Tentatively I stood a great lump of wood on the chopping block and bought the axe down on it. It flew into… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
Tradition does not mean a dead town; it does not mean that the living are dead but that the dead are alive.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Why, just a couple of economic seasons ago, was idle cash considered an indication of bad management or lazy management? Because it… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I'm not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don't get "Iggy Sings."… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
There's a video that's been floating around on YouTube where [Baz Luhrmann says], "We were looking for a guy that sounded like… — Quindon Tarver Copy Share Image
I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
If this lady is pleased to spend her days with Franklin, he would be just as pleased to spend his nights with… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm telling the story, and if I can't tell the story, I'm not going to sing it. And if I don't agree… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
I think Franklin Roosevelt was a lousy president. What he did- which is to impose this great nanny state on America- was… — Ed Crane Copy Share Image
The crisis [the Great Depression] discovered a great man in Franklin Roosevelt...None too soon he has carried America forward to the second… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
I'm very glad my mother didn't let me quit piano lessons at age 10. She said I wasn't old enough or good… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I love Aretha [Franklin] and I've loved her all my life. I think she's an incredible songstress, obviously. She consistently has had… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
You've probably heard about the theory of steam-engine time - that even after the steam engine had been invented, it had to… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing I wanted to say at various times to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt was that it seemed… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
Being in L.A., it was really hard to find a country writer and producer. I eventually - years of searching - found… — Sasha Pieterse Copy Share Image
Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben Franklins, Thomas… — Elayne Boosler Copy Share Image
Holocausts do not amaze me. Rapes and child slavery do not amaze me. And Franklin, I know you feel otherwise, but Kevin… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
In truth, every American administration since that of Franklin D. Roosevelt has maintained close ties with the Saudi rulers, and for a… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
The coolest gift I've ever gotten from a fan was from the Franklin Mint. It was a knife, and it had a… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
After the discovery in 1918 of love letters revealing that Franklin was involved with Lucy Mercer: The bottom dropped out of my… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Hey, I'm like Aretha Franklin, I don't get no R -S -P -E -C -T around here! — Si Robertson Copy Share Image
When Franklin drew the lightning from the clouds, he little dreamed that in the evolution of science his discovery would illuminate the… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
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