The novelist's obligation to remake the sensuous texture of a vanished world is also the historian's. The strongest fiction writers often do… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Often, there's an emphasis in my work, and it's sort of the celebrating of the body. — Wangechi Mutu Copy Share Image
I grew up in the African bush in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda, which is my thing. I love the smell of the… — Giles Foden Copy Share Image
Web searching and cellphone use both flourish in the wee hours. Before the dawn of the web, I would stay up watching… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
It seems to me that we often commit ourselves wholly to something while knowing almost nothing concrete about it. Another word for… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
When we hear the word 'beauty', we inevitably think that beauty belongs in a special elite realm where only the extraordinary dwells.… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
I have been frequently accused of deliberately twisting subject matter to my point of view. Above all, I know that life for… — Robert Frank Copy Share Image
Ah! How often when I have been abroad on the mountains has my heart risen in grateful praise to God that it… — John James Audubon Copy Share Image
I often felt as a player in a 4-4-2, you end up being outnumbered in midfield and chasing the ball, so as… — Glenn Hoddle Copy Share Image
Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest… — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
People often refer to bygone days as a simpler time. Perhaps, more accurately, my grandparents' generation focused better on what mattered. Traffic… — Kristina McMorris Copy Share Image
I travel often, which can make maintaining a workout schedule a little difficult, but I try to make time for it whenever… — Bethany Mota Copy Share Image
Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Politicians are often tempted to deploy history as a weapon against each other. — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
I often wonder if I had the complete freedom to not have to write, if I would write. That's the one mystery… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
As artists, it's tempting to forget the audience's needs. Too often, we're self-centered and self-indulgent in what we share with the world.… — Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick Copy Share Image
Famous pivot stories are often failures but you don't need to fail before you pivot. All a pivot is is a change… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
It doesn't seem to matter how often vaccines are proved safe or supplements are shown to offer nothing of value. When people… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
I made a habit always to hear the Indians; and although they very often lie to me, I do not show them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
