Twelve o'clock! It is the natural centre, key-stone, and very heart of the day. At that hour, the sun has arrived at… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
In 1975, the Americans suffered a spectacular military defeat at the hands of North Vietnam and the Vietcong, with U.S. helicopters seeking… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Mangalore, the coastal Indian town where I lived until I was almost 16, is now a booming city of malls and call-centres.… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
Everybody deserves fair treatment, equal treatment in the eyes of the law and the state. And that includes gays, lesbians, transgender persons.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It seems to be hard wired into our pleasure centres to move to music. — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
The more progress physical sciences make, the more they tend to enter the domain of mathematics, which is a kind of centre… — Adolphe Quetelet Copy Share Image
Even the cleanest air, at the centre of the South Pacific or somewhere over Antarctica, has two hundred thousand assorted bits and… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
Newspapers are a centre of public culture. We can’t give in to extortion. — Alexander Lebedev Copy Share Image
This Christmas may we be consistent in living the Gospel, welcoming Jesus into the centre of our lives. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I know some players like being the centre of attention and I admit that when I first became a player I liked… — Mario Balotelli Copy Share Image
When I was 21 years old, I had a job playing Santa Claus in a shopping centre in Sacramento. I was rail… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
The institutions at the centre of capitalism are bigger than they've ever been, the pay is much greater, the ability of society… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
The San Francisco Tape Music Centre was a kind of collective non-profit that my friends and I got started so that we… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
Life will not be a pyramid with the apex sustained by the bottom, but an oceanic circle whose centre will be the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Can I go forward when my heart is here? Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Saying that I am talking out of both sides of my mouth just proves my very point. Politicians would bypass real social… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
'Thou shalt not bore' is a commandment that should be at the centre of our ambitions. — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
Is the Master out of his mind?' she asked me. I nodded. 'And he's taking you with him?' I nodded again. 'Where?'… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Things are so busy and so quick, and there’s so much going on, you have to realise the time when you have… — Diego Klattenhoff Copy Share Image
After I broke the Australian record in 2014, Audi Centre in Canberra gave me a beautiful black A1 with the number plates… — Melissa Breen Copy Share Image
On the country has gathered the idea of a natural way of life: of peace, innocence, and simple virtue. On the city… — Raymond Williams Copy Share Image
After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an… — Becki Newton Copy Share Image
...to continue to be one of the world centres for scientific research, we have to stand up and be counted in support… — Jack Straw Copy Share Image
If you run for election with a particular agenda about saving jobs, about strengthening manufacturing and farming jobs, about tackling predatory gambling… — Nick Xenophon Copy Share Image
