Who shall enumerate the many ways in which that costly piece of fixed capital, a human being , may be employed! More… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Man comes from a drop of semen and leaves as a piece of dust. He doesn't know when he came and he… — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
The only reason I would stay away from a period piece is because sometimes the women are painted in a very stereotypical… — Dagmara Dominczyk Copy Share Image
A good piece of fiction, in my view, does not offer solutions. Good stories deal with our moral struggles, our uncertainties, our… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
Regardless of anything, my dad wants me to "get that piece of paper!" - degree over everything. — Joey Badass Copy Share Image
Hope is a waking dream.' I let the words echo in my head. The quote reminded me of that feeling you get… — Jennifer Rush Copy Share Image
There hadn't been one done since the late 70s. I was living in Brooklyn, had no connection to Roger Corman, to no… — Alex Stapleton Copy Share Image
Cesium, iodine from the Chernobyl reactor accident went around the world many times and everyone on the Earth has a piece of… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Most of the producers I work with are decent mixers. We'll wind up in these spots where I'll get the mix back… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art. — Kit Williams Copy Share Image
Of course people don't want war. Why should a poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Eating any of these things, goat testicles or what have you, isn't going to be nice, but you get into that zone,… — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
It is soul-destroying to have your work and physical appearance picked to pieces. — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
I have a memory of my mother kneeling in front of a cabinet in our home, tenderly cradling her wedding china. We… — Roma Downey Copy Share Image
I love comedy. I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way. I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally,… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
I think it's just yet another piece to cause confusion and I think that the 'so-called scientific debate' is very silly now… — Joe Bastardi Copy Share Image
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How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth all the gold in the world, and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I started writing novels while an undergraduate student, in an attempt to make sense of the city of Edinburgh, using a detective… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
None of us ever escape the first few years of our lives. They make a mould into which we are cast, and… — Lizette Woodworth Reese Copy Share Image
If Ive gone to the market on Saturday, and I go another time on Tuesday, then Im really prepared. I can cook… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
I mean, if you go back to 1960 on major pieces of legislation, the filibuster was used about eight percent of the time. — Tom Udall Copy Share Image
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are… — Indra Nooyi Copy Share Image
I love chess, and I didn't invent Fischerandom chess to destroy chess. I invented Fischerandom chess to keep chess going. Because I… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
All events, no matter how earthshaking or bizarre, are diluted within moments of their occurrence the the continuance of the necessary routines… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
James Cain - faugh! Everything he touches smells like a billygoat. He is every kind of writer I detest, a faux naix,… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I wrote a lot of software to do various kinds of special things, and I loved the idea of composing pieces in… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever seen a piece of commercial software where the next version is simpler rather than more complex. — Walter Bender Copy Share Image
Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see. — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Jews and papists are ungodly wretches; they are two stockings made of one piece of cloth. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
There are a lot of male directors who are directing female-driven pieces. I think that its good to get the girl's point… — Jerusha Hess Copy Share Image
I kind of do it in my head, then I'll try pieces of it on stage and if it looks promising, I'll… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
The number one piece of advice I would share is to recruit a mentor. Find someone you admire who is at least… — Bing Gordon Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
He splayed a hand out over the photographs, trembling fingers not quite touching the shiny surface, and then he turned and leaned… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When you are doing a piece you are with it. You don't want to wait until next week, when experience will have… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
