When we listen to improvisational jazz, or solo classical violinists, the way they phrase and inflect melodies feels vocal, like they’re talking… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Unoka went into an inner room and soon returned with a small wooden disc containing a kola nut, some alligator pepper and… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Dying makes everyone weaker, subject to painful insight, and not always insight into any kind of special truth - it's just the… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
We can dream of an America, and a world, in which love and not money are civilization's bottom line. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Before he did all those lovely line drawings, Matisse would make really detailed charcoal drawings and tear them up. He wouldn't leave… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
It's best to not confuse optimism with hope. Optimism is a psychological attitude toward life. Hope goes further. It is an anchor… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man. — Oscar Niemeyer Copy Share Image
i still have no way to survive but to keep writing one line, one more line, one more line... — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
There's that great Bill Hicks line - the comedian - where he says, "Are you proud to be an American?" "I don't… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
Throughout the entire history of philosophy, philosophers have sought to discover what man is - or what human nature is. But Sartre… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm actively looking at pilots in the very limited pilot season that is about to begin. Lots of work for my clothing… — Alyssa Milano Copy Share Image
But no matter how big the effort to push a propaganda line might be, climate change is bigger. This, undoubtedly and regrettably,… — Peter Garrett Copy Share Image
'Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I'm going forward, so my clothing line is kind of the physicalization of that. The idea of diversity, of uniqueness, of individuality… — Zendaya Copy Share Image
I think there's a sense of power women don't get till we're older when we say, 'This is the line, and you're… — Claudia Kennedy Copy Share Image
I had a song called "Folsom Prison Blues" that was a hit just before "I Walk The Line." And the people in… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
You can't be at the pole and the equator at the same time. You must choose your own line, as I hope… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I always assumed scientists were free to ask any question, pursue any line of inquiry without fear or reprisal. — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
I'm old school. I'm locked into my own little circle. If you cross the line, you're going to get bit. They'll always… — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
I suppose all moms have an idea who they hope their daughters will be. Like a connect-the-dots picture where you think you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mother's great line was, Grasp the nettle with two hands, girl, because if you don't somebody else will. — Fiona Wood Copy Share Image
Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hit With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit, And, in strong proff of… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image