The thing that impressed me then as now about New York… was the sharp, and at the same time immense, contrast it… — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
We meet With few utterly dull and stupid souls: the sublime and transcendent are still fewer; the generality of mankind stand between… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
She carried the burn of the sun on her body. It was for all of those wasted, dull years. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Literature ceases to be literature when it commits itself to moral uplift; it becomes moral philosophy or some such dull thing. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
The Invitation, To Tom Highes What we can we will be, Honest Englishmen. Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
'The Robe' was lousy but an almighty hit. I was dull as ditchwater and an almighty flop. — Richard Burton Copy Share Image
I reveled in the most basic rules and techniques that are the foundation of professional cooking. For example, it is essential to… — Gail Simmons Copy Share Image
The enemy of the black is not the white. The enemy of capitalist is not communist, the enemy of homosexual is not… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
Mahmoud Darwish wrote that "extreme clarity is a mystery." That sounds right to me. I don't want anyone hunting for anything ancillary… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
As dull as Nate Gray is," Will said, "his head is not actually filled with gears, Henry. He's a human. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
When you do battle, even if you are winning, if you continue for a long time it will dull your forces and… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
For one thing, everyone there is so clever. Do they think me dull? Perhaps I should assure them that our goats enjoyed… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
No one wants to see or read about a dull subject. I don't consider myself a dull subject. — Jayne Mansfield Copy Share Image
This is a test, isn't it? It's like choosing out of three caskets in a fairy tale. Everyone knows the rules. You… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Our society cannot afford a two-tiered system in which the affluent have access to superior education, while everyone else is subjected to… — E. D. Hirsch, Jr Copy Share Image
So I cradle this average violin that knows Only forgotten showtunes, but argues The possibility of free declamation anchored To a dull… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
One can't dull a project better than by discussing it repeatedly. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
None of us have to settle for the best this administration offers - a dull, adventureless journey from one entitlement to the… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Laws, it is said, are for the protection of the people. It's unfortunate that there are no statistics on the number of… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
He that comes to Christ cannot, it is true, always get on as fast as he would. Poor coming soul, thou art… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
