Books are an attempt to control something that's uncontrollable. That's one of the beauties of African American life. There was this thing… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
Ring around the rosie. A pocket full of posie. Ashes ashes, we all fall down. Some people say that this poem is… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
There are two things that have been true throughout history in big hunks. You can find differences in ten years, but in… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
Wholeness is sort of a dubious concept. Because in terms of the human body and literal wholeness and structures, you think: "here… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that hear above the winds. He is the… — Gene Hill Copy Share Image
If you think about the last 50 years, Africa's proximity and historical context has absolutely been with Europe and the United States,… — Dambisa Moyo Copy Share Image
I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
I think the idea that feminism is dead is dangerous because it leads women and men to believe that (1) they don't… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
I don't think a day has gone past in 10 years where someone hasn't said, 'What did you do with those guns… — Jason Flemyng Copy Share Image
It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life. For my part,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Chats are so new to newspapers, historically. But they're so incredibly valuable because editors/reporters/columnists get to find out what's on the minds… — Michael Wilbon Copy Share Image
I don't waste a lot of time on profound embarrassment. I have always been somewhat the same person. I can think of… — Andy Richter Copy Share Image
If you're going to say you're Catholic, you inform your conscience so that you're activities will conform to what God is telling… — Francis George Copy Share Image
How could you miss it? Just the sound of her voice makes my chest feel tight, my face gets hot and my… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing I wanted to say at various times to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt was that it seemed… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
If enough people are sensitive to the tragedy of Tibet, I think it will produce a change politically as well. But furthermore,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Yeah, I know my way around some guns, which is weird because I have no time for them. I don't like them… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
I usually experiment with posture and physical attributes that may inform the character. Next, my impression gets a nice injection of inspiration… — Bryce Pinkham Copy Share Image
Do not be too quick to assume your enemy is a savage just because he is your enemy. Perhaps he is your… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Both in the lower and the middle classes the wiseacres urge young men 'to think it over' before taking the decisive step.… — Denis de Rougemont Copy Share Image
I know it makes sense for me and him to just break up now and just live our seperate lives and not… — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
I literally came out of high school thinking that I was going to do something in the sports world because I grew… — Dean Geyer Copy Share Image
This is something that Randi Weingarten said to me when I interviewed her once, which I think I quote in chapter nine.… — Dana Goldstein Copy Share Image
As gay people, we always think outside of the box. The irreverent is always important to a drag queen and anyone else… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
“For the taking of revenge, a man locks himself up alone and thinks. His stomach must be empty for his head to… — Xavier Forneret Copy Share Image
Because I'm moved in writing to be irrepressible. Writing to you seems like some holy cause, cause there's not enough female irrepressibility… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
It's very bizarre though when you get hired and then the director will say, "I know how this goes." And you're thinking,… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I'm really excited to act again because when I started out, there was an innocent sort of perception of the world that… — Mariel Hemingway Copy Share Image
Those who think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the reverse of what is… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Kindness. The only possible method when dealing with a living creature. You'll get nowhere with an animal if you use terror, no… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
I don't think polarization is some kind of grand distraction. It's real. People have different commitments, believe in different things and principles,… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
I'm a very controversial figure in the Christian world. I don't believe if you're gay or you have a drink or you… — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The president sets the tone. He creates the atmosphere, and that can be enlightened, progressive, or it can be intimidating, depending on… — James R. Clapper Copy Share Image
I look sad because I don't have the courage to escape from you. And I think I don't want to understand the… — Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
I have always played a lone hand. It is the way my mind works. I have to do my own seeing and… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
If you live your life only following the path you think is approved or acceptable, or the one you think is expected… — Carson Kressley Copy Share Image
I remember times when I was at shows and the person onstage locked eyes with me. And in that moment, everything was… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
When I worry about privacy I worry about peer-to-peer invasion of privacy. About the fact that anytime anything of any note happens,… — Jonathan Zittrain Copy Share Image