Whenever an encounter between a writer of good will and a regular person of good will happens to touch on the subject… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related… — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason… — Margaret Cavendish Copy Share Image
As a person with the retentive mental capacity of a goldfish and a dislike of repetition, I frequently make use of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To create a usable piece of software, you have to fight for every fix, every feature, every little accommodation that will get… — Dave Winer Copy Share Image
I can't stand it when people say, "If you're writing a novel, you should read this and that." Because it's like giving… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
To regard such a positive mental science [psychology] as rising above the sphere of history, and establishing the permanent and unchanging laws… — Robin G. Collingwood Copy Share Image
I've been blessed because every single role I've done has been an educated person. I've never done the stereotypical Latina, even though… — Roselyn Sanchez Copy Share Image
A film is not done by one person. It's done by a lot of people. I love this whole collaborative aspect. When… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
I make these little films. I'm just a working person. I just study people a little bit more. It's more sociological, and… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
There is a major disaster when a person allows some success to become a stopping place rather than a way station on… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
If a person is A) poorly, B) receives treatment intended to make him better, and C) gets better, then no power of… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
There's a rumor that NBC is going to have Tom Brokaw fill in temporarily as the NBC News anchor. When asked why,… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Someone said to me the other day, 'Oh, you're really jhujhi.' What does that mean? Fancy? Fabulous? Some people think I can… — Donna Air Copy Share Image
I mean, I like to be creative because it challenges me to try to be better than I am as a person… — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Most people do not know themselves. The real you is not that person you are when times are great, the real you… — Ian Warner Copy Share Image
You know that a given in life in human nature, is that at a sporting event, a baseball game, a football game,… — Mark Russell Copy Share Image
Without the support of my mom, Marlene, I would not be the person I am. She has been my main supporter throughout… — Sean Avery Copy Share Image
Betrayal was the greatest of all crimes, for it took all that was human within a person and made it a thing… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Tom Regan’s now classic Case for Animal Rights blends careful argument with intense moral concern. For two decades, where Regan has been… — Holmes Rolston III Copy Share Image
...Sometimes I dream that everything in the world is here, in my room, in a great closet, named and orderly, and I… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him,… — Edwin M. Stanton Copy Share Image
When I live lucidly I see that I am both mortal and immortal. The person I appear to be in time had… — Timothy Freke Copy Share Image
A lot of times, you're circling around a lot of things, and then you find that one person, or that little piece… — Nick Kroll Copy Share Image
Ohhhso hard to say, but George Harrison was pretty darn special. Such a great guybeautiful person and amazing songwriter/musician. A real honor… — Chuck Leavell Copy Share Image
Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is with pleasure I receive reproof, when reproof is due, because no person can be readier to accuse me, than I… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to… — Patrick Duffy Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, no person who believes that wars between classes and nations are inevitable is fit to be in charge of the… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image
Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You don't have to treat people differently. You may be living a different lifestyle, but the person living that different lifestyle still… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
Working as a lawyer, you have a lot of pressure. But if you go crazy, you are not going to get anything… — Julie King Copy Share Image
The doctor used to tell me that every person about to die becomes a music box playing the melody that best describes… — Patrick Modiano Copy Share Image
For me, it's very important if I do action movies and I have a stunt person, to work with them. Not only… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
I never like to be the person trying to hard sell, saying, "This is why you should watch it." I know that… — Malik Yoba Copy Share Image
True happiness comes from gaining insight and growing into your best possible self. Otherwise all you're having is immediate gratification pleasure, which… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
This person called up and said, You've got to come and take this seminar. It will completely change your life in just… — Rick Fields Copy Share Image
I'm not a fatalist. I'm not a religious person. I'm sure there are close calls that we're not even aware of hundreds… — Seth MacFarlane Copy Share Image
There's always someone out there telling you your nose is too big or too small, or you're too fat or too thin,… — Lauren Conrad Copy Share Image