“To Cassidy, the panopticon wasn't a metaphor. It was the greatest failing of everything she was, a prison she had built for… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
On my job I end up jumping out of planes. Last week I got in an 18-wheeler and drove down a runway… — Rick Mercer Copy Share Image
In my youth, daydreaming nurtured me, provided a safe haven. I'd sleep for twelve hours and even when awake escape to the… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Texas, with her superior natural advantages, must become a point of attraction, and the policy of establishing with her the earliest relations… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
From floods in Iowa and Nebraska to fires in California to hurricanes in Houston and Puerto Rico, we can no longer escape… — Jay Inslee Copy Share Image
I experienced bullying as early as the first day of kindergarten and there were times where I wish could escape out of… — Lizzie Velasquez Copy Share Image
Just in general as a person, not necessarily as a songwriter, being in cities wasn't the right fit. I couldn't escape and… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Basketball is my escape, and I cannot bring any of my problems onto the court. — Enes Kanter Copy Share Image
Space doesn't offer an escape from Earth's problems. And even with nuclear fuel, the transit time to nearby stars exceeds a human… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
My father passed away when I was 12, so it was very difficult. But I was always the class clown. I don't… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
Miley is one of my best friends, and she helps with some of that transitional stuff - trying to escape your childhood.… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
Detroit is really a model for how wealthier and whiter Americans escape the costs of public goods they'd otherwise share with poorer… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I loved every minute of my childhood - sunbathing on the fire escape, digging for buried treasure in the back yard, pulling… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Most crime novels offer a curious kind of escape, to places that jag the nerves and worry the mind. Their rides of… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
“College had once been my greatest aspiration; it stood for everything my mother did not—intellectualism, feminism, freedom. But being kidnapped had given… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“My body felt like tangled rubber bands and dried-out pens and sticky paper clips, like the contents of a drawer where you… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
I looked at basketball as something that I love and escape from the real world, and in order to continue to escape… — Trevor Ariza Copy Share Image
Music is like therapy, you know? It's my escape. It's my way for me to express my feelings and my thoughts. — Little Simz Copy Share Image
“Death is number one on the list of things that we wish were possible to leave behind when we escaped barbarism.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I was so obsessed with purity, going into the project of 'How To' as it was on HBO, and I was really… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
I love America the way I love my family - I was born into it. And there's no escape out of it. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Cell phones tend to bring us more inside of our lives whereas movies offer a chance to escape, so there are two… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
