Today's political leaders demonstrate their low opinion of the public with every social law they pass. They believe that, if given the… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
The dirty little secret about comics is that the wall to getting published is actually not that high. You can publish your… — Kelly Sue DeConnick Copy Share Image
Being the youngest, I constantly have that insecurity of being the youngest, which ultimately is probably my drive. in a lot of… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that we who are alive and can think today-in the closing years of the 20th century-have a commitment to… — Paul Levinson Copy Share Image
Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country I've been to where people, when you… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I become exaggerated, and loud, and obnoxious, and full of the spirit of improvisation. That's one of the weird things about performing,… — Wayne White Copy Share Image
Reason's biological function is to preserve and promote life and to postpone its extinction as long as possible. Thinking and acting are… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Royce cast a harsh and anxious look at the prince. “What?” Alric asked. “I thought we discussed the importance of keeping a… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
If the only thing that you want to do is make money - if that's your whole motivation - I think you're… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
As soon as you start to think of that thing that you want to convey or say, you can always just say… — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
Use every letter you write, every conversation you have, every meeting you attend, to express your fundamental beliefs and dreams. Affirm to… — Robert Muller Copy Share Image
I think it's probably, musically, probably the most sophisticated. ("The Woman in White") There's a lot more daring harmony in it than… — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
To glorify God means to think and act in such a way that the goodness, greatness, and beauty of God are constantly… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
On any day in the Mission in San Francisco, you can see a hand-painted sign that is kind of funky, and maybe… — Margaret Kilgallen Copy Share Image
I think President Barack Obama is going to be treated very, very well by history in terms of his ability to save… — Tom Vilsack Copy Share Image
Philosophy, for Plato, is a kind of vision, the 'vision of truth'...Everyone who has done any kind of creative work has experienced,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In The Shining, you love Shelley Duvall. You love Jack Nicholson. You're let into the intimacy of that violence and it's emotional… — Kimberly Peirce Copy Share Image
I should also mention that the Neue Galerie is piping music into the galleries where "Klee and America" is hanging, a practice… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
I think people who make checklists are the most miserable and alone because they are looking for the perfect Entenmann's that is… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
Hawai'i has often been called a melting pot, but I think of it more as a 'mixed plate'---a scoop of rice with… — Alan Brennert Copy Share Image
It is the first day because it has never been before and the last day because it will never be again. Be… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
My imagination? No, I don't think it's VIVID at all. On the contrary, it's not nearly potent enough. My poor imaginative faculties… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
Anyone of any age, any race, any background, any education - if they write an interesting enough book - can become a… — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Copy Share Image
If I want to read something that's really giving me something serious and fundamental to think about, about the human condition, if… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I think you either have chemistry or you don't. If you could create chemistry in the editing room then there would be… — Robert Schwentke Copy Share Image
Lies hold civilization together. If people ever seriously begin telling each other what they really think, there'd be no peace. Good-bye to… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
And all the times I was picking up potatoes, I did have conversations with them. Too, I did have thinks of all… — Opal Whiteley Copy Share Image
I think it is inevitable that leftist forces in the US would be divided, if not balkanized, to some extent. Among the… — Robert Pollin Copy Share Image
Working with Robert, Robert [Elswit] is a storyteller. He's not a cinematographer, he's a storyteller. And to me, that's the graduation I… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
That's a movie quote, right? You know, if you do that with books, people think you're intelligent." Sophie lowered her chin. "If… — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
I longed that those who, I have reason to think, owe me ill will, might be eternally happy. It seemed refreshing to… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
My mind is in so many different places while we're shooting. Part of it is watching the performance, part of it is… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
If biologists so often forget the most universal of all biologic principles [variation], it is not surprising that men and women in… — Alfred Kinsey Copy Share Image
Why not make the work easier and more interesting so that people do not have to sweat? The Toyota style is not… — Eliyahu M. Goldratt Copy Share Image
I think polling is the best way of gauging public opinion - doing something that's independent, that's quantitative, that doesn't give just… — Andrew Kohut Copy Share Image
When I am doing things around the house - when I'm decorating, setting up furniture, putting out a vase of flowers, lighting… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
It's easy to run to others. It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I think every filmmaker in Europe would be lying if they didn't say one day they just wanted to make a movie… — Baran Odar Copy Share Image