During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices.… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
A near win shifts our view of the landscape. It can turn future goals, which we tend to envision at a distance,… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
I prefer non-fiction to fiction. In fact, I don't read fiction at all. I read books that are based on true events. — Diana Penty Copy Share Image
Being at boarding school in the pre-internet era, especially a boarding school tucked away in the Oxfordshire countryside, was like being in… — James Lovegrove Copy Share Image
My niece was born with cystic fibrosis 15 years ago, and she's incredibly healthy and an incredible competitive dancer, so I'm going… — J. R. Bourne Copy Share Image
The Showdown is a great way to bring attention to these historic Virginia tracks where many NASCAR drivers cut their teeth in… — Denny Hamlin Copy Share Image
If it didn't happen in your life before, then you're not paying attention you don't think it's possible. But almost all important… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Tennis players are very fortunate that unlike some disciplines of sport, in mega-sporting events like the Grand Slams, they have a huge… — Sania Mirza Copy Share Image
Mysteries once thought to be supernatural or paranormal happenings - such as astronomical or meteorological events - are incorporated into science once… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
It’s not about having a Silicon Valley attitude—it’s about having an entrepreneurial attitude. It’s about partnering with other organizations in and around… — Brad Feld Copy Share Image
Back in the late '90s, a writer named Daniel Handler decided that kids books were too cheerful. I mean, all the "Harry… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I do things - whether it's donations or events for good causes or giving back to my community - for the right… — LeSean McCoy Copy Share Image
Reality is not so much what happens to us; rather, it is how we think about those events that create the reality… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
World class is a phrase used by provincial cities and second-rate entertainment events, as well as a wide variety of insecure individuals,… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
There are many who say to the Lord, "I give myself wholly to Thee, without any reserve," but there are few who… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Although it is tempting to imagine an ancient era innocent of biochemical weaponry, in fact this Pandora's box of horrors was opened… — Adrienne Mayor Copy Share Image
If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature,… — Edith Schaeffer Copy Share Image
The Singularity denotes an event that will take place in the material world, the inevitable next step in the evolutionary process that… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
The concert industry lags dramatically behind the great hospitality businesses out there, whether they're theme parks or hotels or sporting events. — Michael Rapino Copy Share Image
Whatever you're thinking about is literally like planning a future event. When you're worrying, you are planning. When you are appreciating, you… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
One doesn't begin to be a Christian because of an ethical decision or a great idea, but rather because of an encounter… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Natural science is founded on minute critical views of the general order of events taking place upon our globe, corrected, enlarged, or… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
