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english-philosopher nature state
In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. Thomas Hobbes
english-philosopher freedom lives man reserved wants work
Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do. Robin G. Collingwood
english-philosopher question
The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer? Jeremy Bentham
english-philosopher measure results
As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends. Jeremy Bentham
english-philosopher foundation happiness number
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. Jeremy Bentham
english-philosopher good number people
It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong. Jeremy Bentham
english-philosopher remedies
They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. Francis Bacon
english-philosopher men wisdom
Wise men make more opportunities than they find. Francis Bacon
english-philosopher experience great opportunity playboy wonderful
Playboy was a wonderful experience and a great opportunity for me. Rita Mero
experience
It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it. Charles Caleb Colton
experience taste helpful
One has to taste an experience for oneself and find out if the thing is genuine or helpful. Then, before discarding something, one has to go further, so that one gets firsthand experience. Chogyam Trungpa
experience incredible powerful pushed scores stories wonderful work
It was a wonderful experience to work with Sylvia. She pushed me to be more powerful with my acting, and she told me scores of the most incredible stories I've ever heard. She is amazing. Lukas Haas
experience hope negative remind talk whenever
I hope that whenever my daughter has a negative experience, I'm there to talk about it and remind her how we feel when it's done to her so that she doesn't do it to others. Lorraine Toussaint
experience lived richest
The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the longest, but the one with the richest experiences Jean-Jacques Rousseau
experience
We've all had experience to this point, which has been good. Mike Cisco
experience loved side totally west
West Side Story. It's a totally new experience for me. I've always loved theater. Diana DeGarmo
experience fools start wise
We start as fools and become wise through experience African Proverb
experience mental playing talent top tremendous
When you've got talent from top to bottom, everybody's playing to count. It's a tremendous experience to play without that mental cushion. Dan Brooks
greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him. Charles Caleb Colton
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away. Charles Dickens
great-expectations strange melancholy
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!... Charles Dickens
great-expectations may done
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may. Charles Dickens
great-expectations may let-me
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may. Charles Dickens
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
opportunity deuces letters
Then idiots talk....of Energy. If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy. It is such a conventional superstition, such parrot gabble! What the deuce!....But show me a good opportunity, show me something really worth being energetic about, and I'll show you energy. Charles Dickens
opportunity men often-is
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy. Charles Caleb Colton
opportunity female lovers
Fortune, like other females, prefers a lover to a master, and submits with impatience to control; but he that wooes her with opportunity and importunity will seldom court her in vain. Charles Caleb Colton
opportunity mind glory
The road to glory would cease to be arduous if it were trite and trodden; and great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities but to make them. Charles Caleb Colton
opportunity extremity
Our extremities are God's opportunities. Charles Spurgeon
opportunity honor denial
When facing the apparent denial of my request, God gave me the opportunity to honor him by trusting His Word. Charles Spurgeon
opportunity library today
I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me. Alan Moore
opportunity voice people
It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember. Alan Moore
opportunity giving people
I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people, and that's not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they'll go to hell. It's about giving them an opportunity to reimagine Christianity. Alan Green
playboy
I've been asked to pose for Playboy. Elizabeth Jagger
playboy potential rotten talks traded
I think if he was traded because of any potential talks with Playboy or anything like this, then that's a dirty, nasty, rotten trick. That's really a freedom-of-speech infringement on me. He's my husband. I'm his wife. He's not responsible for what I do and I'm not responsible for what he does. I have my own career, and it should be separated. Anna Benson
playboy
Michael Jackson asked me to sign a Playboy. I was more than happy to. Jessica Hahn
playboy tied-up tied
Some, but much of my money is tied up in Playboy stock. Christie Hefner
playboy decent chaps
The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down. Errol Flynn
playboy throttle liberating
But 'Playboy' was liberating. I was drawn to it and went for it full throttle. LeRoy Neiman
playboy considering
I am seriously considering it. Rebecca Loos
wonderful hypothetical
Now everything is wonderful and hazardous and nothing's hypothetical. Alan Moore
wonderful scientist interest
I'm in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating. Alan Alda
wonderful used many-friends
It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like. Casey Stengel
wonderful cheeky
Don't let them get you down. Be cheeky. And wild. And wonderful. Astrid Lindgren
wonderful
When or if answers are found, you can be assured those answers will lead to more questions. Is the troubling or wonderful? It depends on your view of your place in nature, your place among the stars; I suppose. Bill Nye
wonderful
Every time I read Erin Belieu work I'm pierced in that wonderful way poetry can. Cheryl Strayed
wonderful frailty humans
You'll never be a wonderful woman or even a wonderful human being until you learn to have some regard for human frailty. Bing Crosby
wonderful bluegrass glad
Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it. Bill Monroe
wonderful
I'm told I'm like my father, and he was the most wonderful man. But I think he was gentler than me. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala