The U.S. intelligence community is palsied by lawyers. When we were going to capture Osama bin Laden, for example, the lawyers were… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I watched the early morning light pass over and through the windows of colored glass, leaving streaks of red and green and… — Karen Cushman Copy Share Image
As a person i couldnt say, although i am well apuainted with tales of his atrocities. every time brom and i crossed… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I'm never more aware of the limitations of language than when I try to describe beauty. Language can create its own loveliness,… — Scott Sanders Copy Share Image
Sometimes I forget what I put in. I want to capture things in that way, where you're looking into your memory, a… — Ali Banisadr Copy Share Image
And when we look in through the windows, all we see are shadows. And when we try and listen, all we hear… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
All our surest statements about the nature of the world are mathematical statements, yet we do not know what mathematics "is"... and… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
I consider myself a person like everyone else, and I take my time writing my records because I feel like it captures… — Andrew McMahon Copy Share Image
I bristle a little when the argument for film gets put into the nostalgia ghetto. Film is still the highest quality and… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
When you're at the basketball court watching a game, one person may be talking about a fight he had with his wife,… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
In a brilliant fusion of fact and fiction, Jayne Anne Phillips has written the novel of the year. It's the story of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The scarcity trap captures this notion we see again and again in many domains. When people have very little, they undertake behaviors… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
I'm constantly exploring spirituality, sexuality, different aspects of love, whether it's romantic love or the love you have for your children. And… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
There's so much more subtlety to this new recording. There's a subtlety in the playing. There's also a subtlety in the way… — Jason Molina Copy Share Image
Acting is a general thing; it's not like being a primary artist like a painter or writer which stands the test of… — Tom Hollander Copy Share Image
Let me go out on a limb and suggest that those who see hints of a new class ideology developing around information… — Steven Weber Copy Share Image
I'm not going to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to… — Chris Rose Copy Share Image
I think it's important to understand that a cartoonist is not drawing for favourable reviews from politicians. What we're trying to do… — Terry Mosher Copy Share Image
It's just about going out and getting the shot, so I have a great understanding of how to execute it, so that… — David R. Ellis Copy Share Image
The jazz guitarist Peter Sprague calls his home recording studio SpragueLand, but sometimes it seems that the moniker better captures the way… — Andrew S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Astrid found the hem of his T-shirt and pulled it up over his head. She unbuckled his belt and shoved his jeans… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
Once you realize that it is impossible to capture the character of the various manifestations of nature by pictorial means, and that… — Frantisek Kupka Copy Share Image
Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale?... A gang is a group of men... in… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Choose a single, sacred word or phrase that captures something of the flavor of your intimate relationship with God. A word such… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I don't deliberately look for something dark or bleak or disconnected, in fact that's not something I'm even conscious of in the… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
Building upon the world we created with 'Avatar' has been a rare and incredibly rewarding experience. In writing the new films, I've… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Whether it's a pebble in a riverbed or a soaring mountain peak, I see everything in the world as the handiwork of… — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
I want to get a real sense of intimate connection with each of the animals - with that particular lion or elephant… — Nick Brandt Copy Share Image
There are essentially two main reasons to hold a phone up at a show. First, to capture a memory for yourself, a… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
I feel that I'm a spiritual person in that I feel like telling stories is a spiritual exercise and I think that… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
What is generally regarded as success - acquisition of wealth, the capture of power or social prestige - I consider the most… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
We can put our whole heart into whatever we do; but if we freeze our attitude into for or against, we're setting… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Photography's vaunted capture of a moment in time is the seizure and freezing of presence. It is the image of simultaneity, of… — Rosalind E. Krauss Copy Share Image
Look what happened with regard to our invasion into Afghanistan, how we apparently intentionally let bin Laden get away. That was done… — Maurice Hinchey Copy Share Image
There are things that happen so quickly. A better cameraman can capture them, but if the light is not bright and you… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I don't ever want to do a movie where you shoot it on a motion capture stage. I just don't like taking… — Michael Bay Copy Share Image
One writes not to be read but to breathe...one writes to think, to pray, to analyze. One writes to clear one's mind,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Ever since our Surfin' Safari' began in the early 1960's, the relations'hip with The Beach Boys and water has been synonymous. 'Surfin',… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
Those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein, and those who believe today that we… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Little-boy love...the cleanest pain I've ever known. Love without desire, conditions, or limits - a pure and radiant glow in the heart… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image