Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
The only pleasurable part of taking the subway, as everyone will agree, is concocting elaborate fantasies about what it would be like… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going… — Si Robertson Copy Share Image
Essentially every scientist, when posed with the question, "If you want to get science knowledge from Mars, do you want to send… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
If we are willing to concede the President dictatorial authority where we happen to agree with him, as liberals have tended to… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
“Although others can devalue who we are and what we do it is entirely up to us, whether we accept or reject… — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean the bastards aren't out to get you. ... Painters of paintings, writers of books, never could… — Lorenz Hart Copy Share Image
There's actually a wonderful quote from Stanley Fish, who is sometimes very polemical and with whom I don't always agree. He writes,… — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
I feel like if you enjoyed the 119 hours that precede the finale of 'Lost,' is that whole experience ruined by the… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I'm an actress and a singer and I'm also a Christian. We're not all crazy right-wingers. I just want to be like… — Kristin Chenoweth Copy Share Image
Why should workers agree to be slaves in a basically authoritarian structure? They should have control over it themselves. Why shouldn't communities… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A lot of people who work with wildlife work with wildlife to satisfy their own egos. And I don't really agree with… — Steve Irwin Copy Share Image
I always believe, with any kind of hero, that you want to believe that their decision-making is right. That ultimately, I can… — Lorenzo di Bonaventura Copy Share Image
For people who have health insurance, we can provide health insurance reforms that make the insurance they have more secure. And we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is fashionable nowadays to talk about the endless riches of the sea. The ocean is regarded as a sort of bargain… — Jacques Yves Cousteau Copy Share Image
I would like to assure you that there is no organization or any sort of repression against people who don’t agree with… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Most of what has been written about me is one big blur, but I do remember being described in one simple word… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
When people talk about wanting to have children someday, what they really mean is that they want babies. Nobody wants an angry… — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
Part of what I love about games is that, even if you're best friends with somebody, it gives you these sort of… — Rich Sommer Copy Share Image
No one has to agree with everything that someone else says. But in state-to-state relations, we have to understand that we can… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in you make your argument to everybody, and you do it in a way that is real and… — Jason Kander Copy Share Image
I have no religious belief myself, but I don't think we should fight about it. In particular, I think that we should… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
I cannot agree with any astronomer who insists that all of these things are mirages, planets, clouds, or illusions. The majority of… — Morris K. Jessup Copy Share Image
A reader is entitled to believe what he or she believes is consonant with the facts of the book. It is not… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
Hatsumi had a pretty good idea that Nagasawa was sleeping around, but she never complained to him. She was seriously in love… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Most agree, whatever their party political position, that the West can and should open its agricultural markets more fully to the products… — John Redwood Copy Share Image
I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that the working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is my hope that all of the Republicans who recognize that nominating a candidate who agrees with Hillary Clinton on a… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Another friend began to say, "Well, Quentin has a problem of adjusting himself to society and he..." This sentence was never finished.… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The Head and the body are Christ wholly and entirely. The Head is the only begotten Son of God, the body is… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Maybe if I didn't say anything about what happened, we could get back to the way we were. Ignoring a problem was… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Emphasize reconciliation, not resolution. It is unrealistic to expect everyone to agree about everything. Reconciliation focuses on the relationship, while resolution focuses… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Marshes that are stagnant and have no outlets either by rivers or ditches, like the Pomptine marshes, merely putrefy as they stand,… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
But I am, personally, not a gambler. I wouldn’t spend £1 on the lottery, let alone take a punt on a pregnancy.… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
If we agree that universities need to monitor sexual violence in various locations, and that they will require students to hew to… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Copy Share Image
Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children,… — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
Experts generally agree that taking all opportunities to read books and other material aloud to children is the best preparation for their… — Lilian Katz Copy Share Image
