You can always tell the old river hand by the way in which he stretches himself out upon the cushions at the… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
I tell this anecdote with tongue in cheek at the start of my book William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination, but… — Oliver Harris Copy Share Image
I find her anecdotes more efficacious than sheep-counting, rain on a tin roof, or alanol tablets.... you will find me and Morpheus,… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Anecdotes, personal stories, reminiscences, like biblical parables, are the medium through which faith is restored. Stories are a form of poetry, and… — Peter Block Copy Share Image
About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination… — Alan Thicke Copy Share Image
Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument. — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Hearing about something a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat… — Maurice Denis Copy Share Image
It isn't enough to have had an interesting or hilarious or tragic life. Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
[He Stopped Loving Her Today] is all about the experience of being alive and the thought process of consciousness, and then you… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
I don't do commentaries on films because A) I'm not very good at it and B) it's an odd thing that I… — David Slade Copy Share Image
I like it that they [disciples] feed me and pay for my clothes and protect me. And in return I will do… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“These handkerchief gardens are a traditional German solution to apartment dwellers' yearning for a tool shed and a vegetable garden. They make… — Anna Funder Copy Share Image
There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image