Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
When we raise our children, we relive our childhood. Forgotten memories, painful and pleasurable, rise to the surface… So each of us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I unpetalled you, like a rose, to see your soul, and I didn't see it. But everything around -horizons of land and… — Juan Ramon Jimenez Copy Share Image
The strong smells I remember are all floral. There's nothing like a farm rose to take you back to the mountains and… — Amanda Seyfried Copy Share Image
That you are fair or wise is vain, Or strong, or rich, or generous; You must have also the untaught strain That… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
She had to go," said Rose. "It was because of her angel," said Indigo. "And because of Granddad," added Caddy. "And because… — Hilary McKay Copy Share Image
So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red rose and says "Your eyes… — Tommy Cooper Copy Share Image
As Jack began to climb the stairs, Fiona looked up at her new home. Five stories of stately mansion rose above her… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
I knew you were a badass," continued Adrian. "But I didn't realize just how much until I saw you dropping guardians out… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Preserve me from such cordiality! It is like handling briar-roses and may-blossoms - bright enough to the eye, and outwardly soft to… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
The scene we shot with Charlie Rose was actually the last piece that was ever shot for 'Breaking Bad.' My daughter and… — Peter Gould Copy Share Image
My thoughts hold mortal strife, I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries, Peace to my soul to bring, Oft calls… — William Drummond Copy Share Image
So here's a question from one who believed, only a week ago, that Baghdad might just collapse and that we might wake… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Mark glanced at his watch and sighed. "Look, I have to go, but I'm serious, Rose. Stay here. Stay out of trouble.… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
A history of listening to Top 40 radio had left me with a ridiculous and clichéd notion of love. I had never… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
What the woman who labors wants is the right to live, not simply exist ... the right to life, and the sun… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
...the girl with the tip-tilted nose, the forget-me-not eyes, the rose red cheeks and the lily-white neck and shoulders who gave the… — Gaston Leroux Copy Share Image
[On New York:] ... a city rose before me. It was narrow and tall like a gothic temple, surrounded by water, and… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
“Flower and bird, two species never meant to mate. Yet at length the rose overcame her fear and from that single, forbidden… — Susan Kay Copy Share Image
It was a hurting tune, resigned, a cry of heartache for all in the world that fell apart. As ash rose black… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Um, thanks,” she said. It was nice to see one woman finally immune to that accent. That wasn’t to say Rose wasn’t… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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While I am proud of a number of accomplishments, there are real costs to being unreasonable. Long hours. Too little time with… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Do thou smile like the rose at loss and gain; For the rose, though its petals be torn asunder, Still smiles on,… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Japan rose from the ashes of World War II as a 'trading state,' the model for export-led growth. It is not clear… — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
I come to the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses, and the voice I hear falling on my… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
And this has been man's stupidity - a very ancient one: whenever he gets into difficulty, he changes the word. Change the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“So, if he wants to treat me like I’m ten instead of twenty, that’s okay. If he wants to have one of… — Tish Thawer Copy Share Image
“What moves me so deeply, about this little prince who is sleeping here, is his loyalty to a flower — the image… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's like this," he'd explained once to Connie. "If someone gave you a single rose, you'd be happy, right?" "Okay," he went… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
By what sort of experience are we led to the conviction that spirit exists? On the whole, by searching, painful experience. The… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
The Doctor: The Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. And there it is: planet Earth at its height. Covered with megacities, five… — Russell T Davies Copy Share Image
Briefly, the nymphaeum glowed with a softer light, like a full moon. Piper smelled exotic spices and blooming roses. She heard distant… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Lucy said, 'We're so afraid of being sent away, Aslan. And you have sent us back into our own world so often.'… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, another senator rose and said {as they always do} 'Does the gentleman yield?' They always say that - least they call… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The United States encouraged Iraqis to rise up after Saddam Hussein's army was driven out of Kuwait. Washington assumed Saddam was weak… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Early on, America took one path and went down the advertising road, and in the UK they founded the BBC and developed… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image