Two weevils crept from the crumbs. 'You see those weevils, Stephen?' said Jack solemnly. I do.' Which would you choose?' There is… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
The most obvious – and easiest! – way to gain perspective is to put your work away for a while. The truth… — Elizabeth Sims Copy Share Image
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
My favorite wild animal is a narwhal - the unicorn of the sea. It's a whale with a tooth that sticks out… — Kesha Copy Share Image
I have never known courage to be judged by the length of a man's hair. Or, for the matter of that, whether… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
When people believe you have something to give, something no one else has, they'll go to great lengths and pay a lot… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
So, Mr. Chadband-of whom the persecutors say that it is no wonder he should go on for any length of time uttering… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I can make 10 jackets of the same colour, same two pockets and same length, that will look like 10 completely different… — Ann Demeulemeester Copy Share Image
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It took me thirty-six years; and, in some fifty stories, ranging in length from short-shorts to novels, I think I must have… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Supporters of the war are constantly asking those who oppose it: Why don't you deplore the wrongs and atrocities committed by the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
There is no length that is too great to go to in order to protect your child. — Benjamin Bratt Copy Share Image
A man watches his pear-tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lord’s wounds at arm’s length. Yet Jesus wants us… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We measure success and depth by length of time, but it is possible to have a deep relationship that doesn't always stay… — Barbara Hershey Copy Share Image
When we look to presumed sources of origin for competing evolutionary explanations of the giraffe's long neck, we find either nothing at… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
There will always be stories that require a feature-length format, and there will always be stories that will be told in short-form. — Andreas Deja Copy Share Image
At length I recollected the thoughtless saying of a great princess, who, on being informed that the country people had no bread,… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
He that first likened glory to a shadow did better than he was aware of. They are both of them things excellently… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
We compliment weight loss, monitor our appetites, and shrink ourselves to fit some kind of standard. I wish we could all be… — Sark Copy Share Image
When I give the go ahead, go ahead," Alyss said, the jungle gym having come to a stop less than a gwormmy-length… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
