In the first half of the 20th Century, we lived through human disasters on a scale unimaginable. The Holocaust was once suggested… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Every one of my positions cuts - out half the country. I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-gay rights, I'm pro-immigration, I'm against guns, I… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
The day dawns; the morning star is bright upon the horizon! The iron gate of our prison stands half open. One gallant… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
... and because it was a drunken perception, it was perfect, entire, and lasted about half a second. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I stared into Jared's eyes, and the strangest thing happened. All the melting and melding I had just been through was shoved… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
There are no days in the whole round year more delicious than those which often come to us in the latter half… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson Copy Share Image
To venture into space we must be strong-willed and determined. We must be fully committed to its exploration and discovery; space permits… — Henry Joy McCracken Copy Share Image
You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others?… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
I've got too many of my friends that retired and went home and got on a rocking chair, and about a year… — Red Adair Copy Share Image
I got quite bored, serving in the bar. Since I was there, the customers wouldn't talk about women, and with half their… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The ascendancy over men's minds of the ruins of the stupendous past, the past of history, legend and myth, at once factual… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Half the sum of attraction, on either side, might have been enough, for he had nothing to do, and she had hardly… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I played in England for a year and a half, and I know how English teams play - very well. — Robinho Copy Share Image
In this one terrified moment, my mind couldn’t focus on any of it. “I’ve forgotten everything.” “No, you haven’t.” His voice in… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
The collective income of all these people - the bottom half - is less than three percent of global household income, and… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I talked to Woody Allen for half an hour or something. It was pretty incredible. He really went into lots of detail… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side. — Warren Spahn Copy Share Image
I've never been swimming, and that's because it's never been more than half an hour since I last ate. — Artie Lange Copy Share Image
It is alleged that half a million Spanish men, women and children fled to France after the Franco victory. — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
But for every hour and a half on stage, you have a five hour long bus ride, waiting for five hours at… — Andrew Eldritch Copy Share Image
I knew that somewhere God was laughing. He had taken the other half of my heart, the one person who knew me… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
Once upon a time there were two countries, at war with each other. In order to make peace after many years of… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
No, you've got it all wrong, John." Reading his emotions, she shook her head. "You're not half the male you could be… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
I love golf. But do you know how I got good at golf? Because of Charles Barkley. I was playing with Charles,… — Eric Dickerson Copy Share Image
I never get used to it, the unknowable mystery of a person so suddenly, totally closed, snapped shut like a half-read novel. — Linda Barnes Copy Share Image
Lyndon Johnson is still the most formidable, fascinating, frustrating, irritating individual I think I've ever known in my entire life. He was… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
I'm by no means a perfect human being. I experience more than half of my life perpetuating darkness. That was because I… — T.I Copy Share Image
I have never met a successful person who talked about failing. The glass is always half full. I don't even like being… — Sir Mix-a-Lot Copy Share Image
My work is very eclectic. I write books that range from writing fiction, writing fable where I am very directly trying to… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
Once more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid My child sleeps on. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image