Anarcharsis, on learning that the sides of a ship were four fingers thick, said that "the passengers were just that distance from… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
My friend said to me, 'You don't look good,' - because all the time I have to think about law and justice… — Bikram Choudhury Copy Share Image
My mum has always said I am too hard on myself. But I have always been like that and it has always… — Cesc Fabregas Copy Share Image
Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison,” he said, almost… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
The idea of the book ["The Japanese Lover"] came in a conversation that I had with a friend walking in the streets… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
For even if you should have stood your ground, he said, yet what ground was it? — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
My toils in the quotation field have led me to formulate two or three laws about the way people use and abuse… — Nigel Rees Copy Share Image
Some people have said, in so many words, that I'm kind of wooly-headed in believing that the Iranians would see not having… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
When he said to give him the sword, I don’t think he meant for you to stick it in his guts. — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
So what are you really wearing?" The words left her mouth before she could consider them. She winced. He didn't seem to… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I think abortion's wrong, but it's none of my business to tell somebody what's wrong, he said. So I'm pro-choice. I want… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Remember that all is opinion. For what was said by the Cynic Monimus is manifest: and manifest too is the use of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
When all is said and done, the Constitution of the United States is a set of words on a piece of paper.… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
She said it had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. By this time, the plane had been in the air - again, I'm… — Ted Olson Copy Share Image
Do you think you should warn him (the guard) that I'm going to kiss you?" He loved the flush that appeared on… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Who said that time heals all wounds? It would be better to say that time heals everything - except wounds. With time,… — Chris Marker Copy Share Image
That was exactly why people didn't want to give us any kind of life, because we were threatening their status quo, and… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
A massive power outage in Washington, D.C., today affected a number of federal buildings, including the White House. When asked when they… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
And we could have all this,' she said. 'And we could have everything and every day we make it more impossible.' 'What… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
One cricket said to another - come, let us be ridiculous, and say love! love love love love love let us be… — Conrad Aiken Copy Share Image
Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood.... storytelling is intrinsic to biological… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh. — Ted Levine Copy Share Image
I have a terrible tendency to lick my fingers when I cook. So much so that I got a telling off from… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image