When I first started doing stand-up, I would be so nervous that I would just binge drink really heavily right before my… — Bonnie McFarlane Copy Share Image
Art has a way of confronting us, of reminding us, of engaging us, in what it means to be human, and what… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
The ex-Presidential situation has its advantages, but with them are certain drawbacks. The correspondence is large. The meritorious demands on one are… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
There's a certain logic to avoiding the haters, but as a strategy, it's utterly flawed. When you turn off the feedback, you… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when… — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
There was the usual dreaminess, I suppose. Also a shyness that caused me - and others - to notice that I could… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
The 'chess machine', by which admiring title he had been known, revealed the great drawback of a machine: it had not sufficient… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
One of the drawbacks to life is that it contains moments when one is compelled to tell the truth, — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
It is indeed one of the principal drawbacks of every kind of interventionism that it is so difficult to reverse the process. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If you want excellence, you must aim at perfection. It makes you go into detail that you can avoid. It takes a… — J. R. D. Tata Copy Share Image
What freedom men and women could have, were they not constantly tricked and trapped and enslaved and tortured by their sexuality! The… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The opportunity to be able to tell stories to a massive audience is really incredible and this job couldn't be more satisfying.… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
I always say when you see that old black-and-white footage of the rocket on the launch pad and it falls over and… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
Nuclear power, once regarded as petroleum's natural heir, has become less and less attractive as its numerous drawbacks come to light. Coal,… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some… — Steve Israel Copy Share Image
The world we inhabit is abundant beyond our wildest imagination. There are trees, dreams, sunrises; there are thunderstorms, shadows, rivers; there are… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
Heaven is going to be like this life, only better. It will be like this life with all its joys and beauties… — David Berg Copy Share Image
In my opinion, one of the biggest drawbacks about Sergio Leone films are the scores composed by Ennio Morricone. If [Leone] were… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
It was sometimes inconvenient to have the gold-green, slit-pupilled eyes of a cat, but this was usually easily hidden with a small… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
One of love's greatest drawbacks is that, for a while at least, it is in danger of making us happy. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. — Glen Cook Copy Share Image
