Yes, my dolls were the beginning. Obviously there was a convulsive flavor to them because they reflected my anxiety and unhappiness. To… — Hans Bellmer Copy Share Image
Whenever a Kurd wants to measure the depth of some foreign leader's commitment to Kurdish autonomy, he listens for one particular word.… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
I favor massive civil disobedience, among other things. It is not the only thing that is used to protest any grievance in… — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
The estate taxes, on balance, are good. They get people to give money to charity, and they prevent these family dynasties which… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Other pirates leaped over the railing. One, two... seven... thirteen. A baker’s dozen. Wait, fifteen. Eighteen... Twenty-one. The odds weren’t in our… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy. Fourteen years ago, independently, without any pressure from outside, it made that decision… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Being a painter myself... whenever I could dispense with architectural precision, I indulged in the picturesque, in which case I sacrificed a… — Charles Negre Copy Share Image
I'm actually all in favor of freeing the entrepreneurial spirit - but it turns out, interestingly, that you actually need very strict… — Charles Ferguson Copy Share Image
A man may as certainly miscarry by his seeming righteousness and supposed graces, as by gross sins; and that is, when a… — Joseph Alleine Copy Share Image
People deserve to have their experiences understood in a genuine bio-psycho-social approach. All too often, this is ignored in favor of what… — Peter Kinderman Copy Share Image
PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I am not in favor of immortality. I believe death for humans is the way of getting rid of accumulated errors -… — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
Those [American Jews] who favor the [Israeli] attack on Gaza are certainly guilty of such overwhelming emotional and cultural attachment to Israel… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Nepotism is despised in England, which is a very good thing. I think something to do with the class system. People really… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
[Alex] Haley felt he could make a solid case in favor of racial integration by showing what was - to white America… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
A beautiful person among the Greeks, was thought to betray by this sign some secret favor of the immortal gods; and we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think to some degree one of the strengths of the high tech industry is that people are actually willing to tell… — Eric Schmidt Copy Share Image
The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit, and yet does not prove that it exists. [Fr., La faveur… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana -- if it's prescribed… — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
A key difference between a dialogue and an ordinary discussion is that, within the latter people usually hold relatively fixed positions and… — David Copy Share Image
The problem with me is that nothing embarrasses me. Everything I've done ends up working in my favor. Even when I make… — David Hasselhoff Copy Share Image
No government is ever really in favor of so-called civil rights. It always tries to whittle them down. They are preserved under… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
In general, inquiry ceases when we adopt a theory. After that, we overlook whatever makes against it, and see and think, and… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them.… — Amelia Barr Copy Share Image
The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
People in Michigan are good at separating fact from fiction. They know, better than most of the country, what happens to the… — Fred Upton Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has come out in favor of shutting down Planned Parenthood. However, experts say, if he really wants Planned Parenthood to… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system… — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
The interest which lay behind Federalism was that of well-to-do citizens in a stable political and social order, and this interest aroused… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
Being a female director become as professional as your male colleagues and forget the whole question about being female. You are female… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid immediate alliteration… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
We are so placid that the smallest tremor of objection to anything at all is taken as a full-scale revolution. Should any… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
It has been remarked that almost every character which has excited either attention or pity has owed part of its success to… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I cannot in good conscience vote in favor of tax cuts, irrespective of their size, or to which segment of the population… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I am 100 percent in favor of the intelligent use of drugs, and 1,000 percent against the thoughtless use of them, whether… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image