A black boxer's career is the perfect metaphor for the career of a black male. Every day is like being in the… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
As the classes in modern life come together, we have become much more intensely class conscious. It's a very curious thing. But… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
To me, you know, from my childhood I always had a fascination for United States. — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
Actually loneliness has a kind of fascination; it's a state of egotistical, inner grace that you can achieve only by standing guard… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows that Africa is not reasonable place but if we can get across that neither are we, we strengthen the bond with… — Hendri Coetzee Copy Share Image
The Blessed Sacrament is the magnet of souls. There is a mutual attraction between Jesus and the souls of men. Mary drew… — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
Of course, pictures of objects also have this transcendental side to them. Every object, being part of an ultimately incomprehensible world, also… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear. — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
I finally overcame my phobia, and now I approach flying with a sort of studied boredom - a learned habit, thanks to… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I've not worn a dress since about 1985. It always amazes me how there is still a fascination for it in England.… — Martin Gore Copy Share Image
When I was younger, before I was born, I lost my twin, so I think I've always had a fascination for telepathy… — Sophie Turner Copy Share Image
[X-ray's] accidental discovery in the late 1800s fits seamlessly into modernity's fascination with, and belief in, the power of technological transparency: the… — Walead Beshty Copy Share Image
There were sins whose fascination was more in the memory than in the doing of them, strange triumphs that gratified the pride… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I think people in general that don't surf, have a fascination with it. Its definitely much more than a sport or activity,… — Tristan Prettyman Copy Share Image
Technology is a wonderful tool, but also if used incorrectly a horrible tool. We're fascinated by all aspects of it, whatever makes… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
There are teachers and students with square minds who are by nature meant to undergo the fascination of catagories. For them, 'schools'… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Science gives you an understanding of the physical world, and it increases the capacity for fascination. — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
I just like The Little Mermaid cartoon. Say what you want. I have a fish tank, it's a long story. I have… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
I live for books that produce a mood of gathering creepy fascination, a true descent in the Weird. — Gemma Files Copy Share Image
What I can't completely understand is most other people's fascination with what the famous among us do with their lips and the… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
...yet, even before he left the room, - and certainly, not five minutes after, the clear conviction dawned upon her, shined bright… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
One thing is certain: the riddle of mind, long a topic for philosophers, has taken on new urgency. Under pressure from the… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
I am not a socialite, though I seem to have got the reputation for being one. I have some very good friends… — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Copy Share Image
Composition is a side issue. Its role in my selection of photographs is a negative one at best. By which I mean… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image