“You can't know, but life is messy like that. We follow a few simple rules that have helped us make decisions: to… — Aminder Dhaliwal Copy Share Image
I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
In the play we have the messy he-loves-her, she-loves-him, she-loves-him-too structure, and, to add even more confusion to the mix, the real… — Norbert Leo Butz Copy Share Image
Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to use, when… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I've never met a couple yet who, when they were walking down the aisle, said, 'What we want is three years of… — Wade Horn Copy Share Image
The composition happens as the work progresses. Often the messy background makes it easy to disperse shapes as needed. I'd rather it… — Myfanwy Pavelic Copy Share Image
In my opinion, actual heroism, like actual love, is a messy, painful, vulnerable business—and I wanted to try to reflect that. — John Green Copy Share Image
I usually work in a room which is totally cluttered with my mess, and there's stuff everywhere, and it's kind of chaotic… — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
Real data is messy. ...It's all very noisy out there. Very hard to spot the tune. Like a piano in the next… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
My workspace is a white room with a big computer monitor and a light box. It can be very messy. Sometimes I… — Catherine Martin Copy Share Image
Close friendships are one of life's miracles - that a few people get to know you deeply, all your messy or shadowy… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The key thing in my becoming a writer was going on a Arvon Foundation residential writing course. I took with me a… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
What does it mean to be a used white wife, a mother, a tragic girl writing poems? Sandra Simonds gets into these… — Juliana Spahr Copy Share Image
I think that relations between professors and grad students can be messy and not entirely boundable. Part of the problem is that… — Laura Kipnis Copy Share Image
“Yes, you are still grieving for the fact that Olly is not loving you as you love him. But death is no… — Lucy Holliday Copy Share Image
A messy house is a must - it separates your true friends from other friends. Real friends are there to visit you… — Jennifer Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I can be a little messy and wild and carefree with my creativity as a solo artist. In a group, there's a… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
Politics is a messy business, but campaigning prepares you for governing. It prepares you to get hit, stand strong, and, if necessary,… — James Carville Copy Share Image
It's the strings vibrating at the same time but separately that makes a good marriage. It messy, it's complicated and it's quite… — Hector Elizondo Copy Share Image
Epic things start with small humble steps. Pay respect to your beginnings. And if you're just starting out, know that it's OK… — Vishen Lakhiani Copy Share Image
In beauty, there's this idea of this perfect picture, and I think, 'How about being present in the now, and a little… — Emily Weiss Copy Share Image
There are no absolutes in raising children. In any stressful situation, fathering is always a roll of the dice. The game may… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
And I don't like people who eat powdered doughnuts. I don't car how careful you are, they're just plain messy. I can't… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
“It’s the difference between dancing along the eggshell crust of acquaintance and diving into the messy center of a relationship.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“One problem is that we tend to let our mess define us. When our home is messy, we see it as a… — Rachel Hoffman Copy Share Image
One of the reasons people like romances is that they're artificially shaped to give a pattern and meaning. It's not as messy… — Melissa Pritchard Copy Share Image
I have the same bedroom I've always had. It's clean and tidy when I get home, and after two or three days… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
A lot of families deal with messy, inconvenient situations. Because that's life. Life doesn't turn out and it's not perfect. My life… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
I don't know what I was thinking, coming out here. There are no silver bullets in life, there's just the long, messy… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Life is messy. Would that every puzzle piece fell into place, every word was kind, every accident happy, but such is not… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school. — Jack Davenport Copy Share Image
With the likely nominations of Barack Obama by the Democrats and John McCain by the Republicans, one of these two parties is… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
Honor your humanness and all of your feelings - the messy ones, the growing pains, the ache - because we can't have… — Sabrina Ward Harrison Copy Share Image
We know that the end of any conflict is always messy. It's never a linear path when you've been at war for… — Morgan Ortagus Copy Share Image
“People don’t break up because someone’s family is a little . . . messy. If that were the case, no one would… — Laura Dave Copy Share Image
To show a different side on 'Love & Hip Hop' and bring some validity to it and not just be ratchet, messy… — Omarion Copy Share Image
I write about messy relationships - between friends, rivals, married couples, siblings. I'm not really interested in boy/girl romances. — Jane Fallon Copy Share Image