I think it's possible to have been a happy child, as I was, and still question and push back with regard to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
In Japan, I am famous in certain special circles - mainly as someone who is trying to break down and enlighten the… — Takashi Murakami Copy Share Image
It is usual to think of good and evil as two poles, two opposite directions, the antithesis of one another...We must begin… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
New forms of media - first movies, then television, talk radio and now the Internet - tend to challenge traditional codes of… — Willow Bay Copy Share Image
You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. In France you get freedom of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Children have a different convention of the fearful until they have been taught the proper things to be shocked at. — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
All young people want to kick up their heels and defy convention; most of them would prefer to do it at a… — Elmer Davis Copy Share Image
...the nonexistence of God makes more difference to some of us than to others. To me, it means that there is no… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
It is convention and arbitrary rewards which make all the merit and demerit of what we call vice and virtue. — Julien Offray de La Mettrie Copy Share Image
What I could have done in real life only by throwing a bomb which would have led to the scaffold I tried… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is to provide a safe, secure, fair environment… — Janis Karpinski Copy Share Image
“While we've painted the guardians of the pale in a somewhat reactionary light, let's give the gatekeepers their due. What lies beyond… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“In no time we roll into Sedona proper and find a Cirlce K. The place is full of men with silver ponytails… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
Art is about asking questions and engaging a dialog. By challenging or investigating conventions contemporary art helps promote an on-going sense of… — Kim Anderson Copy Share Image
I've always loved horror, I've always loved collecting, I've always loved weird and macabre things, and I've always loved conventions. So what… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
It is not possible to be original by trying to be original - those who attempt this in the arts will be… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
The Saudi government uses a lot of British equipment to suppress their own people. But we're happy for our politicians to go… — Paul Conroy Copy Share Image
The Philippines made a lawful and peaceful effort to resolve their maritime claims with China using the tribunal established under the Law… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
He wouldn't write a letter because he couldn't without beginning it 'Dear Sylvia' and ending it 'Yours sincerely' or 'truly' or 'affectionately.'… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
It has to be acknowledged that in capitalist society, with its herds of hippies, originality has become a sort of fringe benefit,… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
American politics is theatre. There is a frightening emotionalism at national conventions. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
A military preparedness strategy with specifics yesterday and today rolls out a school of choice plan with monetary specifics. So [Donald Trump]… — Eric Bolling 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
