I wouldn't say Musashi is ordinary. But he is. That's what's extraordinary about him. He is not content to rely on whatever… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
I didn't hit one three-pointer in college, and a couple of those were right on the college three line. I didn't feel… — David Lee Copy Share Image
I need more than anything right now what is, of course, most impossible, someone to love me, to be with me at… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
He awoke, opened his eye. The room meant very little to him; he was too deeply immersed in the non-being from which… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
Nothing in life is unfair. It's just life. To the extent that I had any inner turmoil, I had only myself to… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
People think I'm crazy to put myself through such torture, though I would argue otherwise. Somewhere along the line we seem to… — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
I appreciate a slight yield, lightness of weight, some motion if possible, because in moving about, the human body determines... the comfort… — Harry Bertoia Copy Share Image
In technological development, in production of material goods and creature comforts, we've challenged the very gods, but psychologically, emotionally, we're scarcely more… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I was with Tina Turner when she first saw Janis Joplin, and she said to Janis, 'Honey, you can't continue to sing… — Michael Wadleigh Copy Share Image
“You have to direct change; if you don't do so, change will direct you. Guess... the direction change will offer you is… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It is not the team that creates the comfort zone. I thinks it's the kind of films. You keep doing same kind… — Nushrat Bharucha Copy Share Image
Everything we do these days - our lust for ever more comfort, pleasure, and distraction, our refusal to engage with the mandates… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
We need to pray for our nation like never before, and then put legs to our prayers and preach the gospel to… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
You will have a growing knack for gravitating toward wilder, wetter, more interesting problems. More and more, you will be drawn to… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Speak quietly to yourself and promise there will be better days. Whisper gently to yourself and provide assurance that you really are… — mary anne radmacher Copy Share Image
We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When Americans decry our politicians, we must remember that ultimately, politicians reflect us. When we demand more than mediocrity - and the… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
He was in a room of the Gesshuuji, which he had thought it would be impossible to visit. The approach of death… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
As the acceptance of democracy brings a certain life-giving power, so it has its own sanctions and comforts. Perhaps the most obvious… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
“Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The Saviour and the Comforter, two Persons of the Godhead: the One ever saves from sins, and the Other comforts him who… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
I used to comfort myself with the idea of a book with serrated, detachable pages, so that you could read the thing… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
See here, for our comfort, a sweet agreement of all three persons: the Father giveth a commission to Christ; the Spirit furnisheth… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
So if hunger provokes wailing and wailing brings the breast; if the breast permits sucking and milk suggests its swallow; if swallowing… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
As far as comfort and convenience, men have it all over the girls. A man can wear the same suit every day… — Divine Copy Share Image
“There is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing, and predatory. The invention of hell measured by our Christianity… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
No system can long command the loyalties of men and women which does not expect of them certain measures of discipline, and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts:… — Dave Reichert Copy Share Image
Recollections of the past and visions of the present come to bear me company; the meanest man to whom I have ever… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I like to always stop with a couple of pages that I haven't - that are just raw copy, where I haven't… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The recovery movementis not primarily addressed to people who always knew about their sexual victimization. Its main intendedaudience is women who aren't… — Frederick Crews Copy Share Image
Personal change, growth, development, identity formation--these tasks that once were thought to belong to childhood and adolescence alone now are recognized as… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing. But in ordinary life no one calls a child selfish… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
“It’s not about describing someone as that’s typically an attempt to make whatever they are comfortable for whoever we are. Instead, we… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
“Humans are designed to seek comfort and order, and so if they have comfort and order, they tend to plant themselves, even… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“This may sound weird, but there are certain songs, like really great songs---you don't just listen to them, you know? They make… — Jasmine Warga Copy Share Image
Because you may think a bed is a peaceful thing, Sir, and to you it may mean rest and comfort and a… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
