The vicissitudes of life resemble one of those gilded balls seen in a fountain. Thrown up by the force of the water,… — Lady Randolph Churchill Copy Share Image
The criminal misuse of time was pointing out the mistakes. Catching them―noticing them―that was essential. If you did not in your own… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I try to paint from life, but I had such a miserable experience with Bonaparte, who wouldn't sit still and kept mumbling… — Roman Genn Copy Share Image
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Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Old age was growing inside me. It kept catching my eye from the depths of the mirror. I was paralyzed sometimes as… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
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Trying to explain or define grace is like catching the wind in a cardboard box or describing the color green. — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
What I do is called 'fishing.' If it was easy, we would refer to it as 'catching,' and there would be a… — Linda Greenlaw Copy Share Image
The directors that I end up having a really good time with are the ones that understand the fluidity of the medium… — Oliver Platt Copy Share Image
Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner,… — Cato the Younger Copy Share Image
People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
All his life Robert Grainier would remember vividly the burned valley at sundown, the most dreamlike business he’d ever witnessed waking—the brilliant… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
There is no point in trying to remember your dreams ... There is only the unspeakable joy of eavesdropping on your spirit,… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews Not to be born is the best for man The second best… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can see the first apple teetering when I let the third arrow go, catching the torn flap and ripping it from… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I understand that, today, some developers are asking architects to design eye-catching, iconic buildings. Fortunately, I've not had that kind of client… — Fumihiko Maki Copy Share Image
Studies show that organically grown crops produce more of the things (ascorbic acid, lycopenes, resveratrol, flavonols in general, etc) that our bodies… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The immediacy of the technology of the web allows us, as songwriters, to write something very sharp and quick. That has a… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Making your unknown known is the important thing - and keeping the unknown always beyond you - catching - crystalizing your simpler… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
