The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
And before you ask, no, you're not driving, Myrnin. I remember the last time." "That accident was not my fault." "You were… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
Just because you can leap off a drum kit doing a scissors kick while hitting a chord, people expect you to be… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
Dolphins frequently leap above the water surface. One reason for this behaviour could be that, when travelling longer distances, jumping can save… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
All a person can do in this life is gather about him his integrity, his imagination, and his individuality – and with… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Joy, shipmate, joy! (Pleased to my soul at death I cry), Our life is closed, our life begins, The long, long anchorage… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
If you want to give birth to your true self, you are going to have to dig deep down into that body… — Gabrielle Roth Copy Share Image
All children are heartless. They have not grown a heart yet, which is why they can climb tall trees and say shocking… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Certainly there are things worth believing. I believe in the brotherhood of man and the uniqueness of the individual. But if you… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“A leap of faith means hurdling into the unknown, and believing in our hearts that we will make it to the other… — Amanda Harvey Copy Share Image
Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge made that critical leap from 'be afraid' to 'be very afraid,' raising the terrorist threat level to… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
There is a fragrance in the air, a certain passage of a song, an old photograph falling out from the pages of… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish and of forgetting that the fish has a hook in his mouth,… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm likely to start building in my shop is a vehicle wherein each wheel has basically a flight-simulator… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
When you're cruising down the road in the fast lane and you lazily sail past a few hard-driving cars and are feeling… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
It takes creativity at every stage to make the discontinuous leap from one level of knowledge to the next. These discontinuous leaps… — John Kao Copy Share Image
Courage doesn't always involve physical heroism in the face of death. It doesn't always require giant leaps worthy of celebration. Sometimes, courage… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It's like a metaphor for life. You set… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
There is something in the American project, something in simple American oratory, something in the hope and idealism of this frustrating and… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don't focus on all the steps it… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
Those great efforts of intellect, upon which the mind sometimes touches, are such that it cannot maintain itself there. It only leaps… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
William 'Big Bill' Rockefeller, who sold cancer 'cures' from a medicine wagon, taught him to leap into his arms from a tall… — Jim Marrs Copy Share Image
My training in science is actually one that is very critical of mechanistic science. I was trained in quantum theory which emerged… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
You can't jump down the stairs in one leap, however much you might wish to, and you even more surely can't jump… — Elizabeth Aston Copy Share Image
Your first book is the only one that matters. Perhaps a writer should write only that one. That is the one moment… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Self-criticism is not "love," and it is certainly not indifferent. It's a form of hatred. And when I name that, when I… — Danielle LaPorte Copy Share Image
I have a big-picture outlook, I am willing to fall, and I understand it's ok to fall, but I am going to… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
I want as many people to see the show [Hamilton] in its musical theater form as possible before it's translated, and whether… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
While the ACA's insurance expansions and reforms represent a great leap forward for the U.S., it is also true that when fully… — John E. McDonough Copy Share Image
All the arts, music, the visual arts, acting and dancing arts, cooking arts, and I believe sports, will save the human race… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
We at Google have made tremendous advances in understanding language. Our knowledge graph has been fundamental to that. The new algorithm that… — Amit Singhal Copy Share Image
In each life there comes at least one moment, which, if recognized and seized, transforms the course of that life forever. Rely,… — Ralph Blum Copy Share Image
If you're unwilling to leave someplace you've outgrown, you will never reach your full potential. To be the best, you have to… — Ronda Rousey Copy Share Image
It's high time to rescue "intelligent design" from the politics of religion. There are too many riddles not yet answered by either… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Earl Scruggs wears two finger picks and a thumb pick, and by alternating them, he can play about as fast as he… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
'Quantum Leap' gave me a huge opportunity as an actor. The nature of the role and it's demands allowed people to perceive… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
If you're going to believe in God, if you're going to take that leap of faith, as I do, then the God… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image