I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Death, like birth, is one of nature's mysteries, the combining of primal elements and dissolving of the same into the same. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Many companies aspire to change the world. But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources and perseverance. Microsoft has proven… — Satya Nadella Copy Share Image
Well might the ancients make silence a god; for it is the element of all godhood, infinitude, or transcendental greatness,--at once the… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
My novels aren't really generated by a single conceptual spark; it's more a process of many different elements that come together unexpectedly… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I'm a thug. And my thug comes from... my definition of thug comes from half of the street element. Straight street hustling. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
The single most powerful element of youth is that you don't have the life experiences to know what can't be done. — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
Our collective memories are welcoming places, and one image, that of Jesus, has absorbed and appropriated elements of other traditions and aspirations… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
I set out to do a horror film with 'Dog Soldiers,' and what I came out with at the end of the… — Neil Marshall Copy Share Image
I think what kind of destroyed the franchise, in some ways, was ego and vanity. When that element of ego and vanity… — Joe Flanigan Copy Share Image
Man is symbolic to the sun. The sun is dealing with a ball of fire and didn't go out yet. Me being… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Wellbeing is about the combination of our love for what we do each day, the quality of our relationships, the security of… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
It struck me that many Christians flash around their 'no trans fat' label, trying to convince everyone they are healthy and good.… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
May I wish for you the knowledge...that marriages do not take place, they are made by hand; that there is always an… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Of the two powers, the two categories that take possession of us when we enter the world, space is by far the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
Making music clips, I have a responsibility to depict the artist in a way that suits them, and feels comfortable with how… — Adria Petty Copy Share Image
I think that the global consciousness concerning all those elements that produce tension, fractions of societies, is changing in the sense that… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share Image
I find what I call the [bleep] side of the industry very difficult. You won't see me at other peoples' premiers. I… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
We could decide simply to remain absorbed in the mysterious, unformed, free-play of reality. This would be the choice of the mystic… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
The question of whether a device will come into being depends upon three things: first, whether there is a practical use for… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
The information that was contained in a cathedral was based upon a common culture - a common Christian culture - and the… — Eugene Green Copy Share Image
The decisive moment, the popular Henri Cartier-Bresson approach to photography in which a scene is stopped and depicted at a certain point… — Fred Ritchin Copy Share Image
In verse one can take any damn constant one likes, one can alliterate, or assone, or rhyme, or quant, or smack, only… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Civilisation makes us all as alike as peas in a pod, and it is the very uncouth - uncivilised, if you will… — Alec-Tweedie Copy Share Image
I am not an autobiographical writer. I'll take little elements here and there from things that I've actually experienced-counting eyelashes on a… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. One is denied some of that 'running away with the… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
Take possession of the air, submit the elements, penetrate the last redoubts of nature, make space retreat, make death retreat. — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
For every role, I brought certain elements of the character. Even on 'White Collar' over six years, I tried to keep the… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Words can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I started out in theatre and I definitely have wanted to add extra musical elements to my music with both imagery and… — Glenn Branca Copy Share Image
I've always believed in the goodness of people. I teach in prison. They all said, don't do it. Carry a gun, take… — John Waters Copy Share Image
When home is ruled according to God's Word, angels might be asked to stay a night with us, and they would not… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I'm aware of the luck in [BABIP], but at the same time, you can't directly influence it. You can just keep mixing… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I do try hard to pick roles that differ. I love that about the job. I think the variety that's out there… — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
'Crash' is a metaphor for what I see as the dehumanizing elements that are present in the world in which we live.… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Black people are the only segment in American society that is defined by its weakest elements. Every other segment is defined by… — Jewell Jackson McCabe Copy Share Image
Inflation is not a benign element in the economy's operation. It is, as it has always been, the most dangerous and destructive… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
I have had many more close women friends than men, and I've always assumed that comes from the fact that in my… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image