As it happens, Chicago is the nation's leader in municipal privatization efforts. That's right: The city that conservatives portray as the citadel… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces… — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
It is so often on the name of a misdeed that a life goes to pieces, not the nameless and personal action… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
The whole world is, to me, very much "alive" - all the little growing things, even the rocks. I can't look at… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
Your great country is wonderful at stealing pieces of history and using it for its own purposes, so there didn't seem to… — Michael Apted Copy Share Image
One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a… — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image
My Irish mate told me, if you file down the edges of a 50 pence piece, you can use it as a 10p. — Frank Carson Copy Share Image
The story man must see clearly in his own mind how every piece of business will be put over. He should feel… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
I'm constantly revising and updating a piece until it's finally recorded. Once it's recorded, then it's over. — Glenn Branca Copy Share Image
“The greater the length, the more beautiful will the piece be by reason of its size, provided that the whole be perspicuous.”… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Acting is so difficult for me that, unless the work is of a certain stature in my mind, unless I reach the… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
You can't understand how strange it was to be a sculptor who exhibited photographs. (On exhibitions of his earthworks and land art… — Dennis Oppenheim Copy Share Image
Funny thing about those Middle Ages, said Joseph. "They just keep coming back. Mortals keep thinking they're in Modern Times, you know,… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
No. I don't go through your things. I just come once in a while to make sure you're in one piece. I… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
I've got everything I need: a nice piece of land with hawks and owls and incredible sunsets, and the good will of… — Burt Shavitz Copy Share Image
The pieces I've written for 'Outside' magazine are definitely my best work, and they're virtually all about the outdoors. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, shits on the board and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Nowhere has truth such a short life as in Sicily; a fact has scarcely happened five minutes before its genuine kernel has… — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Copy Share Image
I love the music, but being on the road ain't a piece of cake, but it is real rewarding. You've got to… — Charlie Musselwhite Copy Share Image
In this world, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you got it. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Storytelling is the art of unfolding knowledge in a way that makes each piece contribute to a larger truth. — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
There is almost no country in Africa where it is not essential to know to which tribe, or which subgroup of which… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role. — Joshua Leonard Copy Share Image
It is not, truly speaking, the labour that is divided; but the men: divided into mere segments of men - broken into… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
