We have somehow conned ourselves into the notion that this moment is ordinary. This now moment, in which I'm talking and you're… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
The miracles of Jesus were the ordinary works of his Father, wrought small and swift that we might take them in. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
To be successful you don't need to do extraordinary things, you just need to do ordinary things extraordinarily well. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
The Library didn't only contain magical books, the ones which are chained to their shelves and are very dangerous. It also contained… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
...and it occurred to me, with the forcefulness of a thought experienced in 360 degrees, that that's really what history mostly is:… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Ordinary men live among marvels and feel no wonder, grow familiar with objects and learn nothing new about them. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered. — Ivor Novello Copy Share Image
My character should not be ordinary, cliched, and if I feel that it's difficult to do this character, I take up that… — Nawazuddin Siddiqui Copy Share Image
All people seem to be divided into'ordinary'and 'extraordinary'. The ordinary people must lead a life of strict obedience and have no right… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Every year I write a tax advice column and I used to always make fun of that. One year, one of my… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
For the birth of something new, there has to be a happening. Newton saw an apple fall; James Watt watched a kettle… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
Weird Weekends set out to discover the genuinely odd in the most ordinary setting. To me, it's almost a privilege to be… — Louis Theroux Copy Share Image
They [people of Afghanistan] didn't want Al-Qaeda in their country. They didn't appreciate the Taliban taking control. But they really have an… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
Through logic and inference we can prove anything. Therefore, logic and inference, in contrast to ordinary daily living experience, are secondary instruments… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Those first few weeks are an unearthly season. From the outside you remain so ordinary, no one can tell from looking that… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens. — Benigno Aquino III Copy Share Image
For even the ordinary well-read person, the French Enlightenment is largely restricted to the three big-name philosophes: Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Dorothy Day, of blessed memory, did not like to be called (as she often was, for good reason) a saint, because it… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
“No day is an ordinary day; all days are extraordinary, because life itself is extraordinary!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Generally speaking we don't want to hear from the soul. We want it to just do its job. Unfortunately, in a broken… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
A hero usually rises above the ordinary because he or she exemplifies some virtue that everyone can recognize. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image