As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of the particular performance, but one can certainly… — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share Image
A writer or painter cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of nonconformity alive. — Luis Bunuel Copy Share Image
Let there be nothing harmonious about our children's playthings, lest they grow up expecting peace and order, and be eaten alive. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Meditation is the use of symbols, not abstractions. A symbol is something alive. It is a hyphen between one reality and another. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Lots of people feel more alive when theyre riding a roller-coaster relationship. But while this might be fun for a while, it… — Tracy McMillan Copy Share Image
Safety lies in catering to the in-group. We are not all brave. All I would ask of writers who find it hard… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy in life is not death. The greatest tragedy is to be alive and not know why — Simon T. Bailey Copy Share Image
All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened. — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
If, for example, I saw my grandparents or my daughter for an instant, would I recognize them? Probably not, because in looking… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“The fact that you are alive is what matters most because no matter what your situation is, you still have a chance… — Gift Gugu Mona Copy Share Image
I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive. — Bo Gritz Copy Share Image
Now before going to a party, I just tell myself to listen with affection to anyone who talks to me... to try… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
In a badly designed book, the letters mill and stand like starving horses in a field. In a book designed by rote,… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
Why do we have to listen to our hearts?” the boy asked, when they had made camp that day. “Because, wherever your… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Apartheid education, rarely mentioned in the press or openly confronted even among once-progressive educators, is alive and well and rapidly increasing now… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Never again will we have this good a chance as we now have to find an enduring place for ourselves within the… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I'm against retiring. The thing that keeps a man alive is having something to do. — Colonel Sanders Copy Share Image
I do come alive more at night and that's always been in my character. — Sarah Harding Copy Share Image
We hope to create thousands of astronauts over the next few years and bring alive their dream of seeing the majestic beauty… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Children can be the most cruel creatures alive. They have the herd instinct of prejudice against any outsider, and they are merciless… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
Rock & roll has kept us alive for all these years. But we just love country music. It's in our blood. — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
The label 'liberal' or 'conservative,' any - every time I hear that, I think of the great Gilbert and Sullivan song from… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
