If there is anybody I detest, it is weak-minded sentimentalists-all those melancholy people who, out of an excess of sympathy for others,… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
So the books for the Englishman, as he listened intently or not, had gaps of plot like sections of a road washed… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I'm enjoying turning down all requests for interviews. I don't miss being in politics. — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I tell cold callers I'm very interested but a bit deaf, my hearing aid is not working properly and can they speak… — Sean O'Grady Copy Share Image
Sometimes I've gone out there and thought to myself, 'Don't miss this one, don't miss it.' I don't think about that anymore.… — Sebastian Janikowski Copy Share Image
Environmentalism needs to be absolutely based in objective and verifiable science, it needs to be rational, and it needs to be flexible.… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Ranger appeared in the bathroom doorway and I was too relieved to be embarrassed. "I appreciate you coming out in the middle… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
It is often said that the Buddha's teaching is only a raft to help you cross the river, a finger pointing to… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
It didn't escape me that he couldn't seem to stop finding reasons to touch me. Nor did I miss that I didn't… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty,… — William Osler Copy Share Image
Her eyes opened then. They were drowsy, slumberous, staring up at him with a hunger that was impossible to miss. “I felt… — Lora Leigh Copy Share Image
What is failure except feebleness? And what is it to miss one's mark except to aim widely and weakly? — Ouida Copy Share Image
It's so easy for us to misperceive and see the things in others that we want to see. And, when we're wrong,… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Whatever you do with your life-whatever you end up achieving or not achieving-the great gift you have in you to give to… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Some people', Miss R. said,'run to conceits or wisdom but I hold to the hard, brown, nutlike word. I might point out… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
A big reason I wanted to move [from North Carolina] to New York was to get rid of my car. But honestly,… — Travis Stewart Copy Share Image
I can't get used to the ease with which one covers the world today. It's no longer an effort--Pole--equator--oceans--continents--it's just a question… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
A theoretical physicist can spend his entire lifetime missing the intellectual challenge of experimental work, experiencing none of the thrills and dangers… — Leon M. Lederman Copy Share Image
I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You don’t have to be sad to miss someone and wish they were still in your life. — Megan Hart Copy Share Image
Normal adult shopping is something I will never actually do, because it's no more possible for me to go shopping like normal… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
In a way, I feel that we're always connected, maybe you and me, we've been connected - not only now, but before.… — Apichatpong Weerasethakul Copy Share Image
The likelihood of getting lost is directly proportional to the number of times the direction-giver says, 'You can't miss it'. — Hal Roach Copy Share Image
Many people erroneously think they have only one chance to succeed, and if they miss that chance, they are doomed to failure.… — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
That’s the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will… — Rachel Hartman Copy Share Image
“Kiedyś pytałeś, co to znaczy „tęsknić za Tobą”. W przybliżeniu to taka hybryda zamyślenia, marzenia, muzyki, wdzięczności za to, że to czuję,… — Janusz Leon Wiśniewski Copy Share Image
Statues lined the stairs and stood, dotted across the roof. But they had been brutalized by time and the weather. Some were… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a boring person: everyone has stories and insights worth sharing. While on the road, we let… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If I'm alone at home, I get increasingly restless, bothered by the idea that I'm missing some crucial encounter out there somewhere.… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Miss Havisham is a glitch in the smooth functioning of the Patriarchy, enforcing awareness of a moment of social disaster and personal… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
The missing link between animals and a truly humane mankind is man himself, who does not yet see himself as a part… — Michael Fox Copy Share Image
Why, after all, must everyone like music? That they are missing something is just the lover's opinion. — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
I remember the night when I was playing at Birdland, and Duke Ellington walked in wearing that cap of his and with… — Maynard Ferguson Copy Share Image