The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the fact that Anna Nicole [Smith] clearly did not have a great relationship with her mother made the judge very… — Dan Abrams Copy Share Image
“ I'm definitely a bit of Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up…part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever. ” — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
I think she [Michelle Obama] is reluctant to date someone she's above at work. It's 1989, she's at a law firm, surrounded… — Tika Sumpter Copy Share Image
“She was reluctant at first, but when I screamed that she was ruining my life, she relented. I’d have to use that… — J. Sterling Copy Share Image
As dismayed as Americans are with the influence of the special interests that finance election campaigns, they've been reluctant to embrace the… — John Harwood Copy Share Image
Folks are obviously reluctant to do things that they don't feel comfortable with, and the conservative nature of the state is such… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
I feel like 'Gossip Girl' isn't really 'Gossip Girl' anymore when they're away at school because they don't go to NYU; they… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
I think the public is very reluctant to get involved in more foreign wars, especially in the Middle East. And they understand,… — Michael Klare Copy Share Image
My parents were reluctant to let me start auditioning until I was at least a little bit emotionally stable - I'm still… — Zoey Deutch Copy Share Image
One reason patients are reluctant to work in a therapy group is they fear that things will go too far, that the… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
The issue we are reluctant to talk about is even more sensitive than condoms. The issue - and I will try to… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I'm not a reluctant pop star. I'm very grateful and happy for everything that I have and for things when they go… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Even the Westerns that I grew up with, the Sergio Leone's and all that, there was always a sort of anti-hero, a… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I'd studied 16th century science and magic. I thought it was strange that people were interested in the same kinds of things… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
People are very reluctant to invest unless they know it's going to be a sure thing, and let's face it: film is… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
The things you’re most embarrassed about, most ashamed of, and most reluctant to share are the very tools God can use most… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant - ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
I was reluctant to be critical of the United States because I thought the United States could do no wrong; that the… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
When I was told they wanted the show to be about doctors, I was a bit reluctant to sign on, you know?… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“Strange how reluctant I was to acknowledge that control of my fate lay beyond my own conscious will. Habit of a lifetime,… — Patrick McGrath Copy Share Image
We are reluctant to do these bigger acquisitions that are then integrated, especially if they are committed to a certain product that… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
For me, I don't have a publicist. I don't want to talk about my personal life. I don't want to talk about… — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image
It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a means for us to persuade a reluctant God to do something which is against His better judgment. Prayer,… — John F Walvoord Copy Share Image
Why should the sons and daughters of God be reluctant to pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of faith… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
The slow-rising central horror of "Watergate" is not that it might grind down to the reluctant impeachment of a vengeful thug of… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The thing that would probably surprise most people was that Dr. Martin Luther King was a very reluctant leader. He felt very… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about - nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti),… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Major international interventions are doomed unless the US is directly or indirectly involved. But if American politicians, officials and servicemen are to… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We've come a long way since 'Beowulf.' In the twentieth century, a strain in children's and YA literature offered the humorously conceived… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a reluctant Anglophile. My mother's a children's librarian, and all of the children's literature I read was from her… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
This common and unfortunate fact of the lack of adequate presentation of basic ideas and motivations of almost any mathematical theory is… — Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov Copy Share Image
The kinds of people we need in government are precisely the kinds of people who are most reluctant to go into government… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
For decades, many blacks were reluctant to pursue a profession that was associated with servitude. If you went to school, it was… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
For any species to change, if they are unable and are unwilling to do so - I might, for example, have suggested… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
When you improvise on the spot, people are very reluctant to have soft moments or quiet moments or sad moments because they're… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image