I sincerely believe that we not only have the right to know what is good and what is evil; we have the… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nearly all bookish people are snobs, and especially the more enlightened among them. They are apt to assume that if a writer… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
Since art exists for humanity it is not unreasonable to assume that humanity has some rights in the matter. Who pays the… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
If the ordinary wage-earner worked four hours a day, there would be enough for everybody and no unemployment -- assuming a certain… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
When you approach your baby with an attitude of respect, you let him know what you intend to do and give him… — Magda Gerber Copy Share Image
There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t. — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat; Of habits devil, is angel yet… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
No man with any sense assumes that a woman's words mean to her exactly what they mean to him. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
You don't ask a man, 'Do you want to be in control [of your job]?' You assume he wants control. Why would… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume… — Patricia Richardson Copy Share Image
What's crazy to me is that people now assume I'm behind [hip-hop] tracks that other people are putting out. They're just sitting… — AraabMuzik Copy Share Image
What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The IMF acts as the collection agent for global bondholders. Its projections begin by assuming that all debts can be paid, if… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily write everything as automatically assuming it will be collected, there's nothing that says Hitman will be collected, though it… — Garth Ennis Copy Share Image
It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power,… — Imre Lakatos Copy Share Image
The optimum portfolio depends on the various expectations of choices available and the degree of variance in performance which is tolerable. The… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I have always had the greatest respect for students. There is nothing I hate more than condescension—the attitude that they are inferior… — Mark Van Doren Copy Share Image
If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all assume that… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I remember having a discussion with [Kaz] about his translation of the word shunyata as "boundlessness," instead of the more traditional "emptiness."… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
I think utopianism and eschatology are really two sides of the same coin. They both assume that some massively transformative event is… — Phillip Sandifer Copy Share Image
I want our children's children to be free to walk safely down the street, girls to attend school, and women to work.… — Julie Carmen Copy Share Image