Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up… — Rupert Everett Copy Share Image
It was true that the city could still throw shadows filled with mystifying figures from its past, whose grip on the present… — Christopher Fowler Copy Share Image
Now, once again, we find ourselves facing rising gas prices, and the question is: This time, are we going to learn from… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
You and your name dropping he said, I knew Michael, I knew Sammael. The angel Gabriel did my hair. Its like I'm… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Those in power at Disney, the very generous figures at Disney Animation, have convinced themselves I'm a good-luck charm for their movies,… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
High school was the first time I ever saw spoken word poetry. The first place I ever performed a poem was at… — Phil Kay Copy Share Image
There is such a love, a love that creates value in what is loved. There is a love that turns rag dolls… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
...the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
You need an audience to help you figure out what's working and what's worth putting on your album or your special -… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Does the logic connect? What are the range of probably outcomes? You want to figure out what those probabilities are and ideally… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
We, as writers, have to figure out a way to create a consciousness in language. It's crazy even to attempt to do… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Don’t try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The human heart concerns us more than the poring into microscopes, and is larger than can be measured by the pompous figures… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'm not in politics. I'm really not a public figure. But I'm trying to be a little more cognizant of my surroundings. — Bill Foley Copy Share Image
I'm trying to figure out how to record at home because I have a tiny house and a seven-year-old and my wife… — Matt Berninger Copy Share Image
Trying to make certain things on the Internet totally private unless you subscribe. It's not going to work. If you can figure… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
I think there is a total equality for me between painting a literary figure or Kate Moss or my Mum or a… — Stella Vine Copy Share Image
There are even more statues of Robert Burns than of any other figure in world literature. Indeed if we discount figures of… — Len G. Murray Copy Share Image
There’s something completely unnerving about seeing your parents upset. I suppose it’s because they’re supposed to be the strong ones, but that’s… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
I think that there have been a number of public figures where you start hearing commentary that is dangerous because what it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The man I marvel at is the one that's in there day after day, and night after night and still puts the… — Sparky Anderson Copy Share Image
I wonder if it changes the nature of a society for beauty to be so common. Maybe in Vietnam "She has a… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Ethan Wate: What I can't figure is, you go to church everyday, how do you believe in all of this and still… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't take relationships too seriously, but everyone else seems to. And when you get your heart broken, it's like the end… — Colbie Caillat Copy Share Image
I think if you read all my books you know where I stand, pretty much. You could probably give the reader a… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
It's dark out, Jack, the stations out there don't identify themselves, we're in it raw-blind like burned rats, it's running out all… — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
I think parenting well is not so different than trying to consider how to be successful at any relationship. Like, how do… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
The greatest strength any human being an have is to recognize his or her own weaknesses. When you identify your weaknesses, you… — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes, but with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Even before I had an assistant, my calendar was color-coded and I had all these different e-mail rules for how to prioritize… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
I want to be a figure for prison reform. I think that the criminal justice system is rotten. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
If there is some sort of trouble at home, kids don't think that James Bond is going to come save their mum… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
What is happening now is that producers are trying to figure out new ways to distribute that content. — Maria Bartiromo Copy Share Image
I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to say things. I'm a little exhausted by the process. — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
The promise of American capitalism is that it makes people richer, freer and more independent. But since the introduction of Fed, the… — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
I don't like people who have babies and act like they did something that the rest of us can't figure out. Anybody… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
It's not arrogant to say that you can't figure out the answers to the universe with your internal faith. It's not arrogant… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The figure is still the only thing I have faith in in terms of how much emotion it's charged with and how… — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
Just like in any other movie, too, we've had car troubles. We've had issues with weather. We've had issues with you name… — Todd Farmer Copy Share Image
