To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered. Just being nice was not… — Peter Abrahams Copy Share Image
I like [Count] Olaf's wardrobe, because the whole thing seems like it should be a period piece in many ways, and yet… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
What does he [Pope Francis] mean, "Who am I to judge?" People think he's fantastic, but they also wonder how some of… — Ralph Martin Copy Share Image
The best fertilizer for a piece of land is the footprints of its owner. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The Thoroughbred exists because its selection has depended, not on experts, technicians, or zoologists, but on a piece of wood: the winning… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My love life is like a piece of Swiss cheese; most of it's missing, and what's there stinks. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I was so worried that you wouldn’t want to know me once you found out.” I signed, relief flooding through me. “Are… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
If you have something to say, here's what you do: You write it down on a piece of paper, you go out… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
Inexperienced players have a fear of this piece, which seems to them enigmatic, mysterious, and astonishing in its power. We must admit… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
That was a piece I did in 1963 with Konrad Lueg in a department store, in the furniture department. It was announced… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
The police [in South Africa] would check in on you randomly. And they would come into the house, and they would look… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Would we be the heroes or the cowards of the piece? Would we follow orders or stick to our principles, if those… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
Christianity doesn't come into it. George Bush and Tony Blair are not Christians. Religious people believe in the prophets, peace be upon… — George Galloway Copy Share Image
The stage is the opposite: you are talking loud so you can project to the back row and you know the whole… — Gary Busey Copy Share Image
The machine is impersonal, it takes the pride away from a piece of work, the individual merits and defects that go along… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
One who knows not what his rights are can never know when they are taken and is unable to defend them. He… — H. Verlan Andersen Copy Share Image
The central idea of string theory is quite straightforward. If you examine any piece of matter ever more finely, at first you'll… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
I think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a unique and powerful way. — Nolan Bushnell Copy Share Image
Taking advantage of the method, found by me, of the black staining of the elements of the brain, staining obtained by the… — Camillo Golgi Copy Share Image
Thinking fragments reality - it cuts it up into conceptual bits and pieces. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
There's such an energy created when the world is turned upside down, and when things are good again it's nice to take… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
I don't like to design single objects. I like my pieces to have a relationship to each other. They can be mother… — Eva Zeisel Copy Share Image
Every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without being interested in the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
There's very little to be said for learning a piece note by note, reading the rhythmic markings, practising the fingerings and following… — Barry Green Copy Share Image
Of course I can appreciate the musicality of the pieces and sometimes the lyrics are generic enough to be listened to without… — Christian Campbell Copy Share Image
...chess is "a lot like football because you have to set up your offense and your defense, every once in a while… — Priest Holmes Copy Share Image
The lesson that I'm learning is that I've got to be careful of being pigeonholed because people can take a piece of… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
I don't want to give too much away, but something horrible happens in 1977. That was also the year of the Queen's… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I like fruit baskets because it gives you the ability to mail someone a piece of fruit without appearing insane. Like, if… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
The book of nature is a fine and large piece of tapestry rolled up, which we are not able to see all… — Robert Boyle Copy Share Image
when things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. it's because a little piece gets… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The center of the chessboard is a magnet, which pulls to itself all the pieces. Therefore the most beautiful and amazing moves,… — Ashot Nadanian Copy Share Image
“It may be expedient to take stock of all the affecting pieces that might shatter in the wake of an emotional earthquake,… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
If you really hate me, you should at least have the courtesy to take out a piece of paper and write it… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Love..its a missing puzzle piece waiting to be found and when you do find it you can finally figure out the picture… — Paige Copy Share Image
I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't… — Donna Shalala Copy Share Image
And I like the idea of change. Because I don't see why we should hang a painting on the wall and then… — Minoru Yamasaki Copy Share Image
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In King’s Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces… Every man’s a piece to start with, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image