Unlike most readers in Antiquity who read their books aloud, we have developed the convention of reading silently. This lets us read… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet… — Jon Postel Copy Share Image
I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer. — China Mieville Copy Share Image
The convention is the voice, the bone and the sinews of a political party-and sometimes it even nominates an Abraham Lincoln. — Fletcher Knebel Copy Share Image
I usually see the word "metafiction" applied to works that draw attention to their own devices, their own artificiality, in order to… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
The ancients waited for cherry blossoms, grieved when they were gone, and lamented their passing in countless poems. How very ordinary the… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur. Doing things differently and solving problems with new,… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If there's any mystery to me at all, it's probably due to the fact that I'm not online and don't go to… — Bentley Little Copy Share Image
There are clear differences between child and adult artistic activity. While the child may be aware that he is doing things differently… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
Always 'duty.' I am sick of the word. They are a lot of old blockheads in flannel vests and of old women… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
McCain was introduced at the convention last night by his wife -- I won't say 'trophy wife' -- but she did $300,000… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Madness is a divine release of the soul from the yoke of custom and convention. — Plato Copy Share Image
We support every effort to combat international terrorism through the formulation of international conventions and hope that the international community will take… — Li Peng Copy Share Image
I just sit at the drawing board most of the time. I am used to talking to people. I love going to… — David Lloyd Copy Share Image
In 1945, peace broke out. It was the end of the Joke. Joke warfare was banned at a special session of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't believe in the deplorable notion of realism in the cinema: you can over-reach it, and it becomes as false as… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
The musical scale is a convention which circumscribes the area of potentiality and permits construction within those limits in its own particular… — Iannis Xenakis Copy Share Image
I wanted people to kind of take a peek to see that the pain, even though you may see them out at… — Ed Gordon Copy Share Image
I will be in Orlando during the atheist convention to do my best to counter the assaults upon Christ of the atheists.… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
We only have one future, and it will be made of our dreams, if we have the courage to challenge convention. — Soichiro Honda Copy Share Image
It is indeed impossible to describe reality 'in itself', but that does not mean that our lives are answerable to nothing but… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
Science fiction fans are awesome - they love you so much that they'll watch anything you do, even if it's complete crap.… — Katee Sackhoff Copy Share Image
Next Monday the Convention in Virginia will assemble; we have still good hopes of its adoption here: though by no great plurality… — George Washington Copy Share Image
