While we tend to equate motherhood solely with maternity, in the Lord’s language, the word 'mother' has layers of meaning...Mothe rhood is… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The bookshelf, like the book, has become an integral part of civilization as we know it, its presence in a home practically… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
One of my favorite literary theorists, Mikhail Bakhtin, wrote that the defining characteristic of the novel is its unprecedented level of "heteroglossia"… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Defining child care primarily as women's sphere reinforces the devaluing of women and prevents their equal access to power. — Mary Frances Berry Copy Share Image
Curiosity, wonder, and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers...Restlessness and discontent are vital things... Intense experience and suffering… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
The traditional managerial mind-set is an analytical mind-set. It is about creating accountability and defining responsibilities. — John Kao Copy Share Image
I think it is an accurate statement to say that some people consider feelings of same-gender attraction to be the defining fact… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
By defining the problem as 'hunger', the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem… — Janet Poppendieck Copy Share Image
Long before, and fully independent of, anything Congress did, President Obama made clear that he was going to preserve the indefinite detention… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God's Word really have… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
Your body is not who you are. I don't think women should label themselves based on the way they look. What about… — Mariska Hargitay Copy Share Image
For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with. — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
“In the absence of a formally agreed, worldwide dictionary definition of 'Quotography' (in 2016), here are my two cents worth: 'Quotography is… — Alex Morritt Copy Share Image
When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you. — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
I've always known that performing is what I want to do. There was never a defining moment. I just came out that… — Lisa O'Hare Copy Share Image
I believe the defining moment was when certain persons, who shall remain nameless, objected to my fuchsia silk striped waistcoat. I loved… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Girls face two major sexual issues in America in the 1990s: One is an old issue of coming to terms with their… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you. — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
The Spirit of Cities presents a new approach to the study of cities in which the focus is placed on a city's… — Nathan Glazer Copy Share Image
“The only thing that comes close to defining me correctly is my love.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
From childhood forward, our hair is one of the most critical, defining aspects of our embodied selves as black women: how we… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
For me, there's always an early-'70s sense. There's always a sprinkle of it - if I do it exactly like that, sometimes… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
For me, I think that the struggle around how to deal with Islam in the United States is the defining moral struggle… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
