Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes. – William Winwood Reade Category: Humankind
The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist. – T.H. Huxley, “Evolution and Ethics,” 1893 Category: Humankind
Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce Category: Humankind
Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer Category: power
As far as Im concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning. – Neil Gaiman Category: Morning
To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places. – Wendell Phillips, Orations, Speeches, Lectures and Letters Category: Government
