That we have the vote means nothing. That we use it in the right way means everything. — Lou Henry Hoover Copy Share Image
The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing… — John Searle Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: 'I'll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for £200,' to a bored colourist… — Rachel Johnson Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean? — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
You have expressive nationalism, I mean very identity driven, which shaped each other a lot of that in the Middle East. — Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Copy Share Image
The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The word 'mundane' has come to mean 'boring' and 'dull', and it really shouldn't - it should mean the opposite. Because it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I didn't understand Southland Tales script at all! Is there a single word to describe it? Cacophony? It's celebrity meets pornography meets… — Beth Grant Copy Share Image
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile,… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here… — Barbara Mandrell Copy Share Image
It rolls off my back. Ridicule doesn't mean anything - even from people you're supposed to wear knee pads around, like the… — Dwight Schultz Copy Share Image
