start to shatter, then everything just comes undone. Tori Amos mothershatterstart Change image and share on social