To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect on me is to live on the doorstep… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
While I was there I became deeply interested in photography, and indeed the most noteworthy event in my early life was winning… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
One of the most startling events in my life was when my older son was about 16, and he blamed me for… — Robert Fogel Copy Share Image
Just as an informal, nonscientific observation, most people's personalities don't seem to change very much during their lives. There are exceptions in… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Matthey, a Geneva physician very close to Rousseau's influence, formulates the prospect for all men of reason: 'Do not glory in your… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Regression toward the mean. That is, in any series of random events an extraordinary event is most likely to be followed, due… — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
We're more than ready to deliver. When the pressure is on, I think that's when the Ring of Honor roster does the… — Adam Cole Copy Share Image
Bad things happen. And the human brain is especially adept at making sure that we keep track of these events. This is… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
“It's all a series of serendipities with no beginnings and no ends. Such infinitesimal possibilities Through which love transcends.” — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
A song playing comprises a very specific and vivid set of memory cues. Because the multiple-trace memory models assume that context is… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The best players in the world are playing to make history. There are only four tournaments you can win to make history,… — Paul Azinger Copy Share Image
There are no forms in nature. Nature is a vast, chaotic collection of shapes. You as an artist create configurations out of… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
The very secret of life for mewas to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility. I had picked a… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share Image
Far from affording artists continuous inspiration, mass-media sources for art have become a dead end. They have combined with the abstractness of… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
I outline fairly extensively because I'm usually dealing with real events. I don't need to give myself as much information as I… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
Western media present events in Russia in a thoroughly negative light. Yes, we have problems, and these need to be covered. But… — Gennady Timchenko Copy Share Image
“I noticed that volcanoes, earthquakes and floods, though are not good events, they are better than the silence of good people when… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Something out of the ordinary course of business is taking place that creates an investment opportunity. The list of corporate events that… — Joel Greenblatt Copy Share Image
You can get into a place in your life where you no longer are in control of events, and events are in… — Holt McCallany Copy Share Image
The Democratic Convention is $27 million in debt. They had to cancel the kick-off event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. A speedway… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Sometimes events that lead us bereft of anything but grief just happen for no reason other than happenstance--a car turns left instead… — Neil Abramson Copy Share Image
The thing political figures fear most is a terror event that will ruin their careers. The biggest thing they fear is that… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Every relationship that we have in our lives - our contact with each person, place, and event - serves a very special,… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
Everyone goes to the 'Grands-Boulevards' (in Paris, ed.) and let himself loose... ...Do not picture these in costume, they are not for… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
