the test of a cook is how she boils an egg. My boiled eggs are fantastic, fabulous. Sometimes as hard as a… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming,… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fixed sentinels almost… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Contrology is not a fatiguing system of dull, boring, abhorred exercises repeated daily "ad-nausem". — Joseph Pilates Copy Share Image
The dull, purblind folly of the very rich men, their greed and arrogance, and the corruption in business and politics, have tended… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Touching on universality is an important part of effective storytelling, but the problem with cliches is that they are tired and dull.… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
Nature, as it grows again toward earth, is fashioned for the journey, dull and heavy. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I loved fairy tales as a kid. I've always been drawn to fantasy. They're always exciting. There's never a dull moment. I… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
If you went through life refusing all the bait dangled in front of you, that would be no life at all. No… — Alan Sillitoe Copy Share Image
I cannot handle dull, lazy, morose people. I have been like that since childhood. — Ravi Teja Copy Share Image
The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flow'r, but… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
O Lord God, we pray that we may be inspired to nobleness of life in the least things. May we dignify all… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed. Beyond the meaning (of a work of art), it… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
If Christianity is dull and boring, if it is a burden and not a blessing, then most likely we are involved in… — Joseph Stowell Copy Share Image
Being on a Michael Bay set is... well, it's the only set I've ever been on. But I would imagine there's no… — Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Copy Share Image
... people who'd led dull and blameless lives did not give thanks for second chances. — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
There's something retro about your persona. It's like the pre-World War II generation of reporters - those unpretentious, working-class guys who hung… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions. — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Retirement wasn't a reward at the end of a well-run career ... it was a void surrounded by endless dull hours, haunted… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us from worrying… — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
Only a life lived in a certain spirit is worth living. It is a remarkable fact that a life lived entirely from… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing — James Brown Copy Share Image
