If you look back at the first Gulf war, the Arabs sent forces, they sent money. So their interests in Iraq are… — Brent Scowcroft Copy Share Image
I'm thrilled beyond belief to be different in this business. I pray that there will be more roles for bigger girls. I… — Nikki Blonsky Copy Share Image
It doesn't interest me to be Harrison Ford. It interests me to be Mike Pomeroy and Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan. I… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
It is a significant fact that, of all the Christian countries, in those where the church stands highest, and has most power,… — Helen H. Gardener Copy Share Image
As in private life one differentiates between what a man thinks and says of himself and what he really is and does,… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
When I read a story or see something play out in front of me I say, how come nobody's made a movie… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
But if Shakespeare himself is maybe about meaning and truth, I don't know, then he is certainly about pleasure and interest, we… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
Once a fellow's enjoying the fruits of government health care and all the rest, he couldn't give a hoot about the general… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
There are really three players: 'absolutists', for whom it is possible to describe reality as it anyway is; 'constructivists' or 'humanists', for… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
In Paris, friend of Bequerel’s, a young physicist-chemist couple named Pierre and Marie Curie, began to scour the natural world for even… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
A writer writes what interests him and what he can manage, and what he can make live, as Flannery O'Connor said. So… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do was put a woman of color, front and center, in my movie combining a lot of themes… — Amma Asante Copy Share Image
I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
In its essence the Gospel is a call to make the experiment of comradeship, the experiment of fellowship, the experiment of trusting… — L. P. Jacks Copy Share Image
“Everything I have written up to now is trifling compared to that which I would like to write and would write with… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I would like to meet with Drake. I would love to meet him. He's from the city I'm from. I feel we… — D-Pryde Copy Share Image
My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it… — Kathryn Bigelow Copy Share Image
I have heard this a thousand times. Of course every state has the right to organize its security the way it deems… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
He looked at the book, took my name, and consulted his records. Then he informed me I had been lost at sea… — Elizabeth Kenny Copy Share Image
Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Work almost always has a double aspect: it is a bondage, a wearisome drudgery; but it is also a source of interest,… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
I think, all in all, the Obama administration and what President Obama has focused on has lived up to our need to… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
A thriller needs to hold the interest of the reader from the very beginning. It needs to engage with them, hold them… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
There are two amendments only which I am anxious for: 1. A bill of rights, which it is so much the interest… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[The Republican Party] consists of those who, believing in the doctrine that mankind are capable of governing themselves and hating hereditary power… — James Madison Copy Share Image
At the National Institute for Medical Research, I came into contact with biological scientists and formed collaborative projects with several of them.… — John Cornforth Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, it's a matter of only mild intellectual interest to me whether the earth goes around the sun or the sun… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I'd never been much of an athlete, due to a physical condition I'd had since birth (unathleticism). Perhaps if there were a… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
The regulation of these various and interfering interests forms the principal task of modern legislation and involves the spirit of party and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The wishes of the people, seldom founded in deep disquisitions, or resulting from other reasonings than their present feelings, may not entirely… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a… — Mark Kirk Copy Share Image
[About a conference on Systematic Biology] Many interesting statements were made that apply directly to the work of taxonomists. In some cases… — Richard E. Blackwelder Copy Share Image
Some people accuse us of too much emotionalism. I say we have too little. That is why we are losing church people… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
If the regular length of a shot is increased, one becomes bored, but if you keep on making it longer, it piques… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
Sedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The thing you start noticing as books go by, is that you become aware not only of a shape of a career,… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights.… — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
The state's interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
I saved a man's life once," said Granny. "Special medicine, twice a day. Boiled water with a bit of berry juice in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image