Though my grandmother had picked up modern ideas in America, she still had some conflicting 19th-century Irish notions. She believed that daughters,… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
Morality is often seen as an innovation, like agriculture and writing. From this perspective, babies are pint-sized psychopaths, self-interested beings who need… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
I think the expectation of me was that I'd grow up, get married, have a family, probably not even have a job… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
I wanted to make it a really strong point to not watch 'Battlestar Galactica' before starting 'Caprica' because I was afraid it… — Magda Apanowicz Copy Share Image
There are plenty of writers, past and present, from Shakespeare to Henry James to Lydia Davis, who test the limits of coherence… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
A possible link between 'madness' and genius is one of the oldest and most persistent of cultural notions. — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me. — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
I don't go into a movie with preconceived notions of where I want things to go. — Morgan Spurlock Copy Share Image
The limits of thought are not so much set from outside, by the fullness or poverty of experiences that meet the mind,… — Susanne Katherina Langer Copy Share Image
There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
People think a watch must weigh a lot to be a luxury. But there's no reason why we should add weight to… — Richard Mille Copy Share Image
When I left Toronto and entered journalism in the late 1990s, I had many notions about the news business, nearly all of… — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'The Rozabal Line,' I had no preconceived notions of what a commercial bestseller should be. I have always viewed… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I don't know about you, but I find it exhilarating to see how vague psychological notions evaporate and give rise to a… — Gero Miesenbock Copy Share Image
I feel drawn to experiment with ways that technology can interact with notions of intimacy, because so much of technology is done… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
Everywhere, people are beginning to question masculine notions of control, aggression and black-and-white thinking - and instead are favoring more empathetic, nurturing… — John Gerzema Copy Share Image
It is odd what notions men seem to have of the scantiness of a woman's resources. They do not find it anything… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
I am always revolted when Islamic leaders, from Afghanistan or elsewhere, deny the very existence of female oppression, avoid the issue by… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
It's the word 'artful'; it's such a great word, with its dark and its light side, its art and its cunning, the… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
It's undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
