I was not proficient in Latin and so was not able to go to Oxford or Cambridge. However, I did enter the… — Michael Smith Copy Share Image
It's often better to read first-rate science fiction than second-rate science - it's far more stimulating, and perhaps no more likely to… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
No matter what happens in a child's home, no matter what other social and economic factors may impede a child, there's no… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
It's always fascinating - and sometimes a little disquieting - when two first-rate critics violently disagree. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I think that, by comparison with $2,000 bottles of grand cru Burgundies, first-rate barolos, which sell for under $100, are undervalued ten-fold. — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
When I teach writing, I have a mantra: 'Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.' — David Morrell Copy Share Image
Within me, I knew I would never be a first-rate producer. I wasn't tough enough. — Dominick Dunne Copy Share Image
More than anything else, a budget request is a statement of national priorities; a clear enumeration of what our country needs to… — Roy Blunt Copy Share Image
