Tom Hart, David Lasky, Ed Brubaker, Megan Kelso, Julie Doucet. These people lived comics. The people in Seattle got together every week… — John Porcellino Copy Share Image
It's always tricky to watch yourself, always. When I first had to watch myself, it was really hard because I'd done quite… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
What I am trying to say is that it is not without any value. The value of copies is that they can… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Education is the lifeline of the city of Boston in a lot of ways, as far as preparing and educating young people… — Marty Walsh Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone aims to be typical, really. Most people even vow to themselves some time in high school or college… — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
I am, as far as I can tell, about a month behind Lord Byron. In every town we stop at we discover… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Henry's universe was modeled on the highball. It was a mixture in which half a pint of the fizziest philosophical and scientific… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
If you go back in history, the most deadly parts of the hurricane has been water. Wind is actually not as deadly… — Craig Fugate Copy Share Image
Khodorkovsky is richest man. And he lost everything when Putin arrested him and took his company away, and essentially took his company… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Even though the play [ The Best Man] was written a long time ago, the characters seem modern and their struggles to… — Chris Hart Copy Share Image
Up until the rise of electronic music, if you were a musician in Portugal or Germany or Italy or Japan, and you… — Moby Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never recorded as taking a holiday? He retired for the purposes of his mission, not… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
Fortunately in Libya, there's only a few cities on the coast, because most of Libya is a desert. The fact of the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
For me, I felt bad for people asking the questions, cause you know their boss sent them out saying, 'Get me something… — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
What kind of expression is this - "punishing Israel"? Are we a vassal state of yours? Are we a banana republic? Are… — Menachem Begin Copy Share Image
We must face the bitter fact that we have forsaken our great dream of a life of, for, and by the people;… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
The scarcest resource these days is reason. What's certainly striking about American culture today is the great hostility toward science and the… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Obviously, there are political operatives that are playing a role. It doesn't mean it shouldn't be denounced. All candidates should say, we… — Kimberly Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
But the great artists like Michelangelo and Blake and Tolstoi--like Christ whom Blake called an artist because he had one of the… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
Perchance, coming generations will not abide the dissolution of the globe, but, availing themselves of future inventions in aerial locomotion, and the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just… — William Tyler Copy Share Image
“People say, "I have heart disease," not "I am heart disease." Somehow the presumption of a person's individuality is not compromised by… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
It was like time would stop, and the dancer would sort of step through some kind of portal and he wasn't doing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
What I didn't really understand, but then I thought this makes perfect sense, as well - was how many people responded to… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
There are people whose eyes you must avoid, whose attention you must not draw to yourself. They are strange, parasitic creatures, lost… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
There is another side [to ego] that can wreck a team or an organization. That is being distracted by your own importance.… — Bill Walsh Copy Share Image
It didn't take me long to make up my mind that these liars warn't no kings nor dukes at all, but just… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Many of us regard ourselves as mildly liberal or centrist politically, voice fairly pleasant sentiments about our poor children, contribute money to… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
An effective leader is willing to think about what's happening and how to understand what's going on. Facilitating flow and making others… — Diane Dreher Copy Share Image
Fate is a misplaced retreat. Many people rationalize an unexplained event as fate and shrug their shoulders when it occurs. But that… — James Levine Copy Share Image
When Europeans arrived on this continent, they blew it with the Native Americans. They plowed over them, taking as much as they… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
God is universal," spluttered the priest. The imam nodded strong approval. "There is only one God." "And with their one god Muslims… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
In our country, [habeas corpus ] means that if you've been sentenced and convicted in a state court, either to death or… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Their women are of surpassing beauty, and are shown more respect than the men. These people are Muslims, punctilious in observing the… — Ibn Battuta Copy Share Image
For you see, the face of destiny or luck or god that gives us war also gives us other kinds of pain:… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
You never know when you might come home and find Mam sitting by the fire chatting with a woman and a child,… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Americans have a hard time writing moms. I'll get a script and everything's really great and well-drawn, but the mom is like… — Alfre Woodard Copy Share Image
It's far easier to write why something is terrible than why it's good. If you're reviewing a film and you decide "This… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image