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
