We know that a smarter Australia means a stronger Australia. An Australia able to grasp the opportunities of the Asian Century. A… — Wayne Swan Copy Share Image
You don't really get the full grasp of something until you see it for yourself. — Hannah Teter Copy Share Image
“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made… — Nate Berkus Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone who runs a TV show would ever say to you, 'I have a grasp on running a TV… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
A brain scan may reveal the neural signs of anxiety, but a Kokoschka painting, or a Schiele self-portrait, reveals what an anxiety… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
Palestinians have balked every time their longed-for nationhood has come within grasp. They have seemed to prefer the aggrieved dignity of their… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
Poetry always runs away from you - it's very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, depending on your… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
What cultural revolutionaries do not seem to grasp is that, far from being a grass-roots art form that has been taken over… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
People who didn't live pre-Internet can't grasp how devoid of ideas life in my hometown was. The only bookstores sold Bibles the… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the fact that we can't grasp anything about time. — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
John Kennedy really did extend the reach of the American people and said, like Lincoln said in a way, that our reach… — Richard Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
The vast majority of students probably emerge from college with an adequate grasp of no more than a single method of inquiry.… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs was the greatest manufacturer of consumer products of his age. His marketing vision put him on par with Henry Ford,… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Those in leadership positions who fail to grasp or use the power of stories risk failure for their companies and for themselves. — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Short stories have no net. The writer cannot take a leisurely sixty pages to get things moving, or make a side trip… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
When you've done something for more than a third of your life, your whole adult life, and then all of a sudden… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings. — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
That may be one of the qualities a lot of owners have. They thrive on times that are challenging and changing because… — Jim Irsay Copy Share Image
