I think lawyers have a fidelity to the system itself that's always got to be with them, and indeed, most of the… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
An empire that extends itself selectively is just being prudent about its own limitations. A republic that supports democratization selectively is another… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
In August of 2002, I survived a car accident. Although I can still see the van speeding toward us, I cannot bring… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
What we can do should never by itself determine what we choose to do, yet this is the way technology tends to… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
I'm a mechanical engineer, and I grew up on a farm, so I like practical hardware - somebody's elegant solution that proves… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
From my old neighborhood, I learned nothing was guaranteed, not even life itself. You better get it today, because tomorrow is not… — Junior Seau Copy Share Image
When somebody takes a child from their native culture, that is in itself an act of aggression. — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
I don't think the western world is questioning capitalism. Capitalism as a concept is not something that society has written off. But… — Kumar Mangalam Birla Copy Share Image
Photographers usually want to photograph facts and things. But I'm interested in the nature of the thing itself. A photograph of someone… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
What I like is the acting itself. But I'm a lousy celebrity. I'm not interested in selling my private life. I take… — Tyne Daly Copy Share Image
A novel can be set in motion by an incident, a character, a location, a mood - by anything at all. Sometimes… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it… — Olly Murs Copy Share Image
Watergate got us to think of leaders as mere mortals. America began to think of itself in a very different way -… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
I was kind of smart enough when I was young, 14 or 15 years old, to realize that if you're ever going… — Brett Hull Copy Share Image
The water is alive. It is alive. If we could get a mask and fins and drop down off these docks, we'd… — Randy Wayne White Copy Share Image
There is a formula that allows you to write a decent song. But a song like 'You're All I Need to Get… — Valerie Simpson Copy Share Image
Idleness of the mind is much worse than that of the body: wit, without employment, is a disease - the rust of… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The Holocaust, taken by itself, is a black hole. To look at it directly is to be swallowed up by it. — David Novak Copy Share Image
However much, as readers, we lose ourselves in a novel or story, fiction itself is an experience on the order of memory… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
I don't know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. It's more than talent and beauty. Maybe it's the audience… — Joan Blondell Copy Share Image
The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
I believe the body can take care of itself. It's all about self-health. It's about depending on our breathing. — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Copy Share Image
It is my firm belief that action on the issues that matter for Africa must emerge from within Africa itself. — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
I just want to make something that is true to itself and that interests me; otherwise, how can I have the audacity… — Alexandra Cassavetes Copy Share Image
War is not, in itself, a condition so much as the symptom of a condition - that of international anarchy. — Alfred Hermann Fried Copy Share Image
I suggest that instead of criticising us, the establishment has a bloody good look at itself. — Trisha Goddard Copy Share Image
Life on earth is more like a verb. It repairs, maintains, re-creates, and outdoes itself. — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
Britain has taken itself out as a major player in the international system, at least for a while, with the kind of… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
If the Pentagon truly confined itself to providing defense, then presumably we wouldn't need a whole separate government agency to provide 'Homeland… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
One of the things that has plagued bitcoin is not bitcoin itself but the companies built on top of it. — Tyler Winklevoss Copy Share Image
Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will… — Kailash Satyarthi Copy Share Image
The United States has overstepped its borders in all spheres - economic, political and humanitarian - and has imposed itself on other… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Going to Freedom's Watch was a job opportunity that presented itself, so I jumped at it. — Carl Forti Copy Share Image
When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something good for people, to help humanity free itself… — John Coltrane Copy Share Image
The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days. — Richard Morris Copy Share Image
Usually a poem takes shape accoustically - a line or a pair of lines will repeat itself in my ear. — Thomas Lynch Copy Share Image
The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
There are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
