The first serious consciousness of Nature's gesture - her attitude towards life-took form then as a phantasm, a nightmare, all insanity of… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
And I think you understand a little bit more why she falls for him. In a way, watching the French do anything… — Adrian Lyne Copy Share Image
Diana: "I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad."… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To see life. To see the world. To watch the faces of the poor, and the gestures of the proud. To see… — Henry R. Luce Copy Share Image
However gross a man may be, the minute he expresses a strong and genuine affection, some inner secretion alters his features, animates… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
And still it is not enough to have memories. One must be able to forget them when they are many, and one… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Whenever I go to bars in London, people send me over Cosmopolitans. It's a very sweet gesture, but I don't like them,… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Michael Ondaatje’s work taught me how to be at home in fragments, and how to think about a big story in carefully… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
We walked outside, Ben-Gurion accompanying us. Allon repeated his question, What is to be done with the Palestinian population?' Ben-Gurion waved his… — Yitzhak Rabin Copy Share Image
The best conducting technique is that which achieves the maximum musical result with the minimum effort. The only general rule is to… — Fritz Reiner Copy Share Image
In really fancy restaurants they never point to the bathroom, they just gesture toward the bathroom or they'll lead you to the… — Nico Muhly Copy Share Image
... I never look at my watch if I'm talking with someone. I think that's such an insulting gesture! It suggests you're… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
“It’s impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because what you say can never be exact, you always have… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
How do our lives ravel out into the no-wind, no-sound, the weary gestures wearily recapitulant: echoes of old compulsions with no-hand on… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
You can, when Time is ripe, swope to your feet - at your full height - at a single gesture. Ready to… — Marita Bonner Copy Share Image
John Gottman is our leading explorer of the inner world of relationships. In The Relationship Cure, he has found gold once again.… — William J Doherty Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the spirits of people. In the theatre, there's the acting part of acting - and I'm not saying that… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
When he painted a road, the roadmakers were there in his imagination, when he painted the turned earth of a ploughed field,… — John Berger Copy Share Image
So much of language is unspoken. So much of language is compromised of looks and gestures and sounds that are not words.… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
Nothing in a portrait is a matter of indifference. Gesture, grimace, clothing, decor even - all must combine to realize a character. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I asked each if [Yao Xingtong and Zhang Lanxin] was afraid of heights. Each said no, and although they had never had… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
It's not the length but the quality of life that matters to me. It has always been important to me to write… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image