I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me.
Henry Villard
Shadow is the obstruction of light. Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and solid bodies... →
Leonardo da Vinci
It seems that it had been destined before that I should occupy myself so thoroughly with the vulture, for it comes to my mind as a very early memory... →
You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.
Tim Vine
In the Buddhist scriptures, it said many births cause suffering, so Buddhism is not against family planning.
Mechai Viravaidya
An easy approach to the walls must be provided against: indeed they should be surrounded by uneven ground, and the roads leading to the gates should... →
Vitruvius
Spinning yarns is a protection against the nuttiness... the greed, the hate all around us.
John D. Voelker
There's something real in women's intuition. It's an accurate signpost for decision making, but it usually bumps up against man's... →
Jon Voight
If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is both saying... →
Miroslav Volf
The case of Afghanistan vs. the Soviet Union is the clearest case of good against evil that I've seen in my lifetime. I thought it was terrific... →
William T. Vollmann