My patriotism is of the kind which is outraged by the notion that the United States never was a great nation until… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
How weird was it that so many bits and pieces, all diverse, could make something whole. Something with potential. 'Perfect. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I have no idea of what it's going to look like when I start a piece. Making art is like having a… — Nick Bantock Copy Share Image
I love sashimi, mainly tuna sashimi. I will buy six pieces or so a day and just snack on them. Sometimes I… — Christine Teigen Copy Share Image
And then he tells her stories. Myths he learned from his instructor. Fantasies he created himself, inspired by bits and pieces of… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
I'd go on the train to castings, changing from my school uniform on the train. I carried on like that for a… — Kate Moss Copy Share Image
Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
A lot of period pieces we see are adaptations of novels - we always know the story. — Joanne Froggatt Copy Share Image
One good thing about a good book or a good film, or maybe even a song, I'm not a musician but I… — Kleber Mendonca Filho Copy Share Image
And that's another piece of advice I'll give junior writers; when you get to the point where they take you to lunch,… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
“If you want to heal a broken heart, Be smart! That's all an ancient art. Start by loving the very small parts… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
The universe may be timeless, but if you imagine breaking it into pieces, some of the pieces can serve as clocks for… — Craig Callender Copy Share Image
I really don't feel that any of the pieces I wrote were confessions; there are no revelations about secrets in my life,… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
My own fault. The equipment had safeties but your primary piece of protective equipment was your brain. There was a presumption that… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
The independent girl is truly of quite modern origin, and usually is a most bewitching little piece of humanity. — Lou Henry Hoover Copy Share Image
The basic thesis of gestalt theory might be formulated thus: there are contexts in which what is happening in the whole cannot… — Max Wertheimer Copy Share Image
During the air war of 1944, a four-man combat crew on a B-17 bomber took a vow to never abandon one another… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
In a way, there's nothing more intimate than a piece of jewelry. A painting is hung on somebody's wall. You put a… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
Nor do I think we came from monkeys, by the wayThat's another piece of garbage. What the hell's it based on? We… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
More than anything else, though, to anyone who would write about it, golf offers a four-hour drama in two acts, which becomes… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that's not a bad piece of advice. We can love… — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
A music director cannot and should not be chosen on the basis of a first date. It is not so difficult to… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
I feel like my life is at its happiest when I don't have a looming deadline. There's some really groovy wonderful times,… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
Nonfiction is more personal for me. It's more personal in that it's more direct, and actually it's always been more direct, even… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The mother is the most essential piece on the board, the one you must protect. Only she has the range. Only she… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think the human heart is just a simple shelf. There is only so much you can pile onto it before… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When you're able to have foundational pieces in place it allows you the opportunity to build upon those foundational pieces. — Matthew Slater Copy Share Image
The Vores Third Quartet is a terrific piece that brings disparate components into harmony. . . it's celebratory, imaginative, touching, and fun. — Richard Dyer Copy Share Image
Everything you do is so personal. In the end, it doesn't matter so much if you write about your own life or… — Jenny Hval Copy Share Image
'Five Easy Pieces,' 'Easy Rider' - those are indie pictures; those were not studio pictures. They had relationships with studio distribution, but… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
My aim is: to teach you to pass from a piece of disguised nonsense to something that is patent nonsense. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Investment philosophy is the clear understanding that by owning shares of stocks he owns businesses, not pieces of paper. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The conception, composition, practice, and performance of a piece of music can blossom in a single moment. — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
For all the huffing and puffing of the doubters, a home of our own is still the rock on which our hopes… — Jane Bryant Quinn Copy Share Image
Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman - repose in energy. The Greek battle pieces are calm; the heroes, in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Pride is a sweetmeat, to be savoured in small pieces; it makes for a poor feast. — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
Now let you and me buy wine today! Why say we have not the price? My horse spotted with five flowers, My… — Li Bai Copy Share Image
I made a career goals list for 2017 and it's so funny. I have low self-esteem or something, so I put both… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
Chess960 is healthy and good for your chess. If you get into it and not just move the pieces to achieve known… — Levon Aronian Copy Share Image
