I had just taken to reading. I had just discovered the art of leaving my body to sit impassive in a crumpled… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
After a short silence the doctor raised himself a little in his chair and asked if Tarrou had an idea of the… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
As co-chair of the Iraqi Women's Caucus in the House, I've enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with and hear from Iraqi women… — Ellen Tauscher Copy Share Image
I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
I'm still wondering about the Phantom in the chair, you know at the end of Phantom [of the Opera], so I guess… — Katherine Shindle Copy Share Image
Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up around the theatre. My mother is an actress. I would fall asleep on tons of theatre chairs. It's in… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
Rocket," I said, straightening in the chair. "Donovan was just helping me with my contacts." Donovan raised his brows humorously. Rocket furrowed… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
Some comics get drunk before a show. I don't. When I get drunk, I don't want to stand in front of a… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn’t dropped… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Usually they are quick to discover that I cannot see or hear… It is not training but love which impels them to… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
What you need to know to direct a movie is [of] such great variety. I've worked with people who were maestros, who… — Tony Gilroy Copy Share Image
I sometimes used to ask myself, what on earth did I love her for? Maybe fore the warm hazel iris of her… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I don't think it's more positive to have a Twitter account, a Tumblr, and a blog. Someone without those things will use… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Starbucks was founded around the experience and the environment of their stores. Starbucks was about a space with comfortable chairs, lots of… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
What do they say about meeting a bear in the woods? Oh right, you shouldn't. And to make sure you don't, you… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down,… — Diana Rigg Copy Share Image
Sometimes I say that writing a novel is the same as constructing a chair: a person must be able to sit in… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
I quite like antiques. I like things that are old and the history they bring with them. I would rather fly to… — Walton Goggins Copy Share Image
Should a person on returning from the city discover his house to be in flames, let him examine well the change which… — Ernest Bramah Copy Share Image
I'm onstage for an hour.I do an hour of stand-up. Actually, I do 10 minutes standing up and 50 minutes sitting in… — George Burns Copy Share Image
I like to photograph miniature constructed scenes - I'll buy a very sad cake decoration like a plastic computer for a dreary… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
When you look at facing retirement in your mid-30s, and all of a sudden the outlet for that passion and work ethic… — Drew Bledsoe Copy Share Image
I'm not drunk onstage, although I've done that a couple of times when I was younger. It's partly just the way I… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
The word 'however' is like an imp coiled beneath your chair. It induces ink to form words you have not yet seen,… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
The officers saluted as she passed and gravely bowed. They walked back across the courtyard and got into their chairs. She saw… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
... when the locked door opens, and there comes in a young woman, deadly pale, and with long fair hair, who glides… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
When I had my confirmation hearing for the Court of Appeals, [my son] Philip was 3 years old. And when I was… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
No," he said, voice thick and husky. His fingers dug into the chair's arms. "You'd better not get too close." I stopped,… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Tom Perez is really bringing in the labor aspect of the Democratic Party, a group of voters that need to get back,… — Ruben Gallego Copy Share Image
When you shoot on film, you don't know whether you've got it or not until you get the film processed, and so… — Bill Henson Copy Share Image
Fine." Magnus stood up. "But," he added, pausing by Alec's chair and leaning in close to him, "you are not trivial." Alec… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
He was in his chair in the corner, resting a second before he came out for the next round -- in a… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
The shrill voices of those who give orders Are full of fear like the squeakings of Piglets awaiting the butcher's knife, as… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Being a party chair, you really have a chance to make a difference. but what the Democrats have to do is recognize… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
During the first suffragist wave in this nation, women were possessions, like a table or a chair. So violence toward them was… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Green grass, green grandstands, green concession stalls, green paper cups, green folding chairs and visors for sale, green and white ropes, green-topped… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Very often with an American movie, the end is very happy and you just feel good when you go out. When you… — Emmanuelle Beart Copy Share Image
I remember my sister and I - my big sister would get up on her chair in the kitchen and sing Mary… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image