The ultimate objective [of comedy] is to get a laugh, so if you can get a laugh off the fact that you… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
You’re like Marilyn Monroe,’ Ken tells me, which I take as a compliment and say a nervous “Thank You”. Interrupting, he adds,… — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
Every boy was supposed to come into the world equipped with a father whose prime function was to be our father and… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
If Jesus is not God, then there is no Christianity, and we who worship Him are nothing more than idolaters. Conversely, if… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful;… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Certain people are like 'Oh, here come the Feminazis!' You end up acting 10 times nicer than you even need to be,… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
When I realised that I had feelings for men as well as women, at first I was worried and frightened, and there… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
Now, I try not to read gossip as a rule. But the other day, a website ran an article with a picture… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
Considering the very close genetic relationship that has been established by comparison of biochemical properties of blood proteins, protein structure and DNA,… — Elaine Morgan Copy Share Image
I used to tell the story about as a young man in high school one of the professors came in and put… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
How shall I ever tell Aunt Shaw?' she whispered, after some time of delicious silence. 'Let me speak to her.' 'Oh, no!… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of the water, scanning the horizon for… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
I spent my childhood clad in 1970s hand-me-downs, primarily from male cousins, which mainly consisted of a selection of beige, brown and… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the life of toil and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until… — Plato Copy Share Image
Those old hypocrites. They talk about killing witches but the Good Book’s full of magic. Turning the Nile to blood and parting… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Jim Thorpe is someone I've always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football player from back in the… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
The problem of restoring integration and co-operation between man's beliefs about the world in which he lives and his beliefs about values… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
We believe with all the strength of our spirit that mankind has a supreme, primary and irreplaceable need which can be satisfied… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
It is incredible that only idiots are absolutely sure of salvation. It is incredible that the more brain you have the less… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It has been our experience that if a young man decides to go on a mission, he can not only play well… — LaVell Edwards Copy Share Image
I thought I wanted to be a performing and recording artist, and played many recitals and performances beginning in the 1970s. In… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
The plow is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions; but long before he existed the land was… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Theatre has nothing to do with buildings or other physical constructions. Theatre - or theatricality - is the capacity, this human property… — Augusto Boal Copy Share Image
God is going to take over the White House... He is going to take over the Oval Office... because it belongs to… — Dutch Sheets Copy Share Image
The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmonious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. And so did the most… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Goodness was more difficult than evil. Evil men knew that more than good men. That's why they became evil. That's why it… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
THE FATHER: But don't you see that the whole trouble lies here? In words, words. Each one of us has within him… — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
It's a job. Get up and do it every day. Show up. Don't say no. Taylor Swift was the third write of… — Liz Rose Copy Share Image
In the light of her son's comment she reconsidered the scene at the mosque, to see whose impression was correct. Yes it… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
On whether his church still holds that God the Father was once a man, [Hinckley] sounded uncertain, 'I don't know that we… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
At a young age, boys learn that to express compassion or empathy is to show weakness. They hear confusing messages that force… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom Copy Share Image
My brother often complains to me about the 'angry Asian male' in the United States. As a female, I haven't encountered this,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
If the black man is allowed to separate and go into some land of his own where he can solve his own… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
To love one person productively means to be related to his human core, to him as representing mankind. Love for one individual,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Do women dress for men or women? I’ve always wondered why that eternally provocative question is put in terms of approval -… — Nancy Friday Copy Share Image
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