Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be… — Peter Bayne Copy Share Image
The important thing is to firmly fix our gaze on our own weaknesses, not run away from them, but to battle them… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
He asked if he could recite a poem he had written that morning: 'You speak,' he said, 'the language of shooting stars,… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture. Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My father, Rex, was one of the most charismatic human beings I've ever known, and also one of the most brilliant. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
It’s a brilliant song! C’mon…’Every day is like survival. You’re my lover, not my rival.’ What could be more meaningful than that?… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
A brilliant strategy is, certainly, a matter of intelligence, but intelligence without audaciousness is not enough. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
What keeps my flame burning is, first, I'm ornery and persistent. I don't like giving up on things and I believe in… — Eddie Pepitone Copy Share Image
I used Coldplay's mixer, Michael H. Brauer, on 'Roadsinger'; he's brilliant. He won a Grammy for their record. — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
As I took another breath, I saw the three stars again. They were not calling to me; they were letting me go,… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
Part of George R.R. Martin's brilliant storytelling is taking the carpet out from under your feet. — Harry Lloyd Copy Share Image
I think it's brilliant to see players you've grown up with on the international stage come through to senior level. — Phil Jones Copy Share Image
The death of any man aged 56 is very sad for his widow and family. And no one would deny that Steve… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
A burst of harmony so brilliant that it almost overwhelmed them surrounded Meg, the cherubim, Calvin, and Mr. Jenkins. But after a… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
My mom used to sell Avon when my mom was a kid for about three years, and so it was like the… — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
In fiction, I have been on a Zweig kick. In England over December, I noticed that many British newspapers' year-end recommenders were… — Sylvia Brownrigg Copy Share Image
If language naturally evolves to serve the needs of tiny rodents with tiny rodent brains, then what's unique about language isn't the… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
No, let us not make God in our image, poor inhabitants that we are of a distant planet lost in infinite space.… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
If you want to make your children brilliant, tell them fairy tales. If you want to make them more brilliant, tell them… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
First day working with Tom Hiddleston. He is my ideal as an actor: brilliant, reliable, human, decent, open, and friendly. He charmed… — Jim Beaver Copy Share Image
In snowboarding, you're constantly aware that people are so technically brilliant at what they do, and you feel like, "Ugh, I'll never… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Essentially, no one can control what other people think of the final outcome. Once it's done, the audience will like it or… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
Sherlock' is brilliant television. It has completely reinvented British drama, and upped the stakes for home-grown shows. — Alexander Armstrong Copy Share Image
