The bureaucratic manager, the consuming aesthete, the therapist, the protester and their numerous kindred occupy almost all the available culturally recognizable roles,… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
Religion, mysticism and magic all spring from the same basic 'feeling' about the universe: a sudden feeling of meaning, which human beings… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
There are a ton of A-list stars I'd love to dress - fashionistas like Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson. Also, Cate Blanchett… — Christian Siriano Copy Share Image
Our minds are like crows. They pick up everything that glitters, no matter how uncomfortable our nests get with all that metal… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Most people do not ever pick up the phone. They never ask, and that is what separates the people that do things… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
When I was 10 years old, we'd pick out a cow and boom! They'd hit it in the head with a hammer,… — Wilmer Valderrama Copy Share Image
If you hate the war, that’s fine. But you should still support the troops. They don’t get to pick where they’re deployed.… — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
Here I sit, sober and perhaps even lucid, on the sort of winter's day that makes you realize a New Year is… — Peter Laughner Copy Share Image
Solidarity is the fundamental idea of European cooperation. If a country feels itself to be militarily threatened and calls for soldiers, weapons… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
One day I was asked to pick up $50,000 worth of gold chains for Mr. T. For real! — Stacey Snider Copy Share Image
Finding balance in life is perhaps the greatest challenge of this generation, especially for women. I've decided that I need to compartmentalize… — Dayna Devon Copy Share Image
Ever since Sir Isaac Newton's times, scientists have worked in the same sort of way: They show a great respect for experiment… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it. — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Steve Coogan picks up enough to lecture an interviewer: This is a postmodern novel before there was any modernism to be post… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I have a form of ESP that allows me to consistently pick losing lottery numbers, and generally make poor life choices. — Joey Comeau Copy Share Image
I believe in geographic cures - they allow you to throw all your cards in the air and see where they land,… — Jerri Nielsen Copy Share Image
The clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and does not require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas , if we take it all together,… — John Selden Copy Share Image
Public service announcement: In case of a terrorist attack, bottled water and duct tape are not going to do a damn thing.… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I don't pick my presidents because they were great presidents. I'm not much interested in ranking presidents and who is the best… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
The problem is grasping the clock. So what do I do? Let it go, lay it aside - put it down gently… — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share Image
I'm trying to play guitar every day. I think I have a gift, and I've not been nurturing it for a long… — Bucky Pope Copy Share Image
Study the situation thoroughly, go over in your imagination the various courses of action possible to you and the consequences which can… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
Fortune or fame, you must pick one or the other, though neither of them are to be what they claim. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Juggling a career and a family is a challenge for anyone, and even more so (in general) for women. Probably the most… — Daphne Koller Copy Share Image