Most of us have loved. And the terror for a writer is that readers will forgive you so much, but they won't… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll hit a note and sometimes I don't. Why not at least try? — Angel Olsen Copy Share Image
You empty yourself and wait, listening. After a time you hear it: There is nothing there...You feel the world's word as a… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The way you scale that is you create notes for every meeting and send it to the entire company. — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
What better proof of love can there be than money? A ten-shilling note shows incontrovertibly just how mad about you a man… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
You might pick up some influences from another type of music that you wouldn't normally think of, but, you know, maybe as… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
For the Deist ... prayer is calling across a void to a distant deity. This lofty figure may or may not be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I go to a music concert, I don't say, "My purpose is to get to the end and enjoy the finale."… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Each new year is a surprise to us. We find that we had virtually forgotten the note of each bird, and when… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I've failed a million times on stage. I've listened to notes that I knew weren't right. I've pitched ideas and let other… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets...seek to express the universe in terms of music. The singer has everything… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Oh.' I shot upright. 'I was in Mongolia.' Note to self: learn to be a less extreme liar. — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
I always make special notes about evidence that contridicts me: supportive evidence I can remember without trying. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Just because I said lyrics are a sign of the inability to sing doesn't mean....A) I believe that, or B) I don't… — Brian Chippendale Copy Share Image
You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
In his fierce, bold determination to see the lives of modern-day slaves up close, Benjamin Skinner reminds me of the British abolitionist… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
Any classification according to a singular identity polarizes people in a particular way, but if we take note of the fact that… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
The registering of doubts hath two excellent uses: the one, that it saveth philosophy from errors and falsehoods; when that which is… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Whenever the boss has 'fun' activities, there's got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they're supposed to be… — Greg Daniels Copy Share Image
Nick and I could become goodwill ambassadors for the city now that the porno shops on 42nd Street are gone. Must make… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
God is its author, and not man; he laid The key-note of all harmonies; he planned All perfect combinations, and he made… — John Gardiner Calkins Brainard Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, there are no such things as good and bad impulses. Think...of a piano. It has not got two kinds of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think being an editor really helped me take other people's notes on my writing. I'd get a note like 'It's too… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
