What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.

- Arthur Erickson

Of course the playing is important but writing and the establishing of what you are going for is prime too.

- Andy Summers

In a perfect world, probably we'd never yell, we'd just be firm and dispassionate. But of course, everyone yells at their children.

- Ayelet Waldman

I have absolute faith in the correctness of my course.

- Ariel Sharon

I always thought, 'I could go the route of saying some controversial things and have it explode, just do it like that. But I don't do that.' But of course, it wasn't really up to me.

- Ariel Pink

Politicians need a film appreciation course.

- Anurag Kashyap

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.

- Anthony Horowitz

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.

- Ayn Rand

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.

- Aung San Suu Kyi

Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.

- Arthur Erickson

Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.

- Adam Carolla

I am, of course, delighted but there was never any doubt about Sol staying.

- Arsene Wenger

Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor.

- Anthony Hopkins

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

- Annie Dillard

There is much, of course, in the exclusive claims of Christianity which make it hostile to other faiths.

- Annie Besant

I work very hard on my health, and I think about it, of course, like I've never thought before.

- Ann Richards

Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.

- Angela Davis

When I was a preteen, I got into singing, and became really obsessed with it. But then, of course, that didn't work out.

- Amanda Seyfried

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.

- Al Yankovic

I have insecurities of course, but I don't hang out with anyone who points them out to me.

- Adele