I think Led Zeppelin must have worn some of the most peculiar clothing that men had ever been seen to wear without… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
I smiled: I thought to myself Mr. Rochester is peculiar — he seems to forget that he pays me £30 per annum… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The Admiral's using us," he says to the kids around him. "Don't you see that?" Most of the kids just shrug, but… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
But the conceit of one's self and the conceit of one's hobby are hardly more prolific of eccentricity than the conceit of… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
Every writer making a secondary world wishes in some measure to be a real maker, or hopes that he is drawing on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Accounts of outrages committed by mobs form the every-day news of the times. They have pervaded the country from New England to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
And as for other men, who worked in tank-rooms full of steam, and in some of which there were open vats near… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
The most intangible, and therefore the worst, kind of a lie is a half truth. This is the peculiar device of a… — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
Americans hate their cable companies - for bumbling installers, on-again-off-again transmissions, peculiar channel selections, and indifferent customer service. The only thing cable… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative revolution.… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The deserving are not always blest. That peculiar attribute known as personality is as potent a factor as genius. — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to Washington's on… — Carl Schurz Copy Share Image
Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Art and writing come from somewhere down around the lizard brain. It's a much more peculiar activity than we like to think… — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
In 1908 Handy didn't know anything about the blues and he doesn't know anything about jazz and stomps to this day. I… — Jelly Roll Morton Copy Share Image
Carlyle must undoubtedly plead guilty to the charge of mannerism. He not only has his vein, but his peculiar manner of working… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The truth of it is, writers do have peculiar relationships with their characters. They are our children in more senses than one.… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I think there's something peculiar about me that I haven't died. It doesn't make sense but I refuse to die. — Judy Garland Copy Share Image
We all long for someone with whom we are able to share our peculiar burdens of being alive. — Salley Vickers Copy Share Image
It is peculiar to “ressentiment criticism” that it does not seriously desire that its demands be fulfilled. It does not want to… — Max Scheler Copy Share Image
This was an idea peculiar to Camille, Maximilien thought, that the worse things get, the better they get. No one else seems… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Doubt, or the absence of faith and naivete, is a vice peculiar to this age, for no one is obedient nowadays; and… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
