When we fail to live up to our ideals, for instance, we might begin to wonder who we are - most people… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
We hardly know an instance of the strength and weakness of human nature so striking and so grotesque as the character of… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
It was Mrs. Campbell, for instance, who, on a celebrated occasion, threw her companion into a flurry by describing her recent marriage… — Alexander Woollcott Copy Share Image
The best seat in the house often depends on the ballet. For instance, much of the first act of 'The Nutcracker' is… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
This incomparable Author having at length been prevailed upon to appear in public, has in this Treatise given a most notable instance… — Edmond Halley Copy Share Image
But everything is relative, Bertie... You, for instance, are my relative, and I am your relative. — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
I myself, for instance, am not especially gifted, and am shy by nature, but my gracious and merciful God and Father inclined… — Hudson Taylor Copy Share Image
It's always a challenge to discover the most effective first sentence, and the most effective final sentence, in a chapter for instance,… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
With Rodham, for instance, it has to work on an emotional level. It has to work on a character level. If it's… — James Ponsoldt Copy Share Image
George's son had done his work so thoroughly that he was considered too good a workman to live, and was, in fact,… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Now, the instrumentation in the jazz band and the jazz dance band has gone through many evolutions. For instance, in the 'twenties… — Gerry Mulligan Copy Share Image
Racism remains in the eyes of history ... merely another instance of the persecution of minorities for the advantage of those in power. — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
To be creative, an idea must also be appropriate - useful and actionable. It must somehow influence the way business gets done… — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
We have already seen some instances of systemic risk in recent times in the Asian financial crisis. But what sparked off the… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
I did all the usual things. I think I did everything that everybody else does. I did auditions. I went to see… — Frankie Laine Copy Share Image
While it may be true in some instances that our promised blessings will be fulfilled only in the eternities, it is also… — Susan W. Tanner Copy Share Image
Very few men can speak of Nature, for instance, with any truth. They overstep her modesty, somehow or other, and confer no… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There are very few instances where writers have also been effective image makers - different skill sets are required. — Fred Ritchin Copy Share Image
There are very interesting books about these events, for instance one by a very well-known American historian named William R. Polk called… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This was only Taika Watiti fourth film [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], but I think he brings a very original way of looking… — Sam Neill Copy Share Image
I think mentoring is essential in life, both being a mentor to someone and being mentored, and I think that when you… — Carol Friedman Copy Share Image
On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around.… — Hans Blix Copy Share Image
It's not hard to see why. Although it adds to our overall understanding of Benghazi, even a cursory read reveals sloppy errors… — Stephen F. Hayes Copy Share Image
In software, consultants sometimes tell you to buy into certain software-development methods to the exclusion of other methods. That’s unfortunate because if… — Steve McConnell Copy Share Image
