I don't think it's always a sign of respect for persons (inside or outside of fiction) to pretend to be able to… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
Life is always going to be a series of ouch-making moments, and the question was, was I going to go all fetal… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The reason that gets me is, and the greatest part of my job and what I do, is the humanity of it… — Kylie Minogue Copy Share Image
I tend to lose myself in the moment. I’m not very good at holding back. I don’t know how to do this… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
I have moments that aren't too bad, but there's always something I'm struggling with, or feeling guilty about. I just figured I… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
I remember my first World Cup I couldn't sleep before the game, and at the end of the day, it's just a… — Sam Kerr Copy Share Image
It is . . . [the citizens] choice, and depends upon their conduct, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptable… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The art of Montessori, which simply means finding the best way to help the child himself become what he was meant to… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Ideas come at any moment -- except when you demand them. Most ideas come while I'm physically active, at the gym, with… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
His eyes were frighteningly alive, the curve of his mouth savage and pleased. It suddenly didn't seem at all surprising that he… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
My business is to be talented, that is, to be capable of selecting the important moments from the trivial ones. . .… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I don't doubt for a moment that the revolution will result in a nonracial society. I have just come from being a… — Helen Joseph Copy Share Image
Grief is not just a series of events, stages, or timelines. Our society places enormous pressure on us to get over loss,… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
I glance back in the mirror to the concrete bridge, the one I've boldly driven straight across without second thought, and I… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
You've got to be in the moment, especially in the playoffs. If you're worried about the past, worried about what happened last… — Drew Storen Copy Share Image
I missed the moment when time collapsed and memory was erased, replaced by finicky social experiments, lost in the blur of intoxication,… — Alex Gaskarth Copy Share Image
I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone,… — Jon Blais Copy Share Image
'Mike & Molly' exists in a world where we don't just say a snarky line, make a crazy face, and walk out… — Billy Gardell Copy Share Image
Successful trial lawyers are like heat-seeking missiles carrying payloads of information prejudicial to their opponent's case, constantly looking for the chance to… — David Berg Copy Share Image
My favorite films are when all of the technicalities are so seamless and so well done that I'm not thinking about them… — Condola Rashad Copy Share Image
Part of the mystery of any given photograph is the fact that it was taken at a certain time and in a… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
“There were moments in a person's life that they would carry with them until their dying day, and Finely knew the moment… — Kady Cross Copy Share Image
All good writers across the board, if they're dealing with real tragedy, they will give you comedy in it. And if they're… — Chukwudi Iwuji Copy Share Image
I think happiness is overrated, but joy is the key to the thousands of possible moods we can feel. And when we… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
I no longer feel attracted to the well-made novel. I want to write the story that will zero in and give you… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I had a classic case of what people call "seeker's disease." That was part of my journey, but now, meaning is like… — Roger Housden Copy Share Image
Many & most moments go by with us hardly aware of their passage. But love & hate & fear cause time to… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself;… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Smiling, sincere, incorruptible - His body disciplined and limber. A man who had become what he could, And was what he was-… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you didn't always have to choose between turning away for good or rushing in deeper. In the moments that it really… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I like that feeling in your brain when you've got seven things that you're holding in one moment-you heard that person cough,… — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
I deserve passion," she said. "I deserve to be loved- in every way. I deserve a man who'll give his whole heart,… — Loretta Chase Copy Share Image
Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief -- resolve to be… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Words mean nothing to liberals. They say whatever will help advance their cause at the moment, switch talking points in a heartbeat,… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
With me, a story usually begins with a single idea or mental picture. The writing of the story is simply a matter… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“...no moment cares, and the ones you wish could stretch out like a hammock for you to lie in, well, those moments… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
I think my instinct creatively is to make things that are very funny and happy and silly. And in this moment where… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image