The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
Reggie Watts is a most unusual talent: a huge vocal range, a natural musicality, and a sidesplitting wit. Is he a comedian?… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Snow pursued by the wind is not wholly unlike a retreating army. In the open field it ranges itself in ranks and… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The Irish seem to want their artists to function as surrogate priests - sources of authority, founts of wisdom, people who will… — Alex Johnston Copy Share Image
Stacy Schiff is that rare combination: a first-rate historian and a brilliant storyteller. Using a wide range of sources, she spins straw… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused. — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his… — Rachael Taylor Copy Share Image
The range of variation in the female far exceeds the range of variation in the male. — Alfred Kinsey Copy Share Image
Charles Bernstein's pairs of jingles of 'public discourse' are 'simultaneous double narrative / the space between's the other narrative/as if they're opposite.'… — Leslie Scalapino Copy Share Image
The idea of tiny changes cumulated over many steps is an immensely powerful idea, capable of explaining an enormous range of things… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can't take charge of this most personal aspect of our… — Faye Wattleton Copy Share Image
I believe television is going to be the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
The French were always masters at mid-range. And I like the attitude. — Kevin Shields Copy Share Image
I try to make puzzles range all the way from easy to hard, and to leave many open at once. — Graham Nelson Copy Share Image
That’s the key to new and good ideas; they come from having a very broad and multidisciplinary range of interests. — Robin Chase Copy Share Image
Vision, in my view, is the cause of the greatest benefit to us, inasmuch as none of the accounts now given concerning… — Plato Copy Share Image
The changing styles are the expression of a restless search for something which shall commend itself to our aesthetic sense; but as… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with making the best of one's declining years, but what does annoy me is the fatalism. Now that we're… — Aubrey de Grey Copy Share Image
What's important in a cellar is having wines that have a broad range of drinkability, which California Cabernet does. Wines with a… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
Sanity, as the project of keeping ourselves recognizably human, therefore has to limit the range of human experience. To keep faith with… — Adam Phillips Copy Share Image
Guys, gals, now hear this: No one wants to take away your hunting rifles. No one wants to take away your shotguns.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The three-piece suit has become sort of my trademark. You don't see them much anymore. It has several benefits: You may be… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
In open range fires it is about picking a spot and hoping it is the right location. At the head of the… — John Glover Copy Share Image
