“Never be decieved by exterior decorations, some monsters go about on suit and tie and of course a Bible.” — Paul Bamikole Copy Share Image
The Christmas season reminds us that a demonstration of religion is always much better than a definition of it...especially in front of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate… — Richard Schickel Copy Share Image
I love Christmas! I'm not religious, but I love the trappings of the season. I love the decorations, and the music, and… — Jane Cleland Copy Share Image
Existence is not itself a good thing, that we should spend a lifetime securing its necessaries: a life spent, however victoriously, in… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
Not every oak has to be gnarled, every detective hard-bitten. The adjective that exists solely as a decoration is a self-indulgence for… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“The wallpaper with which the men of science have covered the world of reality is falling to tatters. The grand whorehouse which… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on — John Stott Copy Share Image
Designers must educate the public that design is about strategy, not decoration. However, such attempts are repeatedly undermined by a design world… — David Berman Copy Share Image
Architecture is the beginning of something because it's - if you're not involved in first principles, if you're not involved in the… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
I get obsessed with decorations and decorating the house. I keep it tasteful outside, but when you get inside it is a… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
On Decoration Day, while everyone else in town was at the cemetery decorating the graves of our Glorious War Dead, Willie Beaner… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that you toast in champagne. On the contrary, it's hard graft and a long-distance… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
There is no society ever discovered in the remotest corner of the world that has not had something that we would consider… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Once you find out that someone likes a certain game on Facebook, now you know what kind of virtual gift you can… — Bing Gordon Copy Share Image
I like ornament at the right time, but I don't want a poem to be made out of decoration ... When I… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
Every culture has beauty and decorations of body. This is not of itself superficial, this is very human. Decorating when it becomes… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure. — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
One never knows enough about characters in real life to put them into novels. One gets started and then, suddenly, one can… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I love Halloween. It reminds me of my happy childhood days as a student at Wampus Elementary School in Armonk, N.Y., when… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Your body's always going through changes. It's fattening or thinning or wrinkling or blotching, and the only thing you really have control… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
