New fathers, political prisoners, traumatised presidential aides, resolute schoolboys, MEPs addressing unfriendly chambers - we all find that Shakespeare has magically anticipated… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
Each time I undertake to reread Virginia Woolf, I am somewhat baffled by the signature breathlessness and relentlessly "poetic" tone, the shimmering… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Man is a creature adapted for life under circumstances which are very narrowly limited. A few degrees of temperature more or less,… — Robert Stawell Ball Copy Share Image
The strength of the computer lies in its being a logic machine. It does precisely what it is programed to do. This… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Harvard graduates just cannot shake the idea that they know better than everyone else what's best for us and that they're capable… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
We are extremely precise about the girls we like; they're not necessarily the "It" girls of the season. Sometimes this "It" girl… — Christophe Lemaitre Copy Share Image
Words created divergencies between beings, because their precise meanings put an opinion around the idea. Music only retains the highest and purest… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The disenfranchised offspring, along with an entire ageless class of human discards, know only that they are doomed. They are drawn to… — Adam Parfrey Copy Share Image
I am trying to represent design through drawing. I have always drawn things to a high degree of detail. That is not… — Neil Denari Copy Share Image
The ultimate success formula: I) Decide what you want (Be precise! Clarity is power) II) Take action (because desire is not enough)… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
What is photojournalism? Occasionally, a very unique photo, in which form is precise and rich enough and content has enough resonance, is… — Henri Copy Share Image
On Earth Day I made a commitment to reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by the year 2000. And… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The mechanist is intimately convinced that a precise knowledge of the chemical constitution, structure, and properties of the various organelles of a… — Andre Michel Lwoff Copy Share Image
The most precise work is generally done by hand, with hand tools. Some people rely on machines for their precision, and my… — Martin Puryear Copy Share Image
This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes;… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared. And it was after that that I found out the truth… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
“Don't go in for the "yellowish" if what you need is "yellow". The attitude called precision is the quality that remarks the… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Nothing can happen, nothing can occur in your life which is not a precisely perfect opportunity for you to heal something, create… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
[Tikka Khan] went to East Pakistan with precise orders and came back by precise orders. He did what he was ordered to… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
In spite the mountains of books written about art, no precise definition of art has been constructed. And the reason for this… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom. At that precise moment, several countries were still… — Ahmed Ben Bella Copy Share Image
Modern dynamical systems theory has a relatively short history. It begins with Poincare (of course)... [to whom] a global understanding of the… — Robert L. Devaney Copy Share Image
It was all the things I wanted my music to be, but yet it wasn't grand and it wasn't obtuse - it… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
There were certainly those who rubbed their eyes in astonishment. But when we held a company discussion forum with Joschka Fischer, interest… — Norbert Reithofer Copy Share Image
I love film and TV, the medium of them, just because it's such a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd… — Shuler Hensley Copy Share Image
Originally when we talked about language disorder it was a catastrophic language disorder. It's substantial, and from a treatment standpoint it's okay… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
The one-eyed man will be King in the country of the blind only if he arrives there in full possession of his… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
Our concern for human rights comes to the fore when there are gross violations of human decencies. Then other countries, including China,… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Brian Turner writes as only a soldier can, of terror and compassion, hurt and horror, sympathy and desire. He takes us into… — Andrew Himes Copy Share Image
A preemptive action today, however well-justified, may come back with unwelcome consequences in the future. And because … I've done this. I've… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The most precise and thoughtful scholar is limited in what he knows and wrong in some things that he affirms; the most… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
We're trying to be very careful and precise in our use of language, because I think the language we use and the… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
After all, what is a kiss? A vow made at closer range, a more precise promise, a confession that contains its own… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
'Smurfs' just seemed like a great way to represent a young father to be, guy in a marriage, work in conflict, and… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image