The entire hominid collection known today would barely cover a billiard table, ... the collection is so tantalizingly incomplete, and the specimens… — John Reader Copy Share Image
The most convincing artistic forms of our time are inner models of structural vitality and social relevance. They give us confidence that… — Gyorgy Kepes Copy Share Image
“…as she cycled home Shelley reflected that in all her years at Birnam Wood she had never quite mastered the skill of… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Well, part of the trick of getting elected president, if you look at George W. Bush and Barack Obama, is convincing the… — Rich Lowry Copy Share Image
“It’s important to know that you're behind, to be able to convince yourself to make sacrifices that get you ahead.” — Shivanee Harshey Copy Share Image
In today's roller-coaster economy, hyper-competitive, fear-based, flat and global world, convincing anyone to do anything at any time requires getting their attention,… — Peter Guber Copy Share Image
This book [the Bible] speaks both the voice of God and the voice of humanity, for there is told in it the… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Wow," I said, since it was all I could think of to say. "Wow. That's some outfit." When you've got a big… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“If you don't have the confidence to ask, you will never have the confidence to convince.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri. — F. Murray Abraham Copy Share Image
The more comprehensive and convincing a debt reduction program is, the less likely it is to fail. And remember, just as Germany… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Tocqueville saw the brute repression of deviants as a necessity if men were to keep convincing themselves of their collective dignity through… — Richard Sennett Copy Share Image
Photography has fooled the world. There's no more convincing fraud. Its images are nothing but the expression of the invisible man working… — Edmundo Desnoes Copy Share Image
I often hear actors say during their interviews: 'I want to play a crazy person, a murderer, or someone who's on edge.'… — Li Bingbing Copy Share Image
Jerry Seinfeld is amazing in many ways, not the least of them his ability to find humor, and convincing us to find… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
Anyone, however, who has had dealings with dates knows that they are worse than elusive, they are perverse. Events do not happen… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
I found the most convincing part to be the working stiffs, the guys who have a modest home and kids who go… — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental… — Zachary Lazar Copy Share Image
I used to dream of true love; now I'm open to false, but convincing.... — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
People talk about writing convincing teenagers like it's a really clever thing to do, but it comes incredibly naturally to me. Which,… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
The lesson of all history warns us that we should negotiate only when our military superiority is so convincing that we can… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
It's always my goal to be more mature-sounding, more convincing, but also more experimental, and more challenging for myself. If it's not… — Lotic Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that Eastern culture does either, but I've never lived in India etc so I couldn't tell you. I can… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
What is so inspiring about [Louis] Brandeis's writing is he saw it as a tool for democratic education. He would say things… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image