Well, basically there are two sorts of opera," said Nanny, who also had the true witch's ability to be confidently expert on… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The motion picture is like journalism in that, more than any of the other arts, it confers celebrity. Not just on people… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
In one sense, the Internet is like the discovery of the printing press, only it's very different. The printing press gave us… — Don Tapscott Copy Share Image
I often speak to returning service people about their experiences while serving. Whether in 1915 or 2005, the core issue of facing… — Charles Todd Copy Share Image
The U.S. has many vulnerable targets around Iran, and its bases are within the range of the Guards' missiles. We have other… — John C. Stennis Copy Share Image
People apply for a job, are asked to work for three or four weeks on probation and are then told to go… — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different.… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
San Antonio is like a military town. It's like literally - when I was growing up there, there were five Air Force… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
We rarely use much debt and, when we do, we attempt to structure it on a long-term fixed rate basis. We will… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The fundamental business of the country, that is production and distribution of commodities, is on a sound and prosperous basis. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Outperforming the market with low volatility on a consistent basis is an impossibility. I outperformed the market for 30-odd years, but not… — George Soros Copy Share Image
To turn Karl [Popper]'s view on its head, it is precisely the abandonment of critical discourse that marks the transition of science.… — Thomas Kuhn Copy Share Image
We are not determined by our experiences, but are self-determined by the meaning we give to them; and when we take particular… — Alfred Adler Copy Share Image
We [he and Halmos] share a philosophy about linear algebra: we think basis-free, we write basis-free , but when the chips are… — Irving Kaplansky Copy Share Image
Whereas the property-owning middle class could win freedom for themselves on the basis of rights to property--thus excluding others from the freedom… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions, demanded by work,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I don't watch anything on a regular basis - I tend to binge-watch things. — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
It is amazing how many of the horrors of the 20th century were a result of charismatic quacks misleading millions of people… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
I stand ready to negotiate, but I want no part of laws: I acknowledge none; I protest against every order with which… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
Since each story presents its own technical problems, obviously one can't generalize about them on a two-times-two-equals-four basis. Finding the right form… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I had parents who believed I could do anything - and I know how that made me feel. I think both my… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
Do not allow your sorrow or your rage to become hostility toward people on the basis of their ethnicity or their religious… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
To minimize suffering and to maximize security were natural and proper ends of society and Caesar. But then they became the only… — Walter M. Miller, Jr Copy Share Image