When I first started writing, a friend said I should be careful because I'm letting people know how to reach right in… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
I actually got to perform for Queen Elizabeth, and I got to meet her after the show. She said she thought my… — Jake Shimabukuro Copy Share Image
I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty. That the reasons flyers fly, whether they know… — Amelia Earhart Copy Share Image
My girlfriend said, Just buy me something crazy and expensive, something I don't even need! So, I signed her up for radiation… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
I'm writing this memoir from the perspective of somebody who's prosperous and has means. Having said that, one of the things that… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
If you look at literacy tests in the South, for example, they were absurdly difficult and didn't measure literacy. They were simply… — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
A goodlookin horse is like a goodlookin woman, he said. They're always more trouble than what they're worth. What a man needs… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
God, from whose territory I had withdrawn my ambassadors at the age of fourteen. It had become obvious that he was never… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
A fellow told me he was going to hang-glider school. He said, 'I've been going for three months. ' I said, 'How… — Red Skelton Copy Share Image
MS. THOMPSON, it said in heavy block letters, PLEASE KEEP YOUR FELINE OFF MY PROPERTY. IF I SEE IT AGAIN, I WILL… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
I've always said I'm less interested in twists as I am about escalation. — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
One Time, One Day between Davie and Roberta , I asked my mom why she persisted, kept on having baby after baby,… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Who shot you?" For a moment he looked annoyed. "I fail to see what that's got to do with anything. Reading assures… — Anne Stuart Copy Share Image
Whatever else can be said about sex, it cannot be called a dignified performance. — Helen Lawrenson Copy Share Image
Just sit tight. Reinforcements should be here soon. Hopefully nothing happens before-" Lightning crackled overhead. The wind picked up with a vengeance.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I know how you feel," I said. "You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell. But once… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
My father said you can't make a living in birds, my relatives all went into business: bankers, stockbrokers. However, they eventually lost… — Roger Tory Peterson Copy Share Image
I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
We are our memories," Dodge said. "That's all we are. That's what makes us the person we are. The sum of all… — Brian Falkner Copy Share Image
When I'm older I'll understand" said Lucy, " I am older and I don't think I want to understand", replied Edmund — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Coop kissed me deeply, drawing my breath from me in a long, sweet ribbon. "Perhaps I haven't mentioned it, but I'm an… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Hatsumi had a pretty good idea that Nagasawa was sleeping around, but she never complained to him. She was seriously in love… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.'… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
