There's always a moment in any stand-up show I do where people are booing. They kinda boo a premise. And then I… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Reality television was in some ways being unimaginative at that time. We were excited about the possibilities of the form, to use… — John Landgraf Copy Share Image
It's actually a rather romantic and dramatic story --- one I would eagerly tell you, except for the fact that I recently… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The more complex and overwhelming the threat to a protagonist, the better the opportunity for the author to create a compelling conflict… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
...I think finding that room to make pictures that don't jump off the wall as, or detonate as dramatic, either in lighting… — Larry Sultan Copy Share Image
I have done much more dramatic work than comedic work, but I think comedy is harder than drama in a way. I… — Peter Vack Copy Share Image
There is a lot of relief for daters who are serious about wanting to be in a relationship. This comes in the… — April Masini Copy Share Image
I feel so fortunate to have been able to work so much, particularly in the horror-thriller genre, but I would love to… — Danielle Panabaker Copy Share Image
“I fancy that the true explanation is this: It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
With housing it's something even more dramatic than that, because most people aspire to own their own home.If you really think that… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I was always looking for the most dramatic emphasis. One example would be the letter writing, or the reading of the letters.… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
A dramatic unwinding of that relationship [between USA and China], by way of an aggressive trade policy, is one of the nightmare… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
“It is a mistake to believe that the decisive moments of a life when its direction changes for ever must be marked… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
At the thought of being eaten by rats, Despereaux forgot about being brave. He forgot about not being a disappointment. He felt… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
If you think about it, in the most dramatic moments of its history Europe has always turned to philosophy and, in turn,… — Roberto Esposito Copy Share Image
'The Borgias' is quite good because it does stick quite steadfastly to historical fact, so a lot of people who are interested… — Holliday Grainger Copy Share Image
Wearing this kind of costume is not something I fantasize about. It's not natural, it's not comfortable. I don't see myself as… — Joan Severance Copy Share Image
The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Justification is the truly dramatic transition from the status of a condemned criminal awaiting a terrible sentence to that of an heir… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Often as we teach and testify about the law of tithing, we emphasize the immediate, dramatic and readily recognizable temporal blessings that… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can… — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
It was dramatic to watch my grandmother decapitate a turkey with an ax the day before Thanksgiving. Nowadays the expense of hiring… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy,… — Joey Lauren Adams Copy Share Image
I was drafted and went to Korea where I had an opportunity to create a production team that did dramatic and comedy… — Casey Kasem Copy Share Image
Confessional poetry is, to my mind, more slippery than poems that are sloppily autobiographical; I find the confessional mode much more akin… — Cate Marvin Copy Share Image
I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World.… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The birthplace of 'Western' civilization is generally agreed to be Greece, and its birth date is generally agreed to be some time… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
The only rule I have when writing is to try to tell the truth. That doesn't mean you can't exaggerate, edit, rewrite… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Our lives are largely made up of a series of mundane moments, but those little moments are often the finesse that shapes… — Andrew Haigh Copy Share Image
It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The trick in writing children's books is to set up danger, mystery and excitement on page one. Force the kid to turn… — Jerry West Copy Share Image
I was a very romantic, overly dramatic young lady, which served me well as a songwriter. Especially as someone who had to… — Jane Wiedlin Copy Share Image
The theater itself is a lie. Its deaths are mere special effects. Its tales never happened. Even the histories are distorted for… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I don't see dramatic television because my wife is a political junkie, and we have 12 sets going night and day so… — Robert Vaughn Copy Share Image
We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
African Americans are doing a lot already, but I think we have an opportunity right now to change politics in a way… — David Beckmann Copy Share Image
Enter my first neighbor - a woman who spoke in complete, coherent sentences, who ate with a knife and fork and who… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image