A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me? — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
Everybody knows if it's on the Internet, some brilliant hacker can get at it. — Lesley Stahl Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as romance in our day, women have become too brilliant; nothing spoils a romance so much as… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When you're 19 and writing plays, you think every actor is full of it. They just can't handle your brilliant material. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
What can you say about a twenty-five year old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant. That she loved Mozart… — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
Being a dad is just brilliant and fantastic. You can't put into words what it's like. — Peter Kay Copy Share Image
Dull indeed would be the man that did not feel the thrill awakened by the first glimpse of brilliant color in the… — Arthur Cleveland Bent Copy Share Image
I think the tone of mockery Heller finds is a part of Mann's irony, but only a part - a brilliant further… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Ally McCoist, Kenny McDowall, Ian Durrant, Jim Stewart - all fantastic people. It is still a brilliant club for me, although technically… — Terry Butcher Copy Share Image
The mystery of the evening-star brilliant in silence and distance between the downward-surging plunge of the sun and the vast, hollow seething… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I have more faith in doing something creative for a cable station or something like Yahoo or Google or Amazon. What Netflix… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
I really like funny women. I'm drawn to women like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, Amy Schumer. They're writers,… — Zoe Foster Blake Copy Share Image
Though I had not been offered a truckload of projects post the release of 'Mayaanadhi,' the handful that came to me had… — Aishwarya Lekshmi Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I played Tallulah in 'Bugsy Malone' at the Queen's Theatre. Me and five others shared a flat together… — Sheridan Smith Copy Share Image
If Edgar Allan Poe were alive today, his agent would be constantly slapping him upside the head with tightly rolled copies of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
O Lord, may I never want to look good. O Jesus, may I always read it all: out loud and the very… — Theodore Roethke Copy Share Image
Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it's like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more… — Bob Marley Copy Share Image
A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
But I do say that educated and scholarly men, if they’re brilliant and creative to begin with—which, unfortunately, is rarely the case—tend… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People ask me about 'The Hurt Locker' a lot, and it's an incredible piece of filmmaking - as are 'Band of Brothers'… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
What's amazing to me is how many of the issues facing women in the ancient world still linger today. Take Odysseus' wife,… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it's somebody else's idea. — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
I talk about Breaking Bad being the most brilliant show ever, and even minor characters have subtle nuances and are fully drawn. — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
It {France} may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant. — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
Fat people are brilliant in bed. If I'm sitting on top of you, who's going to argue? — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is...' then name a really brilliant crime… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
I think one of my favorite productions ever was Sondheims Assassins at the Roundabout in 2004. Beyond brilliant. — Robert Lopez Copy Share Image
I have worked with brilliant people, so it has been a great journey and learnt a lot from them. — Jaideep Ahlawat Copy Share Image
Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything. — Ad Reinhardt Copy Share Image
I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
T was a brilliant feeling to make my debut and to hear the crowd chanting my name. It made me play much… — Theo Walcott Copy Share Image
I have done some serious roles earlier and there have been some brilliant comedy roles in my career as well. — Salim Kumar Copy Share Image
There's something that happens whenever I see a brilliant show, where I just want to get up on stage. — Adrian Lester Copy Share Image
To gain unshakable faith in Jesus Christ is to flood your life with brilliant light. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
I love Kathy Griffin, I think she's brilliant, but for me, there is a line when I go OK, that's too much. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My bats were brilliant. The shape of them changed, and towards the end of my career, they got a little bit bigger. — Andrew Flintoff Copy Share Image
