If I had to define life in a single phrase, I should clearly express my thought of throwing into relief one characteristic… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
That small word "Force," they make a barber's block, Ready to put on Meanings most strange and various, fit to shock Pupils… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write… — Evan Dando Copy Share Image
When love doesn't work, we hurt. Indeed, “hurt feelings” is a precisely accurate phrase, according to psychologist Naomi Eisenberger of the University… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
There are times when phrases such as 'totally astonished' just don't do the job. I am of course delighted and honoured and,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I have discovered in my long life that there are many words and phrases which have more power than any spell of… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W.… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
...Mr. Wodehouse is a prose stylist of such startling talent that Frankie nearly skipped around with glee when she first read some… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
I think you remember certain phrases from bad reviews. You don't remember all the bad reviews. — John Updike Copy Share Image
The poet's mind is in fact a receptacle for seizing and storing up numberless feelings, phrases, images, which remain there until all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase "missional church" lies nothing less that the future… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
The wrong one will start saying things like "withdraw with honor." We've heard phrases like that before, and they led to thousands… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I try to be specific. One thought at a time. Clear. Articulate. And above all, memorable, if you can be. You'd like… — Clive James Copy Share Image
She felt detached from her family, and thought it strange how they had lavished so much attention on her, as a child,… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Men's thoughts and opinions are in a great degree vassals of him who invents a new phrase or re-applies an old epithet.… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
You're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Or maybe there's… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Optimism is important. You have to be a little silly about the goals you are going to set. There is a phrase… — Larry Page Copy Share Image
I'm trying to tell the story in the most clear, concise, and truthful way, taking those everyday words and phrases and capturing… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Choice word and measured phrase above the reach Of ordinary men. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase 'freedom of the press' used as freely as it is, knowing… — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
Christians claim that life has no meaning if you stop pretending to know things you don't know, though they phrase it more… — Peter Boghossian Copy Share Image
