We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The terminal path may, to distinguish it from internuncial common paths, be called the final common path. The motor nerve to a… — Charles Scott Sherrington Copy Share Image
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. I was determined to try. I was determined to try because, frankly, my life was… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
My work is entirely surgical, and Col. Starr has given me a very interesting task of collecting nerve cases that have had… — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
There are barbarians who seize this dog, who so prodigiously surpasses man in friendship, and nail him down to a table, and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
When I need to work up my nerve to write a tough column, I try to think of myself as Emma Peel… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
It often is a terrible insult to some families if one of the kids turns out to be an artist and that's… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Footage of young people getting shot. That bothers me. It hits a nerve. — Sasha Grey Copy Share Image
I think I opened up an area with Astral Weeks that hit a lot of peoples' nerves. But you can't really say… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye… — Novalis Copy Share Image
It was man who ended the Cold War in case you didn't notice. It wasn't weaponry, or technology, or armies or campaigns.… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
There are little things that get on my nerves, like people who have reading material in their powder room. When you go… — John Waters Copy Share Image
In trying to justify the humanities, as in trying to live a life, what may turn out to matter most is holding… — Stefan Collini Copy Share Image
Each night, Liesel would step outside, wipe the door, and watch the sky. Usually it was like spillage - cold and heavy,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The human brain is the last, and greatest, scientific frontier. It is truly an internal cosmos that lies contained within our skulls.… — Joel Davis Copy Share Image
For it would seem - her case proved it - that we write, not with the fingers, but with the whole person.… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder if the semi-conscious agenda of the media is to get between people and their souls. It is the the… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I really feel vulnerable when I don't have the answer to something. When I feel lack of control, my nerves really kick… — Chelsea Krost Copy Share Image
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a "surly, illmannered, badtempered fellow." ... Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I had an alarm, I had nerve gas, I had a yogurt. What more could anyone want? — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Red stimulates and excites your nerves, pulse rate and blood circulation, and lends energy to your entire system. When you are fatigued,… — Tae Yun Kim Copy Share Image
