One of the truly bizarre things about our current cultural situation is that the leading figures of the scientific establishment seem genuinely amazed that the citizens do not accept finch-beak variation as proof of the claim that humans, like all an...
As students grow more and more accustomed to assuming materialism and naturalism in their academic work, the concept of creation by God gradually tends to become less real to them. It is not so much that any single finding undermines their faith; rat...
Oh ... why not?' he smiled. "This valley is a pleasant spot for meditation. I like New England... it is here that I have experienced some of my greatest successes - and several notable defeats. Defeat, you know, is not such a bad thing, if there's no...
We could, however, demand much more from the social media sites that are so eager to sign up our kids and encourage them to share, share, share. These companies are selling our kids’ “likes” and habits to advertisers, and enticing all of us to ...
Algren: What do you want? Katsumoto: To know my enemy. Algren: I've seen what you do to your enemies. Katsumoto: The warriors in your country do not kill? Algren: They don't cut the heads off defeated, kneeling men. Katsumoto: General Hasegawa asked ...
Rex: Buzz, you could have defeated Zurg all along! You just got to believe in yourself! Emperor Zurg: Prepare to die. Rex: Aah! I can't look! [as Rex turns he knocks Zurg down the elevator shaft with his tail] Emperor Zurg: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Rex: I d...
I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.
A victory which is not honourable is nothing but a defeat!
The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.
For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.
I think television defeats ventriloquism.
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
You are the best only till someone defeats you.
We are going to have to be there until we defeat this enemy.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
