“Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
It's often said that I choose subjects that are sensational! I choose to film subjects that spark difficult conversations and make people… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
“I had a dream about you last night... it was about a dreamer and a drifter walking into a bar. They start… — Marshall Ramsay Copy Share Image
“all the respects that I have so far mentioned, conversation fits the bill of a free association which is subservient to no… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Zachary Jernigan's short stories are in deep conversation with the history of the genre while maintaining a thoroughly modern sensibility. Here’s a… — James Patrick Kelly Copy Share Image
It's interesting in seeing when I'm talking to men in particular and telling them I'm an actress versus a director and the… — Miriam Shor Copy Share Image
I regret that after 30 years of writing columns in this market, including ten with this newspaper that I love very much,… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
The problem with listening, of course, is that we don't. There's too much noise going on in our heads, so we never… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
For those saying they live in fear, again, I think they should be part of the conversation. They should reach out and… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
I've been a sinner and a saint. If you've been a saint all your life, it's pretty easy to sleep at night.… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
“So there's magic? Real magic? It's not just all scientific like David says?" Tamani rolled his eyes. "David again?" Laurel bristled. "He's… — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
“In life in general we get back what we put out, if we ever were to find ourselves in a situation where… — Justin Southwick Copy Share Image
It's finding those nonsensical pieces of conversation that we all do all the time. We do all the time. When we're talking… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
Self-deport? What the heck does that mean? I have no doubt Hispanics have been alienated during this campaign. But now there's an… — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
“You never listen to me anymore. Before, if I was talking to you, you would always listen. But now you have no… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
Personally, I like to hang out in the kitchen. That's my safe space in a party environment. I feel like it's a… — Hannah Hart Copy Share Image
“So would you do me a favor and come over and talk to him?” Blue used one millisecond of her time to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
This is a woman [Hillary Clinton] who has shown over and over again in her career that she will elevate this conversation… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
Your preschool child will chatter endlessly to you. If you half-listen and half-reply the whole conversation will seem, and become, tediously meaningless… — Penelope Leach Copy Share Image
I don't ever want to walk into a conversation with an actor about doing a movie and not be able to say,… — Celine Song Copy Share Image
“It turned out that if you saw the same person with some degree of regularity, then the conversation was immediately pleasant and… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
After doing this work or the past twelve years and watching scarcity ride roughshod over our families, organizations, and communities, I'd say… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
It has always seemed to me the real art in this business is not so much moving information or guidance or policy… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
“The next suitable person you’re in light conversation with, you stop suddenly in the middle of the conversation and look at the… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
If we begin by the conversation that some people shouldn't be encouraged to come to the polls, that does nothing to help… — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
“I was in the car with Trace and heard his side of the conversation with you. Sounded clear enough to me.” “Apparently… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
The great thing about Twitter is, you get a lot back, and I read through a lot, and I want my fans… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
I think you could argue that President Obama could have watched a little cable news... I do think that there is value… — Jeff Zucker Copy Share Image
Austin - it's a stimulating center. In this conversation, the very first two questions were talking about my kind of wanderlust and… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
There is not a day that goes by that does not include a conversation with God. There is not a day that… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation.… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he… — Emma Willard Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most reliable route to meaning and joy, to plunging below the surface and seeking more than the superficiality of material… — Michael Short Copy Share Image
First of all, being a woman is an incredible asset in many ways in making documentaries. You can be less intimidating, you… — Ondi Timoner Copy Share Image
I don't think any poetry is written that isn't primarily written to the self, in a way... I'm always talking to myself.… — Kay Ryan Copy Share Image
“I hope you will join me in fostering a conversation in this country about the risks associated with Going Dark, and the… — Historica Press Copy Share Image
Sometimes a character is really based on research that you do. Other times it's just based on your imagination or perhaps your… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
“Why do you do that?” he whispered, after a few minutes. “Do what?” “Provoke me.” “I don’t…I…I’m not provoking you. I’m stating… — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
When you're a boy your life can be measured out as a series of uncomfortable conversations reluctantly initiated by adults in an… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image