“Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune's greedily coveted favours, they are consequently for the most part, very prone to credulity.” IfsMenReligionMankindCircumstancesFortuneDrivenUselessUncertaintyFavourSuperstitiousCredulityHopes And Fears Book:A Theologico-Political Treatise Source: A Theologico-Political Treatise
“I work within the framework of a very concerted, purely driven Protestant Christian mindset. I had dark early circumstances. I went inward. I have a sturdy will. I have a big heart. I'm a decent guy. And I have a great gift. It's blunted me to the world in many ways.” WorldWayHeartBigsChristianGuyDarkCircumstancesMindsetDrivenDecentInwardFrameworkProtestantsGreat GiftsSturdyBig HeartDecent Guys Author:James Ellroy
“My favorites movies are always character driven, it's the human equation that makes horror interesting to me, not the monsters. It's how people handle extreme circumstances.” PeopleHumansCharacterInterestingCircumstancesHorrorExtremesDrivenMonstersHandleEquations Author:Ed Gass-Donnelly
“Plenty of people within the Moslem world are not engaged in a clash with te West and don't want to do so; and none of the terrorist acts was an attack by the Moslem world on the West. They were attacks by particular groups of Moslems on particular Western individuals or nations. If we allow ourselves to de driven to thinking of every Moslem as an enemy or every Westerner as a friend, for that matter in these circumstances, we'll have no basis for moving forward.” PeopleThinkingWorldMovingIndividualEnemyCircumstancesWesternDrivenTerroristMoving ForwardPlentyClash Author:Kwame Anthony Appiah
“I was on the board of Andre Agassi's foundation, and seeing the way it operated blew my mind. In 2002, I told my wife, I want to start a foundation to give back, I want it to be for kids in hard circumstances, and I want it to be culinary-driven, because that's who I am.” WayWantGivingMindHardKidsWifeSeeingCircumstancesFoundationMy WifeDrivenWho I AmBoardsCulinaryGiving Back Author:Emeril Lagasse
“To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former joys, and whence the force of circumstance, and not choice, has driven us, is oppressive to the heart.” YearsHeartLongHas BeensJoyChoicesForceReturnCircumstancesScenePainfulDrivenAbsenceFormer Book:Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life Source: Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life