Human beings, you see, do absolutely two primary things. We see like and unlike. Like becomes, in literature, simile and metaphor. Unlike becomes... →
Salman Rushdie
Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.
J. Philippe Rushton
The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.
John Ruskin
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.
Bertrand Russell
As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt... →
Babe Ruth
I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children.
Martin Ryle
America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring.
Maurice Saatchi
After my grandfather began to be successful, he returned to the village where he was born and founded a primary school.
Guler Sabanci
In the post-enlightenment Europe of the 19th century the highest authority was no longer the Church. Instead it was science. Thus was born racial... →
Jonathan Sacks