I don't trust compliments. I've been getting them for years. Sometimes I deserve them, sometimes I didn't. But generally when people give… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
By His trials, God means to purify us, to take away all our self-confidence, and our trust in each other, and bring… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Government is essentially immoral. The State employs evil weapons to subjugate evil, and is alike contaminated by the objects with which it… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
"Authenticity" doesn't mean much to me. I just want "good", in the sense of well-designed, well-constructed, long-lasting garments. My interest in military… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I actually am fairly uncomfortable about it, even if our firm stipulation was that they cannot tell us what to do. We… — Theo de Raadt Copy Share Image
Banks lend by creating credit. They create the means of payment out of nothing. — Ralph George Hawtrey Copy Share Image
Human lives seldom conform to the conventions of fiction. Chekhov says that it is in the beginnings and endings of stories that… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Once you're an addict, you're always an addict, so just because I found something good to do doesn't mean I'm not going… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
I would say I'm a humanist. I like that. I mean, I don't claim to know anything, but I'm curious about it… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Man wasn't made to share the universe with gods. Their ways are not meant for the humble likes of us. But we've… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
Growing up is a trap," snapped Dr. Robbins. "When they tell you to shut up, they mean stop talking. When they tell… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
How many people can you claim truly care about you? I mean, not just the people in your life who are fun… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
The fact that I don't get big offers, it means that I don't refuse them. And I say no occasionally to bands,… — Gordon Raphael Copy Share Image
I'm getting so old - it's more uncomfortable to do those scenes now than when I was 20. I mean, I don't… — Javier Bardem Copy Share Image
I put my children first, but I always keep my obligations or my commitments. You really have to do some internal work… — Rachel Roy Copy Share Image
Joe Frazier was the epitome of a champion. I mean, here is a guy who was total old school, blue collar, who… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
When [my friend] had her kid, she was like, "9:30?! I'm not living in Barcelona. I need dinner at 6." I never… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
My first priority when taking pictures is to achieve clarity. A good documentary photograph transmits the information of the situation with the… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
The difficult tasks to be performed are not the ones that mean physical and mental labor, but the ones that you dislike,… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
Maybe it was mean, but I really don't think so. You asked for the truth and I told you. — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
To a man, marriage means giving up four out of five of the chiffonier drawers; to a woman, giving up four out… — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
I think that whether you've just begun writing or whether you've been writing for fifty years - I mean, I'm excited to… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
We don't know how many planets we're going to have to examine before we find life, and not finding it on 10… — John M. Grunsfeld Copy Share Image