The Chicago Way is a wonderful first novel. Michael Harvey has studied the masters and put his own unique touch on the… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Vin shook her head. "No, not me. I'm not a good person or a bad person. I'm just here to kill things."… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I think being an artist is having the courage to be original. Many great artists, including Picasso, have all been influenced by… — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
Pow'r above pow'rs! O heavenly eloquence! That with the strong rein of commanding words, Dost manage, guide, and master th' eminence Of… — Samuel Daniel Copy Share Image
Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
I was very, very nervous about the naked scenes. I'm very shy and reserved. But it was Bertolucci and I have seen… — Eva Green Copy Share Image
Through the higher love the whole life of man is to be elevated from temporal selfishness to the spring of all love,… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
All things are God's already; we can give him no right, by consecrating any, that he had not before, only we set… — John Selden Copy Share Image
I never have been a musician; I'm not actually capable. Because I can't even pretend to acquire the gift, all of my… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
I believe that the idea of the totality, the finality of the master-plan, is misguided. One should advocate a gradual transformation of… — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one.… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
You know, it’s the same thing as the question of free will and destiny, the question of creativity - you, the artist,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
A story must be told in such a way that it constitutes help in itself. My grandfather was lame. Once they asked… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
All ages have said and repeated that one should strive to know one's self. This is a strange demand which no one… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
To keep a man a slave you do much the same as the cruel circus masters did to the elephant around the… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master. We then become witnesses to the development… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
You see a very advanced master who's got a girlfriend, who listens to rock and roll, who thinks about things that are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We cannot teach children the danger of telling lies to men without realising, on the man's part, the danger of telling lies… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The central position of finance capital is going to come to an end, and it's going to steadily move to the sides,… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
Susan Straight finds LA's secret heart in Between Heaven and Here and with a sleight of hand only the masters have, she… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
By...our readiness to allow arms to be purchased at will and fired at whim; by allowing our movie and television screens to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If He had not known with certainty that He would be Master over sin and that out of evil would evolve the… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
If greed were not the master of modern man, how could it be that the frenzy of economic activity does not abate… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
Speak seldom, but to important subjects, except such as particularly relate to your constituents, and, in the former case, make yourself perfectly… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage… — D. W. Griffith Copy Share Image
Some things cannont possibly happen, because they are both too improbable and too perfect. The U.S. hockey team cannot beat the Russians… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
I didn't do a masters in creative writing until I was 26, which is quite old, and then I found myself in… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Into the woods, my Master went, Clean forspent, forspent, Into the woods my Master came, Forspent with love and shame. But the… — Sidney Lanier Copy Share Image
In my own house I rigged up a laboratory and studied chemistry in the evenings, determined that there should be nothing in… — Charles M. Schwab Copy Share Image
There is no harder lesson for man to learn than the lesson of humility. It is the rarest of all gifts. It… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
Morphy gained most of his wins by playing directly and simply, and it is simple and logical method that constitutes the true… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty,… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
We have little control over the outer weather patterns as we make our way through the landscape of a life. But we… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
As far as standup, everybody has a vehicle they are driving. If what you do works, it's like playing golf. If you… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
If you can stand on stage and perform a record, you should be able to stand on stage and captivate the audience… — Torae Copy Share Image
Name one practical, down-to-earth effect of spirituality," said the skeptic who was ready for an argument. "Here's one," said the Master. "When… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
