The trouble with ecological invocations of Nature is that they're like calling for a medieval tool, perhaps a portcullis or an arrow… — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
A lot of fantasy names are too much. They’re too difficult to pronounce. I wanted the flavour of medieval England. I took… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“I mean to take a good look at any man ere I leap into his arms.' Then look your fill, and leap… — Charles Reade Copy Share Image
Your chances of dying a violent death are 1/500th of what they used to be during medieval times. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
I was very priggish as a child. I saved up for a book on medieval English nunneries, for which I was despised… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
“In the end, I listen to my fear. It keeps me awake, resounding through the frantic beating in my breast. It is… — Ned Hayes Copy Share Image
I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances… — Paul Wolfowitz Copy Share Image
Ah. Medieval-style ransom.” Toot looked confused. “He did run some, but I stopped him, my lord. Like, just now. In front of… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Free market ideology - does anyone know where it first comes from? It comes from medieval Islam, and specifically, Shari'a. Because Shari'a… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
It is in the fusion of autochthonous Jews with semi-Jewish Khazars and Kabars in the tenth century that we must seek the… — Raphael Patai Copy Share Image
Pointe shoes are torture devices. I mean, ballerinas get used to it, but it was definitely a new experience for me. They… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
From medieval tapestries, we know that slingers were capable of hitting birds in flight. They were incredibly accurate. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
I was just a ham since about the age of five. If I was performing at Medieval Times or something, I'd be… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I love medieval cities; they do not clamor for attention; they possess their souls - their riches - in quiet; formal, courteous,… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
People with an investment in government power will torture logic like a medieval inquisitor rather than face the facts. ... There's a… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
Freudism and all it has tainted with its grotesque implications and methods, appear to me to be one of the vilest deceits… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“You have to hold on and be patient. Pain lasts for a while, but you must leave room for happiness when you… — S.N. Lemoing Copy Share Image
We can hardly imagine a state of mind in which all material objects were regarded as symbols of spirtual truths or episodes… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
My final historical romance came out December 2005. While I enjoyed writing medieval romances, I was also dying to write something with… — Tina St. John Copy Share Image
There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
As president I would actually name the enemy, radical Islamic terrorists. We've got a president [ Barack Obama] who wants to apologize… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
They have a lot of trouble with pronunciation, because they can't move their jaw muscles, because of malnutrition caused by wisely refusing… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
