“Nothing is born of nothing, least of all knowledge, modernity, or enlightened thought; progress is made in tiny surges, in successive laps,… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
It was a very strange, disappointing race in that no one wanted to take it out. That's why I took the lead.… — Marla Runyan Copy Share Image
Professionally, I have no major goals. That's partly because I'm really flaky. I want things, but I don't go after them. I'd… — Valerie Bertinelli Copy Share Image
And you're too nice," he added, above the lap-lap of the water and the patter of sand on the water-lily leaves. "I… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
Our problem is that the climate crisis hatched in our laps at a moment in history when political and social conditions were… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
I do think, where would kids be if it weren't for you and for the good pediatricians, and for the good parents?… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
And the very important fact that I'm here to worry with you and go through all of this - every little bit… — Tabitha Suzuma Copy Share Image
I didn't want people to say: Stelios does everything on the cheap at work, and in private he lives in the lap… — Stelios Haji-Ioannou Copy Share Image
At Christmas time I sat on Santa's lap. His fly was open ! Boy what a present he gave me ! — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
It is still in the lap of the gods whether a society can succeed which is based on "civil liberties and human… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
I do enjoy my solo time ... I want to stay home and do soundtracks and watch TV in my underwear with… — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
I'm very specific and ambitious in plotting out my goals and never take no for an answer - so it's not like… — Darren Criss Copy Share Image
Cats don't fight for their rights; they take them for granted. They have a right to be fed, watered, stroked on demand… — Lilian Jackson Braun Copy Share Image
Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
In his mind she lay at his lap with his fingers gliding thru her straight beautiful hair. He smiles and says" your… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Too often, we miss out on opportunities in this life because we were too busy waiting for them to fall into our… — Daniel Willey Copy Share Image
Here I am in the garden laughing an old woman with heavy breasts and a nicely mapped face how did this happen… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
Cats are the lap-dancers of the animal world. Soon as you stop shelling out, they move on, find another lap. They're furry… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
Sometimes in life, things just fall in to my lap. I'm very blessed that way. — Aileen Quinn Copy Share Image
Down you go, but all the while you feel suspended and buoyed as you somersault in slow motion like a somnolent tumbler… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Humanity i love you because you are perpetually putting the secret of life in your pants and forgetting it's there and sitting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is one of the sublime provincialities of New York that its inhabitants lap up trivial gossip about essential nobodies they've never… — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
I'm in love with boxing. It fell into my lap and I have been in love with it ever since. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
