I got into a brawl one night in a saloon in Greenwich Village. Elia Kazan, a great director, saw me put out… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
I've learned that I can't do it all at once. So, you have to figure out your angle of attack. Coming in… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
More often than not, whenever gossip has been written about me, the gossip is more interesting than the reality. I know some… — Moby Copy Share Image
Dad took moving pictures of us children washing dishes, so that he could figure out how we could reduce our motions and… — Frank B. Gilbreth Jr Copy Share Image
I hide my documents in many different places on my computer, because I often write things that I would never want anybody… — Chelsea Martin Copy Share Image
I paint like an abstract painter everything is inside nothing is meant to be, I take tattoos off a people I take… — Jason Shawn Alexander Copy Share Image
I don't mean to sugarcoat the figure on restatements, but I think it is positive - it shows a healthy system. The… — Steve Odland Copy Share Image
The Procrastinator has the opposite problem. He can’t selectively focus his attention and might endure frequent accusations about his laziness. In truth,… — Kate Kelly Copy Share Image
The only way I know as a director is to figure out what the film is about. And out of the theme… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
As the world is getting smaller, it becomes more and more important that we learn each other's dance moves, that we meet… — Jehane Noujaim Copy Share Image
If there had been a charismatic figure in the United States who could mobilize fears, anger, racism, a sense of loss of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Obviously, consideration of costs is key, including opportunity costs. Of course capital isn't free. It's easy to figure out your cost of… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Though perhaps less universally known than such figures as Einstein or Gandhi (who became symbols of our time) Daisetz Suzuki was no… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
I mean, we have to read books or we'll make mistakes. If we read stories of how other people lived, we can… — Rachel DeWoskin Copy Share Image
I have seen what the days of tribulation can do to people. I have seen hunger stalk the streets of Europe. I… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
My position is a naturalistic one; I see philosophy not as an a priori propaedeutic or groundwork for science, but as continuous… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal game of backyard catch, 'Field of… — J. R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I'm a lone wolf. I run by myself on most things. I've got lots of really great friends, but the thought of… — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I work with a lot of music programs and there's a steep learning curve to a lot of them. You can really… — Joe Copy Share Image
Cult leaders are often self-styled prophets who have not studied with great teachers or undergone lengthy training or discipline themselves. . .… — John Welwood Copy Share Image
When you're thinking about something that you don't understand, you have a terrible, uncomfortable feeling called confusion... Now, is the confusion's because… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing. Pregnancies are damaging to health, spoil the figure, wither the charms, and it's… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
I think our conception of literature should accommodate not only apolitical writers but also those whose political opinions we find unpalatable. Fiction… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Figure skating was a pretty individual sport. I've grown up a lot since those days and enjoy being part of a team… — Debi Thomas Copy Share Image
I hate the term 'arm candy.' But, look, a woman's figure is a beautiful thing, and if she has shapely legs, then… — Bruce Forsyth Copy Share Image
The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of… — Vasco Ronchi Copy Share Image
It's very important that a film that intends to play tricks on the audience... has to play fair with the audience. For… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
Our concerns about what we saw in Australia: an economy clearly tied to China has hitched its wagon to the tail of… — James Chanos Copy Share Image
I figure there are enough self-opinionated assholes trying to get their ugly little faces in front of you as it is. You… — Banksy Copy Share Image
It also helps that what Dan Slott is doing with Peter Parker in the comics has elevated him to something else, so… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
The "18/40/60" rule to happiness: At age 18, people care very much about what others think of them. By age 40, they… — Daniel Amen Copy Share Image
Culture and society determined sexual desirability as what makes us important so long that it's part of our sensibility from birth.Little girls… — Cris Mazza Copy Share Image
Like so many people, I only remembered Orson Welles as this huge, fat, bearded figure selling wine in TV commercials. So whenever… — Christian McKay Copy Share Image
I've always dressed myself, even when I was younger. My parents didn't pick out my clothes or anything. They let me do… — Zendaya Copy Share Image
I love to revel in philosophical matters-especially astronomy. I study astronomy more than any other foolishness there is. I am a perfect… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The naked figures in the landscape have willingly undressed for my camera. They are either perfect beings heroically occupying their Edens, or… — Justine Kurland Copy Share Image
In 2006 it was a horrible election year, and, you know, I lost. But I lost because I continued to be a… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
The shaman is a very peculiar figure. He is critical to the functioning of the psychological and social life of his community,… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
![“Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment, and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name. [But] it's time to expand and move on.” quote by Mos Def](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/26c/mos-def-3481_built_mos-def-is-a-name-that-i-built-and-culti_796597.jpg)
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