I'm definitely a fan of juxtaposition. Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing - I think one of… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
In war, while everything is simple, even the simplest thing is difficult. Difficulties accumulate and produce frictions which no one can comprehend… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Self-esteem must be earned! When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream, dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts,… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
The fact that the same proportionalities rule optimal running, flying and swimming is not a coincidence rather it is an illustration of… — Adrian Bejan Copy Share Image
She worked her toes into the sand, feeling the tiny delicious pain of the friction of tiny chips of silicon against the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“A certain amount of friction is necessary in our lives to provide enough heat to mold our minds and cast our mettle… — Will Craig, Living the Hero's Journey Copy Share Image
“What is fire? It’s a mystery. Scientists give us gobbledegook about friction and molecules. But they don’t really know. Its real beauty… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence. — John Abizaid Copy Share Image
I use to think that the friction was a bad thing. Everything is to ease pain in our society; pain is very… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
...whatever other qualities Jews may posses, likable or the reverse, no one who knows them well can deny that they are personally… — Ernest Jones Copy Share Image
Without culture there can be no growth; without exertion, no acquisition; without friction, no polish; without labor, no knowledge; without action, no… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Want to know the key to a long-lasting relationship? Don't go with your loved one to Ikea. One psychologist says the stress… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
Nobody can live in society without conventions. The reason why sensible people are as conventional as they can bear to be is… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In the frameworks of a peace agreement, a government under my leadership would agree to make real territorial concessions but will not… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
Love is the very essence of life. It is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Yet it is… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
It is simple to follow the easy and familiar path of personal ambition and private gain. It is more comfortable to sit… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
All three girls in 'Housefull 3,' Jacqueline Fernandez, Lisa Haydon and Nargis, got along well. Usually when there is more than one… — Sajid Nadiadwala Copy Share Image
The Internet will help achieve "friction free capitalism" by putting buyer and seller in direct contact and providing more information to both… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Natural selection is not the wind which propels the vessel, but the rudder which, by friction, now on this side and now… — Asa Gray Copy Share Image
That's why you and I had friction? God, I always thought it was 'cause, 'cause I fooled around with your daughter freshman… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
Generally, all my life, I have had strong friction with life - I was a problematic soldier, I was kicked out of… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
This tremendous friction which cannot, as in mechanics, be reduced to a few points, is everywhere in contact with chance, and brings… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
All sizes of film sets have the same level of excitement and friction and tension and then vast sections of boredom that… — David Hayter Copy Share Image
In removing the friction involved in paying bills, electronic billing has substantially increased the friction involved in not paying them. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Love is a brilliant illustration of a principle everywhere discoverable: namely, that human reason lives by turning the friction of material forces… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
If the regular length of a shot is increased, one becomes bored, but if you keep on making it longer, it piques… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
At this camp I had the unique experience of showing all these seasoned Westerners that it was possible to make a fire… — Ernest Thompson Seton Copy Share Image
The whole business starts with ideas, and we're convinced that ideas come out of an environment of supportive conflict, which is synonymous… — Michael Eisner Copy Share Image
Dolphins frequently leap above the water surface. One reason for this behaviour could be that, when travelling longer distances, jumping can save… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
The achievement of Tahrir Square wasn’t just its grand political movement but the tiny personal battles fought and won against the frictions… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
Change is the law of life and of relations between nations. When two great peoples such as ours, energetic and optimistic, live… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
What remarkable strength is shown by the person who can lay aside personal prejudices and work without friction with a group of… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Manners are the lubricating oil of an organization. It is a law of nature that two moving bodies in contact with each… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I do not overlook the fact that the appearance of these new, free nations in the European political community not only celebrates… — Hjalmar Branting Copy Share Image
Bitcoin woke us all up to a new way to pay, and culturally, I think a much larger percentage of us have… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
I do remember the whole thing as being very argumentative, hot blooded... a permanent state of friction between Jon and Chris, Chris… — Bill Bruford Copy Share Image
Blessed are the happiness-makers! Blessed are they that take away attritions, that remove friction, that make the courses of life smooth, and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
