[The lion] began to contemplate me with a kind of quiet premeditation, like that of a slow-witted man fondling an unaccustomed thought. — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“How merciful a thing is man's ignorance of his immediate future! What a ghastly, paralysing thing it would have been if all… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
For me, the sketchbooks are more like a secret and wholly spontaneous jeu d'esprit and some of them I like as much… — Robert Motherwell Copy Share Image
In the course of history, all empires have been created with premeditation, by an effort often sustained over several generations. Every power… — Andre Malraux Copy Share Image
We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Who tries to sabotage my time and priority in life can never understand the sensible, best choices of my heart.” — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
“Nothing I do is natural, realistic, organic or accidental. I'm never spontaneous, I'm completely premeditated.” — Nuno Roque Copy Share Image
These are all cases of proved or presumptive baloney. A deception arises, sometimes innocently but collaboratively, sometimes with cynical premeditation. Usually the… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
The premeditation of death is the premeditation of liberty; he who has learnt to die has forgot to serve. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image