Can we not do without the society of our gossip a little while, - have our own thoughts to cheer us? — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self. When you take one… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
China has, all of a sudden, found a way of putting the best of the best to work to build an economy… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
It’s only the sea,’ said Moomintroll. ‘Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
Billy Pilgrim says that the Universe does not look like a lot of bright little dots to the creatures from Tralfamadore. The… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I've always loved sister stories in fiction, from the time I was little, reading about Beezus and Ramona. I've always wanted to… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Give her not greatness. For great souls must stand Alone and lonely in this little world: Cleft rocks that show the great… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
There's something really the matter with most people who wear tattoos. There's at least some terrible story. I know from experience that… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
My whole purpose really is to try to help working families to find better jobs and get better benefits and look out… — Frank Pallone Copy Share Image
My mother always tried to keep a little bit of British culture in our family. We'd drink tea all the time! — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
“Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dog.” — Ernest Thompson Seton Copy Share Image
When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that's why I can't eat it. Simple as… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
The Canon AE1 - a fully manual camera. [My mother] had a 50mm, which is a standard lens, and then I got… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share Image
The usefulness of mathematics in furthering the sciences is commonly acknowledged: but outside the ranks of the experts there is little inquiry… — Herbert Turnbull Copy Share Image
I wonder if kids growing up now are actually going to have that - if they're ever going to be able to… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
A moment after the fairy's entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Emerson was not passionate about abolition. He wasn't a passionate person. He was a cool intellectual, and I think he probably was… — Nell Irvin Painter Copy Share Image
I think objectivity is like this strange myth that people think you're supposed to achieve, but actually, the dirty little secret is… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
The paparazzi stuff is a little weird. I used to leave the house in my pajamas. I can't do that anymore, but… — Pixie Lott Copy Share Image
American Horror Story re-energized me; it re-energized my career. There’s no shame in recognizing that. It’s exposed me to a whole new… — Jessica Lange Copy Share Image
What do you mean less than nothing? I don't think there is any such thing as less than nothing. Nothing is absolutely… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Goethe said there would be little left of him if he were to discard what he owed to others. — Charlotte Saunders Cushman Copy Share Image
The fascinating thing about the studio was that there was no story department. They would put a little notice up on the… — Walter Lantz Copy Share Image
To me, a poem is almost like someone whispering to another person, or you hear the whispering in your head. I hope… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
We don't all dig Shakespeare uniformly, or even 'Little Red Riding Hood.' The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
It has been a bitter mortification for me to digest the conclusion that the "race is for the strong" and that I… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I think that 'Hangover II' is as funny as 'The Hangover I,' honest to God, but I think that it's a little… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
Come, let us give a little time to folly... and even in a melancholy day let us find time for an hour… — Bonaventure Copy Share Image
I know these days it sounds a little odd, but American governments are very fearful of European reaction. They were afraid we… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
I went over to see Marina two or three or four times a week. I knew as long as I could see… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image