Somehow writing has always seemed to me to have an element of performance. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
So powerfully does fortune appear to sway the destinies of men, putting a silver spoon into one man's mouth, and a wooden… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I have always been astonished by hate. Revenge and hate. That is such strange human elements. I have seen a lot of… — Odd Nerdrum Copy Share Image
I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous… — George Q. Cannon Copy Share Image
I live to the rhythm of my country and I cannot remain on the sidelines. I want to be here. I want… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
Dont call me a rapper, I’m an artist. Update your minds. I ‘INCORPORATE’ hip hop elements because I am part MC, but… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types… — Toyotomi Hideyoshi Copy Share Image
From a creative standpoint, I'm interested not only in the idea of helping couples and women, but challenging myself creatively, and doing… — Sasha Grey Copy Share Image
Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain,… — Buddy Ebsen Copy Share Image
If any one element of French cooking can be called important, basic and essential, that element is soup. — Louis Diat Copy Share Image
An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis. We call intuition here… — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
Anti-Semitism is the unifying element of the reconstruction of Germany. — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Well, there were definitely elements of my rise in radio that had to do with my being black. But going back as… — Wendy Williams Copy Share Image
In China the underworld and officialdom have interpenetrated and become one. Criminal elements have become officialized as officials have become criminalized. — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
Groupings of people that get together, think things through, come out to plan and so on, like unions or true political organizations,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I enjoy the research element. There are so many stories from the past that interest me, that I want to learn more… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Faith transcends reason because divine truth is not only higher, but also wider than the human mind, and the rationalist in his… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
The elements of justice are identical with those of algebra. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
It happened the way I come up with any story, which is that I took elements of my own life and put… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
If the Nation can issue a dollar bond it can issue a dollar bill. The element that makes the bond good makes… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
