The goal of being alive is to figure out what it means to be alive. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I love school, but when I was going to school, I sort of used it as an opportunity to figure out what… — Christa B. Allen Copy Share Image
I think my fascination is less with genre figures than with writers in general. — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
I'm trying to figure out the biology of dinosaurs and what they were like as living creatures. — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
I go out partying to figure out exactly who I'm making music for. You can't just guess. — will.i.am Copy Share Image
Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
I can't figure out how they decide on those things. So I don't have any regrets about anything that I did that… — William Petersen Copy Share Image
Faust was this mythical figure who sold his soul to the devil for unlimited power. The Japanese have made that Faustian bargain… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
I find historical figures in general very tricky because you feel at times that you're serving two masters. Not only the arc… — Vincent Piazza Copy Share Image
For me her image, the triptych, became a study of the weight the black male figure carries, given the fact that they… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
Drilling in the refuge will not solve America's energy problem. The Energy Department's own figures show that drilling would not change gas… — Lois Capps Copy Share Image
Back when I was in theater school, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life, 'Sweeney Todd'… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from… — Elisabeth Shue Copy Share Image
We have to figure out ways to scare and entice our leaders more effectively than the fossil fuel industry has managed to… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
It's a fine balance between design and the thing making itself happen. The stroke has to have complete precision to work. Sometimes… — James Nares Copy Share Image
Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and… — Matsuo Basho Copy Share Image
I figure I just keep working and let the chips fall where they may, and if that means I end up having… — Clint Howard Copy Share Image
I started playing with digital technology early on in my work. I made digital collages with costumed figures using early versions of… — Saya Woolfalk Copy Share Image
I remember when we were doing "Batman Begins" and to watch Chris Nolan go from "Memento" to "Batman" and take that leap… — Katie Holmes Copy Share Image
It is boring to haunt a writer, and even more so to haunt a celebrity. I would haunt a literary figure! Possibly… — Sergei Lukyanenko Copy Share Image
I make sure I have the best: I figure you could spend $800 on an outfit you wear three times, but with… — Cat Deeley Copy Share Image
Somebody said, "Well, you're going to write your definitive book about your life, biography." No, I'm not. I haven't done that. I… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Captain John Sheridan: I wish I had your faith in the universe. I just don't see it. Delenn: Then I will tell… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
He began to trace a pattern on the table with the nail of his thumb. "She kept saying she wanted to keep… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
That shot in "Into the Inferno" somehow popped up while my editor and I were viewing the footage. I immediately said, "That… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
When I watch the show [Westworld], it leaves me looking at the world around me in a new way. It really stays… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
Blind obedience is itself an abuse of human morality. It is a misuse of the human soul in the name of religious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You do not know me, but I am a juvenile delinquent. I do not trust authority figures, I probably will not graduate… — Katherine Applegate 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
All I really know in nonfiction is that when I come home, I've got all these notes and I'm trying to figure… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
![“Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes to the battlefield, or in colorful brocade kimono, attending (his lord) at a banquet, [sabi] is like this old figure.” quote by Matsuo Basho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e3f/matsuo-basho-7207_armor_sabi-is-the-color-of-haikai-it-is-differ_774447.jpg)
![“When I watch the show [Westworld], it leaves me looking at the world around me in a new way. It really stays with you. And it's one of those things that you have to figure out. You're going to get little clues along the way, and every time you think you know what's up, we're going to flip it…” quote by Evan Rachel Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8f6/evan-rachel-wood-6643_character_when-i-watch-the-show-westworld-it-leave_1418268.jpg)
![“You do not know me, but I am a juvenile delinquent. I do not trust authority figures, I probably will not graduate from high school, and statistics say my present rowdiness and vandalism will likely lead to more serious crimes. I am a dangerous fellow, and I am causing mayhem in this store. [...]…” quote by Katherine Applegate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/66a/katherine-applegate-3304_authority_you-do-not-know-me-but-i-am-a-juvenile-d_787802.jpg)
