Taxonomy (the science of classification) is often undervalued as a glorified form of filing-with each species in its folder, like a stamp… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Adoption was something that was always under my skin, that I knew would be a part of my life, and, when I… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
But the plans were on display…” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “That’s the… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Pain is subtle. He has cold grey fingers. His voice is horse from crying & screaming... When people try to avoid him,… — J. Ruth Gendler Copy Share Image
I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone… — Andrea Hirata Copy Share Image
People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal. — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
We've developed a very complex filing system for existence. We see things in terms of good or bad. We feel happiness, joy,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A girl like that, Grandad said, perfumes herself with ozone and metal filings. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“People like to be shown around archives. I don’t know why. I’m in the business, but one row of shelves stuffed with… — V.T. Davy Copy Share Image
In my group of friends, I was always the one who remembered everything. The stories, the boys my friends and I dated,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Mr Police Officer, you do not know me and as a police corruption researcher I will be filing a police complaint about… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
A homeless man once told me that dancing to rap music is the cultural equivalent of masturbating, and I'd sort of fell… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Your taxes are due a week from today. You can make out your check directly to Halliburton. Or you can do what… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
If you're filing bankruptcy, you will likely want to hire an attorney. But for debt settlement, a company is sufficient, or as… — Jean Chatzky Copy Share Image
The amount of gender violence that I experience is absolutely extraordinary. And a significant part of my day today will be spent… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
Now, in an analysis of campaign finance filings by Politico we learned the [Donald] Trump campaign has paid Trump businesses more than… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
Lee Harvey Oswald was boiling over about everything: the American ambassador; the Russians-he was mad at them because they wouldn't let him… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
So why do I write, torturing myself to put it down? Because in spite of myself I've learned some things. Without the… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
I kind of like carbon taxes because we already know how to apply them. We already have apparatus in place. When we… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
It's tax day and while many Americans are filing their taxes with a groan, taxpayers in the Badger State have reason to… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
All that Lenin learned about business from the tales of his comrades who occasionally sat in business offices was that it required… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Randy Pausch on time management: Here's what I know: Time must be explicitly managed, like money. You can always change your plan,… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed… — C. Northcote Parkinson Copy Share Image
“The librarian was explaining the benefits of the Dewey decimal system to her junior--benefits that extended to every area of life. It… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Courts should always do the right thing. But if winning were as simple as making a good argument and filing a good… — Evan Wolfson Copy Share Image
While Newt Gingrich was running for president four years ago a controversy bubbled up regarding his campaign finances. You see, in December… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
The left's obsession with corporations as a spawn of evil is pathological paranoia. A corporation is just one form of organizing a… — Mike Rosen Copy Share Image