Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have… — Alexander Graham Bell Copy Share Image
It has been often said, very truly, that religion is the thing that makes the ordinary man feel extraordinary; it is an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It became inevitable that television would address life's mundane problems because television itself is so mundane, part of the ordinary flow of… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Ordinary people shy away from negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Let's not look back in anger, or forward in fear but around in awareness. Let's see the beauty in everything. Let's create… — Angela Rockwood Copy Share Image
I think a 23-page ordinary comic is an investment for the artist, but if you're doing something 60 to 104 pages, that's… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
The young artist... will discover out of ordinary things the meaning of ordinariness. He will not try to make them extraordinary. Only… — Allan Kaprow Copy Share Image
The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur. This cannot… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
What we try to do as Elders is help those who are trying to change their own societies and communities for the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
So you actually need spectacles,” Leo finally said. “Of course I do,” Marks said crossly. “Why would I wear spectacles if I… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Perfection. Excellence. What a passionate lover. But once having tasted the lips of excellence, once having given oneself to its perfection, how… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Your path is your own, but you must walk side by side with others, with compassion and generosity as your beacons. If… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
To be ordinary is the greatest virtue - because when you are just ordinary, nothing to claim, of this world or that,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Turn your face toward the sacred Mosque (Koran 2:144,149,150) Commentary: The word "sacred" means that a heart which has not disengaged itself… — Abdelkader El Djezairi Copy Share Image
Forget what you learned about poetry in school. (That it's complex, opaque, a problem to be solved in 1500 words by tomorrow.)… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
I idolize Gene Hackman. He is not a natural star, not an incandescent personality like Jack Nicholson, but he makes luminous the… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial… — William Banting Copy Share Image
We tried to present the ordinary in an extraordinary manner. But that's the paradox because the only thing extraordinary about it was… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
Artful without being pretentious, well-made without being staid, Trey Moody's investigations of our weird and ordinary world are a little off, by… — Graham Foust Copy Share Image
We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
When you've done all you can, do just a little bit more. Any extra effort you make will draw immense leverage from… — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
“A border--the perimeter of a single massive or stretched-out use of territory--forms the edge of an area of 'ordinary' city. Often borders… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wherever a man separates from the multitude, and goes his own way in this mood, there indeed is a fork in the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We know, from ordinary life, that we are not able to direct our attention perfectly steadily and uniformly to one and the… — Wilhelm Wundt Copy Share Image
Last chances in the Middle East have been two a dirham since the 1950s. Each year the enmities are more profound, the… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
Don't assume you have to be extraordinary to be used by God. You don't have to have exceptional gifts, talents, abilities, or… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
I’ve never tried to keep a specific person alive before, and it’s much more troublesome than I would have believed. But that’s… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
Basically, Urban Fantasy means D&D in New York. Ordinary people have no idea that they share the world with fantastic, supernatural creatures.… — Ted Naifeh Copy Share Image
Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
There is little or no point being chair of the Labour Party and being ignored when engaging with Labour ministers when you're… — Colm Keaveney Copy Share Image
There are people who disagree with the left, and that will not be tolerated. People who disagree with them, whether they are… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
You can learn from everyone, the president or the cleaner. You need teachers in life, but they're not always school teachers or… — Lapo Elkann Copy Share Image
Original details are very ordinary, except to the mind that sees extraordinariness. it's not that we need to go to the Hopi… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
May we, as image makers, shapers of the culture, set our sights on things we value, rituals we engage in that heal… — Jan Phillips Copy Share Image
We must investigate without fear or favour the so-called 'accounting irregularities' that cause turmoil in the markets and wipe billions off the… — Cyril Ramaphosa Copy Share Image
I've done more than 10,000 interviews, and I've learnt that you've got to do your homework. I bury myself in research beforehand.… — Ray Martin Copy Share Image
God never intended His people to be ordinary or commonplace. His intentions were that they should be on fire for Him, conscious… — Smith Wigglesworth Copy Share Image
