In our own time the whole of Greece has been subject to a low birth rate and a general decrease of the… — Polybius Copy Share Image
You can't really come into a concept record objectively, because you immediately associate it with Yes, stuff from the 1970s that punk… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
I was naïve when I was young, I was sheltered. I had illusions about who I was going to be, delusions, and… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
“Like a Columbus of the heart, mind and soul I have hurled myself off the shores of my own fears and limiting… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
“Such are the inconsistences of humans in uniform, that the same endothermic vertebrates, which were believed a blessing, an aid to nostalgia,… — John Lewis-Stempel Copy Share Image
What strength belongs to every plant and animal in nature. The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Personally I don't spend much time thinking about being funny. For me it's always been just a way to get by, a… — Wendy Wasserstein Copy Share Image
“Never trust someone that claims they care nothing of what society thinks of them. Instead of conquering obstacles, they simply pretend they… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
Educationists are entertaining. We can always find a good laugh in their prose, with its special, ludicrous combination of ignorance and pretentiousness. — Richard Mitchell Copy Share Image
“You shattered the remainder of my heart, yet you expect me to be okay with it day after day.” — Ahmed Mostafa Copy Share Image
L.A. has a lot of tackiness to it, but at the same time, in that funny kind of fantasy pretentiousness, it's unpretentious… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
I once heard that Quentin Tarantino, who I obviously love and think is a genius, says that there's no such thing as… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
“These were wannabe elites who, once they popped on big-boy pants, would be infiltrating New York with their pretentiousness.” — Alexandra Martin Copy Share Image
“There have been times I've felt so much art in my soul I grew sick of artists.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“All right, all right for you, you pretentious kneecap! How would you like a punch in the eye?” — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
My son is actually named after Beck, the musician. We heard Beck on the radio and thought that was a good nickname… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“The vanity of intelligence is that the intelligent man is often more committed to 'one-upping' his opponent than being truthful. When the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I admire most of all The Renaissance Man, and if it can be said without pretentiousness, I like to think of myself… — Lucius Beebe Copy Share Image
“The words of the Greeks are born on their lips, but those of the Romans in their hearts.” — Cato Copy Share Image
I find that, for me, it is this concept of borrowed or built life, life on loan, that gets me writing. It's… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
“There can be no such thing as “philosophical horror”, at least as a premeditated genre. Why? Because philosophy implies enquiry, reflection and… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Theology is indispensable for religious communities to make sense of themselves and their changing views about the world in light of what… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“A person only experiences the fathomlessly beautiful and mysterious particulars that constitute reality by giving up the distorting spectacles of our egotistical… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
