The gift finds the man attractive who stands with an empty bowl he does not own. — Lewis Hyde Copy Share Image
“A poor man knows the true value of money and will not dare waste it, but a rich man is extravagant and… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt… — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Doth not this Æthereal Medium in passing out of Water, Glass, Crystal, and other compact and dense Bodies into empty Spaces, grow… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
I live in Brooklyn, and I love all the hipsters and all the artisanal bacon you can get here now. I consider… — Julie White Copy Share Image
It was the combination of many factors... With most people, suicide is like Russian roulette. Only one chamber has a bullet. With… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
… Her heart remained empty once more, and the procession of days all alike began again. So they were going to follow… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I dreamt four nights ago of clock hands descending from the universe like rain, of the moon as a green eye, of… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Writing is a long and lonesome business; back of the problems in thought and composition hover always the awful questions: Is this… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
We consume far too many animal products, processed and refined foods, saturated fats, and empty calories. Industries that profit from both our… — Kris Carr Copy Share Image
My son did not show signs of a money deficiency until he opened his small fist in the nursery and found it… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
I think everyone spins. You would just be an empty vacant shell reporting facts. I mean, you have your life that you… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant,… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Right before I was escorted to the jail, Fawn waved bye bye to me. I smiled. My empty, pointless life for hers.… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
For years I walked around with the phrase "Green River" because I had seen that on a soda fountain drink when I… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
Love can come when you're already who you are, when you're filled with you. Not when you look to someone else to… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
I may never be happy, but tonight I am content. Nothing more than an empty house, the warm hazy weariness from a… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence is that sacred American text so full of meaning and purpose and yet quite empty if you examine… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Republican candidates had to appeal to their base, which is by and large elderly white people arguing with empty chairs. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
