Smaug certainly looked asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam, when Bilbo peeped… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Everyone in daily life carries such a heavy mixed burden on his own conscience that he is reluctant to penalize those who… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
After three elections, voters finally caught on that Obama's faults were not in the stars, but in himself. They apparently tired of… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I was so tired of her getting upset for no reason. The way she would get sulky and make references to the… — John Green Copy Share Image
Finally you come to a point where you almost know it all. You are very wise. You are very pure... except for… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The second guy always gets caught, and that's why you have to initiate it instead of retaliating. — Mike Daniels Copy Share Image
I literally make music for my wife and my friends. I don't feel beholden to my fans. I don't even really know… — Ben Lee Copy Share Image
For all our penny-wisdom, for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Christmas never would have caught on if it had been called Celebrate a Little Jew's Birthday. — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
Anybody caught selling macrame in public should be dyed a natural color and hung out to dry. — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
There's no effrontery like that of a woman caught in the act; her very guilt inspires her with wrath and insolence. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
There were always more Negroes in the field than there was Negroes in the house. The Negro in the field caught hell.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I love you: You imagine hearing the words from someone not related to you, someone not your best friend, but when someone… — Sarah Mlynowski Copy Share Image
People in the news media after I got caught said how could you have not caught this guy? He had 50 corrections… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
I did steal socks, but I got caught... don't shoplift, anyone - don't do it! You're just gonna get caught. — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Out in the Pool certain other boats caught the eye... each carried a bright fire amidships, in a brazier, beside a man,… — Arthur Morrison Copy Share Image
So many actors get caught up in their technique, and to be honest, I see it really getting in the way. I… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
A second Homeland Security official has been arrested, a 49-year-old guy named Frank Figueroa, he was caught exposing and fondling himself to… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
It is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realise the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
There are a few writers whose lives and personalities are so large, so fascinating, that there's no such thing as a boring… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I think that people can get caught up in the "gee-whiz" technology of surveying, which is constantly changing, and forget about the… — Mark Mason Copy Share Image
