The suicide bomber's imagination leads him to believe in a brilliant act of heroism, when in fact he is simply blowing himself up pointlessly and... →
Salman Rushdie
There is nothing intrinsic linking any religion with any act of violence. The crusades don't prove that Christianity was violent. The Inquisition... →
I do think there was a period there when my sanity was under intense pressure, and I didn't know what to say or do or how to act. I was literally... →
Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
Marketers use big data profiling to predict who is about to get pregnant, who is likely to buy a new car, and who is about to change sexual... →
Douglas Rushkoff
Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.
Bertrand Russell
When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
Bayard Rustin
I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue... →
To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith.
Samuel Rutherford
He's very alive in a scene. He's a very good actor to act with. Even though through most of the picture he's blind, there are many places... →
Mark Rydell