Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you’ve seen… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
It's like an open mark [for the terrorists], do whatever you wanna do, nothing's gonna happen. Take our youth out of the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
...it’d be like looking for a needle in a burning haystack.' 'Oh, I’ve done that,' Mark said airily. 'It’s a game we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A Pretty Mouth is a fine and stylish collection that pays homage to the tradition of the weird while blazing its own… — Laird Barron Copy Share Image
Ash on an old man's sleeve / Is all the ash the burnt roses leave, / Dust in the air suspended /… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When I decided to stop using quotation marks, it presented technical challenges: you have to conceive of dialogue differently and structure it… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
No one is born a CEO, but no one tells you that. The magazine stories make it sound like Mark Zuckerberg woke… — Drew Houston Copy Share Image
The rich are like beasts of burden, carrying treasure all day, and at the night of death unladen; they carry to their… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Ivy [Wilkes] does exhibit a certain impatience at the beginning of the book [The Dissemblers]. She doesn't want to wait through years… — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
All great ideas should be followed by an exclamation mark - a warning signal similar to the skull and crossbones drawn on… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
I'm an animal with you," he murmured. "I want to mark you. I want to possess you so completely there's no separation… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
The Jews could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered they lack any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no grace more excellent than faith; no sin more execrable and abominable then unbelief. Faith is the saving grace and… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
During the fire: 'Some of the drunker ones don't move. Some of them laugh. One person says, "Where's the marshmallows?" Mark slaps… — Pittacus Lore Copy Share Image
It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It (the dash ) is a comfortable punctuation mark since even the most rigorous critic can seldom claim that any particular example… — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
The professionals resemble and recognize each other by virtue of the stigmata that their trade has left upon them. They are like… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“Maura had decided sometime before Blue’s birth that it was barbaric to order children about, and so Blue had grown up surrounded… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“I have now gone through the examination of the four books ascribed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; and when it is… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Oh, you have to charge 'em, Jubal. The marks won't pay attention if it's free. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
[Sacrifice of Isaac] is a major theme of the so-called Elohist [one authorial strand in the Pentateuch]. It is marked by all… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady." Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image