Tabitha was always trying unorthodox ways to set her up with guys. Although, to be fair to her sister, Tabitha didn't usually… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
How does newness come into the world? How is it born? Of what fusions, translations, conjoinings is it made? How does it… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If I believe in something, I will fight for it with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing.… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Mahmoud Darwish wrote that "extreme clarity is a mystery." That sounds right to me. I don't want anyone hunting for anything ancillary… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
The brute animals have all the same sensations of pain as human beings, and consequently endure as much pain when their body… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
I am struck by the fact that the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think the next [21st] century will be the century of complexity. We have already discovered the basic laws that govern matter… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It's often been said, "Violence never solved anything." The simple truth is that when you are slammed up against the wall and… — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
An artist doesn't depend upon inspiration or have to have it. An artist doesn't depend on mood, certainly not if you're earning… — Michael Ventura Copy Share Image
I see that within each human being there are two extremes: there's the loving, the passionate, altruistic side that has evolved with… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
The religious fanatic who practices terrorism cannot be reasoned with, because there is nothing you can threaten him with, and no alternative… — Massad Ayoob Copy Share Image
As a woman, she [Penelope Cruz] obviously has changed as she has become an adult. But, as an actress, I actually might… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
When all the archetypes burst out shamelessly, we plumb the depths of Homeric profundity. Two clichés make us laugh but a hundred… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
There's a longstanding myth about the United States that is still very prevalent in Europe [despite recent developments]. Historically the "America" of… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
We need to reverse three centuries of walling the for-profit and non-profit sectors off from one another. When you think for-profit and… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the nature of a miracle that should render it incredible:;: its credibility depends upon the nature of the… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Respect begins with this attitude: "I acknowledge that you are a creature of extreme worth. God has endowed you with certain abilities… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Life would be impossible on such a planet. It wouldn't get enough heat and light, and if it rotated there would be… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
It was Silver's voice, and before I had heard a dozen words, I would not have shown myself for all the world.… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
We have a government that borrows $4 billion a day. We have a government that owes trillions of dollars in debt, half… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without feeling sensations of horror and disgust… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A sober, devout man will interpret 'God's will' soberly and devoutly. A fanatic, with bloodshot mind, will interpret 'God's will' fanatically. Men… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
So the laws of good driving forbade you to go off the magic ribbon except in extreme emergencies. You were ethically entitled… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
Where have we come as a country, when loving the Constitution, being a patriot, loving Jesus is extremist? Let me tell you… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
George Kennan is another extreme case. He was the American consul in Berlin until the war between Germany and the United States… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I always thought that the location of this film [Girl In The Train] was on the train and inside her imagination, and… — Erin Cressida Wilson Copy Share Image
On the broad spectrum of solitude, I lean toward the extreme end: I work alone, as well as live alone, so I… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
For some odd reason, I had an early and extreme multidisciplinary cast of mind. I couldn't stand reaching for a small idea… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Ancient wisdom: deal in personal trust; your word is your bond; avoid extremes; treat the money you invest for others as something… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Alone, she took hot baths and sat exhausted in the steaming water, wondering at her perpetual exhaustion. All that winter she noticed… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Someone once said that many bad policies are just good policies that have been carried too far. For example, we have taken… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Floyd Skloot’s Revertigo is a beautifully-written, moving account of one man’s off kilter life. Who would have imaged a memoir exploring months… — Dinty W. Moore Copy Share Image
I must admit that any favorable mention of the flying saucers by a scientist amounts to extreme heresy and places the one… — Frank B. Salisbury Copy Share Image
Most people believe they have a clear idea of what's right and wrong. Many say they know how they'll act, or how… — Lurlene McDaniel Copy Share Image
Soon madness has worn you down. It’s easier to do what it says than argue. In this way, it takes over your… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
There's such an extreme feeling to be in love, especially in quite an emotionally destructive relationship, where you're both kind of really… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk: the parching air Burns… — John Milton Copy Share Image
In Poland a man must be one thing: white or black, here or there, with us or against us -- clearly, openly,… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image