When we are young... we often experience things in the present with a nostalgia-in-advance, but we seldom guess what we will truly… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
In the 1970s, I did a Ph.D. with Fred Sanger in Cambridge who was in the process of inventing ways to map… — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share Image
“Leo resisted the urge to throw a grenade in Frank's face. "I suppose I should know who Pelops was?" "He was a… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I've organised for the last years, since I got the Nobel Prize actually, Anatomy of Hate Conferences all over the world, what… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
My handwriting was so good I won a prize, a cardboard cut-out of a farmyard; my mother threw it away when we… — June Brown Copy Share Image
In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
You come out of the gate, you've got something new, you're subversive, nobody's ever done it before. But by your fifth novel… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
The disobedient child is continuously condemned. The obedient child is, on the other hand, continuously praised. But have you heard of any… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess… — Alexander Morozevich Copy Share Image
My band did the Teenage Fair battle of the bands - problem was we were 11 years old! They gave us a… — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
I worship pianos like they are prize diamonds, and I never willfully do damage to them. But I grew up playing guitars,… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
I’m like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road. I’m here for two days in New York; I leave in… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
George Stigler Nobel laureate and a leader of Chicago School was asked why there were no Nobel Prizes awarded in the other… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
I thought maybe I would become a god, or a goddess, or a president or a Nobel Prize winner. — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
I received the Media for Liberty Award from Swedish PEN, and the prize was awarded by the Swedish minister of culture, who… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Old books, old wine, old Nankin blue;- All things, in short, to which belong The charm, the grace that Time makes strong,… — Henry Austin Dobson Copy Share Image
I consider myself a prize fighter going into a very, very tough ring called daytime TV, and I take it very seriously. — Wendy Williams Copy Share Image
The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
I was never, in my whole school career, given a job as a monitor, a form captain, or a prefect. I never… — Victoria Coren Mitchell Copy Share Image
I would like to congratulate my partners in peace - Mr. Yitzhak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Mr. Shimon Peres,… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
My countrymen have the right to shake my hand and talk to me if they so wish. Don't forget that their support… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
I believe that even an airport can be an inspiring place for an artist. A Nobel Prize laureate once said something along… — Isa Genzken Copy Share Image
The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the… — William Feather Copy Share Image
