I wanted to look at the upper-middle-class scene since the war, and in particular my generation's part in it. We had spent… — Simon Raven Copy Share Image
A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The sole relief I am asking for is to be released from military prison after serving six years of confinement as a… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
My Family and Other Saints echoes Gerald Durrell's classic memoir, My Family and Other Animals, not only in its title, but in… — Judith Barrington Copy Share Image
We know definitively that Al-Qaida isn't all over Afghanistan anymore. According to CIA estimates, there are less than a hundred Al-Qaida members… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
It doesn't dawn on this depraved bourgeois world that this is positively a sin against all reason; that it is criminal lunacy… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
They cry press freedom, but (the raids) have nothing to do with it. We have no concern about what the EU might… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
And if Sarah Palin whose Web site put and today scrubbed bull's-eyes targets on 20 Representatives, including Gabby Giffords, does not repudiate… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
I'd never managed anyone before, so I don't have a lot of experience. But I'm lucky - I have a lot of… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
I feel sometimes an American artist must feel, like a baseball player or something - a member of a team writing American… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
Louis 'Thunder Thumbs' Johnson was one of the greatest bass players to ever pick up the instrument, as a member of the… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
What is the recipe for successful achievement? Choose a career you love. Give it the best there is in you. Seize your… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The Beatles are now history, and it would be unhealthy to try to make my way as a former member. I must… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members. — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near - do what the party leadership demands, or do what the… — Scott Brown Copy Share Image
Equal wealth and equal opportunities of culture have simply made us all members of one class. — Edward Bellamy Copy Share Image
A sexual athlete is not likely to find sufficient energy for work of another athletic kind, and the acting of great parts… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
Every victory of man over man has in itself a taste of defeat.... There is no essential difference between the various human… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
I believe Facebook is going all the way. They're going to reach a billion members and will be the biggest company in… — Ben Mezrich Copy Share Image
My experiences always influence my writing, but usually only on an emotional level. I have experienced death of a family member and… — Kim Smith Copy Share Image
