When someone doesn't show up, the people who wait sometimes tell stories about what might have happened and come to half believe… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
And a sensible work strategy might be: surrender to the task but not to the taskmaster, become absorbed in the work itself… — Michael Foley Copy Share Image
Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge. — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
This is that mystery which is rich in divine grace unto sinners: wherein by a wonderful exchange, our sins are no longer… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Considering their impact, you might expect mosquitoes to get more attention than they do. Sharks kill fewer than a dozen people every… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
With the growth of Harvard from a small provincial college into a great University, a unique paranoia has swept the ranks of… — J. Anthony Lukas Copy Share Image
A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no ecstasy of feeling, but there should be an abiding… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing.… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
I think we need that to ground us as human beings. I would imagine after an extended amount of time, a vampire… — Deborah Ann Woll Copy Share Image
If Freud had worn a kilt in the prescribed Highland manner he might have had a very different attitude to genitals. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Cassandra's grandmother smiled then, only it wasn't a happy smile. Cassandra thought she knew how it felt to smile like that. She… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
The expression 'Those who can't do, teach' is a curious one, because if you look at the world , you'll see that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just because you're upfront with someone doesn't mean you're an honest person; you might just be someone in the passenger seat. — Brian Celio Copy Share Image
After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that telling people you're gay is something someone might say just to get attention. — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Ultimately it boils down to the same thing all relationships boil down to: eating humble pie. I sometimes eat quite a lot.… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The love within us is meant to extend outward. The closer we grow to our inner light, we feel a natural urge… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
What had been (at the beginning) no bigger than a full stop had expanded into a comma, a word, a sentence, a… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
If you are capable of making good pictures it's immoral not to do so, for whatever reason or excuse you might give. — Jeff Wall Copy Share Image
There might've been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet, when you kind… — Albert Finney Copy Share Image
He stood beneath the white tower, and looked up at it with that mournful expression which his face always carried in repose:… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
The Christian message, like an ecosystem, is about process. In an ecological sense, the cross symbolizes a willingness to die so that… — Wes Jackson Copy Share Image
Anonymous is like an amoeba: it's got too many different operations run by truly different people which might not share a single… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
For most of the world, there's no greater symbol of America than the Statue of Liberty. It has been an inspiration to… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image