He insisted on a single trade secret: that you had to…

Never trade a secret, you'll always get the short end of the bargain.

— John le Carre

I lived long enough in a society where freedom of speech was nonexistent, and I know what kind of misery that creates - starting…

— Milos Forman

“...As we locked the front door behind us, she said, "How do you keep getting in without my knowing it? Did Jill give you…

— Steven Brust

It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the…

— Edward de Bono

Walking the streets on winter nights kept him warm, despite the cold nocturnal passions of uprising winds. His footsteps led between trade-marked houses, two…

— Alan Sillitoe

I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositories of the various creeds and have…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

I'm not being presumptuous, I hope, when I say that 'The Crown' is little bit like 'The Godfather.' It is essentially about a family…

— Peter Morgan

There was the natural human survival instinct to be optimistic.

— Barbara Demick

The prime communities of the Southwest are survival communities. Their sustenance is governed by rainfall and wind direction. You can study little enclaves of…

— Antoine Predock

“There was no such thing as a fair fight. All vulnerabilities must be exploited.”

— Cary Caffrey

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.

— Ken Burns

“Good morning,” one of the soldiers said. “I’m Captain Joseph Walker and this is Sergeant James Vanetten. We are members of the One-Hundred-and-First Airborne…

— Shafter Bailey

The crisis of our diminishing water resources is just as severe (if less obviously immediate) as any wartime crisis we have ever faced. Our…

— Jim Wright

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

— Martha Gellhorn

I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African…

— Jesmyn Ward