Death is not a self-evident phenomenon. The margins between life and death are socially and culturally constructed, mobile, multiple, and open to… — Margaret M. Lock Copy Share Image
I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event which was planned in which… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
I think there's no harm, sometimes, to feel on the edge of things. If you're on the margins you can see a… — Dermot Bolger Copy Share Image
When an alluring woman comes in at the door," warningly traced the austere Kien-fi on the margin of his well-known essay, "discretion… — Ernest Bramah Copy Share Image
I love bookshelves, and stacks of books, spines, typography, and the feel of pages between my fingertips. I love bookmarks, and old… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
The bright, frosty day declined as they walked and spoke together. The sun dipped in the river far behind them, and the… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
One of the dangers about net-net investing is that if you buy a net-net that begins to lose money your net-net goes… — Peter Cundill Copy Share Image
We see God all the time here. People only hear bad things about our neighborhood. Kensington is known as the badlands. I… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Politics was not just about winning the election, it was about winning decisively--having the momentum to carry out one's vision. Historically, any… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
There is just no way that I can understand in God's green earth that an airline could undertake with its normal procedures… — Frank Borman Copy Share Image
I was starting to recognize a corner I was driving myself into: that all writing could do was refer to things that… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
That's the drama of our sport. Our margin of error is so small that anything can happen. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
“For under scrutiny you will find that even an open book can have a surprise scribbled in its margins.” — Violet Haberdasher Copy Share Image
Confronted with a challenge to distill the secret of sound investment into three words, we venture the motto, Margin of Safety. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
All experience is an arch wherethro' gleams that untraveled world whose margins fade forever and forever as we move. — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Well, it's possible that the new infusion of ad money against Donald Trump kept his margins in Kentucky and Louisiana down a… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
War is the province of chance. In no sphere of human activity is such a margin to be left for this intruder.… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
High leverage is unsafe, not just for a company but the entire economy... LBOs are reducing the safety. Management loses the power… — Franco Modigliani Copy Share Image
A margin of safety is achieved when securities are purchased at prices sufficiently below underlying value to allow for human error, bad… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
During the Middle Ages they understood that words accompanied by imagery are much more memorable. By making the margins of a book… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
The record results for the third quarter once again demonstrate the ability of GE's diverse mix of leading global businesses to deliver… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
In truth, Wall Street is in for a radical makeover. Fewer people, lower margins, lower risk, lower compensation - and ultimately, fewer… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretch'd in never-ending line Along the margin of a… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
The way I see it, Messi is the best player in history. He is the one who changes the course of games;… — Xavi Copy Share Image
Chris Christie won by such a wide margin that pundits say this will give him the impetus he needs to run for… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Living on borders and in margins, keeping intact one's shifting and multiple identity and integrity, is like trying to swim in a… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
One of the gravest perils which besets the ministry is a restless scattering of energies over an amazing multiplicity of interests which… — Bonar Law Copy Share Image
...I believe that it is not enough, as I said, to tinker at the margins of U.S. immigration law... the United States… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Writing can be a lifeline, especially when your existence has been denied, especially when you have been left on the margins, especially… — Micere Githae Mugo Copy Share Image
In order to grow at this pace, there will have to be a couple of acquisitions along the way. The tricky thing… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
New management at Nine has launched a concerted attack on its cost base in order to restore margins through eliminating waste, improving… — James Packer Copy Share Image
But we agree with the NTSB that if we eliminated the thrust- reverser calculation, it would be an extra margin of safety.… — Laura Brown Copy Share Image
Every woman who has any margin of time or money to spare should adopt some one public interest, some philanthropic undertaking,or some… — Frances Power Cobbe Copy Share Image
By a 2-1 margin, voters believe that Donald Trump would change business as usual in Washington, but by almost as large a… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people. If that's true, then it will be good to have alternatives… — Gabe Newell Copy Share Image
They will be given as gifts; books that are especially pretty or visual will be bought as hard copies; books that are… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
First ladies, you know, we look at Michelle Obama, and we look at most first ladies, and they seem like they have… — Jodi Kantor Copy Share Image
My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
There are only a few things investors can do to counteract risk: diversify adequately, hedge when appropriate, and invest with a margin… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
There'd been studies over the years supporting the proposition that groups composed exclusively of women usually made intelligent decisions, that exclusively male… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
