I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Scientific reasoning is a kind of dialogue between the possible and the actual, between what might be and what is in fact… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
I think the path for a young writer might be one that says, "I have to accept myself, this is what I… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
But you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm's length of the shore! I must reach… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
I am definitely interested in soundtracks that one might associate with fantasy or sci-fi - they tend to be rich with musical… — John Maus Copy Share Image
It seems to me that maybe pretty much always means no. So dont tell me, I might just let it go. — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
In some countries a hunting parson is no uncommon sight. Such a one might make a good shepherd's dog, but is far… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I often need a long time to understand things, to imagine a painting I might make. — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
We'd play at the Ambassador's house for an invited group of dignitaries from the government that might have gone to school in… — Bob Livingston Copy Share Image
That is why we fly from the inner void, since God might steal into it. It is not the pursuit of pleasure… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Sungold blew impatiently and began to dig a hole with one foot. She booted his elbow with her toe and he stopped,… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people's… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
In the Third World, honk your horn only under the following circumstances: 1. When anything blocks the road. 2. When anything doesn't.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Finch picked up one of the ancient fax-mags and brought it over to me. "I don't need anything to read," I said.… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
The more committees you belong to, the less of ordinary life you will understand. When your daily round becomes nothing more than… — Stella Benson Copy Share Image
There's nothing better than having an experience now that's the exact same thing I would've done when I was 16, like texting… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
Here's what I mean by the miracle of language. When you're falling into a good book, exactly as you might fall into… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew… — George Bird Evans Copy Share Image
At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I was ravenous for my child and took to gorging myself in the boneyard, hoping that she might possibly meet me halfway,… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
He pulled the Carstairs family ring from his finger and held it out to Will. "Take it." Will let his eyes drift… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
And it dawned on me that I might have to change my inner thought patterns... that I would have to start believing… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I feel it's the conscious mind that messes things up. The conscious mind is constantly telling you, this might happen or that… — Sachin Tendulkar Copy Share Image
We were deliberately designed to learn only by trial and error. We're brought up, unfortunately, to think that nobody should make mistakes.… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
Wisdom and white hair might not be as valued [in our society] as in different cultures. — Karla Souza Copy Share Image
Would that I were the heaven, that I might be all full of love-lit eyes to gaze on thee. — Plato Copy Share Image
We are the only species which, when it chooses to do so, will go to great effort to save what it might… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Miracles begin when we consider the possibility that there might be another way. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
If you want to know if racism is a problem in your country, you might not want to ask white people. — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
I kept it for myself like a keepsake, as if sharing the memory might lead to its dissipation. — John Green Copy Share Image
I am as much what I am because of what I still don't have as I am because of what I have… — Masha Tupitsyn Copy Share Image
It's the first time I can ever remember being scared that the United States might mess up and something terrible will happen… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
You might believe a good man easily, a great man with pleasure. -Bonum virum facile crederes, magnum libenter — Tacitus Copy Share Image
His life was gentle; and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wantedto build dwellings for men in which they… — Edvard Grieg Copy Share Image
I wished only to be set down in Canada, and take one honest walk there as I might in Concord woods of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Be what you are becoming without clinging to what you might have been; what you might yet be. — Luce Irigaray Copy Share Image
There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matter if you keep… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes there’s no one to listen to what you really might like to say at a certain moment. The paper always listens. — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
Oh, I don't know. I might grow on you." She furrowed her pretty eyebrows. "Like a cancer?" "Like a favorite vice. — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image