If anybody had shown me the paperwork for how my life was going to look in five years, I would have said,… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Everyone knows they re going to die,' he said again, 'but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
If I showed you what was in my heart," she said, "it would burn you to a cinder. "I've tried to burn… — Chris Adrian Copy Share Image
President Bush has said that he does not need approval from the UN to wage war, and I'm thinking, well, hell, he… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
A monumental decision such as starting a family requires persuasive dissertations, licences, spreadsheets and field research. That's what I assumed until one… — Ryan Knighton Copy Share Image
If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton, even under medical advice, I would prefer… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
There were a couple of companies that wanted to put me with a producer, and I said, "Well, I just produced my… — Shuggie Otis Copy Share Image
One of the things that I discovered in lecturing was that gradually one ceased to hear what one said one heard what… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
My job, as I've said, is to break down sectionalism, vested interests and a fixed mindset of merely following precedents, so that… — Yoshihide Suga Copy Share Image
This one commercial said, "Forget everything you know about slipcovers." So I did, and it was a load off of my mind.… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
Leibniz accepted the argument that there must be indestructible simple entities if there is to be a complex world, but Epicurean morals… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
Goethe said there would be little left of him if he were to discard what he owed to others. — Charlotte Saunders Cushman Copy Share Image
No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, This is what is expected of you. But... I'm lucky… — Princess Diana Copy Share Image
I tried to have a cookie, and this girl said, "I'm mailing those cookies to my friend." So I couldn't have one.… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
Even after I got my divorce, the ink wasn't even dry on the paper, and I said, 'Ooh, the next time I… — Niecy Nash Copy Share Image
Paradoxical as it may at first appear, the fact is that, as W. H. George has said, scientific research is an art,… — William Ian Beardmore Beveridge Copy Share Image
War is all we've been taught, but there are other ways to live. We can find them, Akiva. We can invent them.… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I went over to see Marina two or three or four times a week. I knew as long as I could see… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
[W]hen Ben was kissing me, the whole world retreated. I felt things I'd never felt before, in places I never knew were… — Rosemary Clement-Moore Copy Share Image
I think that there is a particular mindset that was on display in the run-up to the Iraq war that continues to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I must, before I die, find some way to say the essential thing that is in me, that I have never said… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I’ve said about a million times that the best thing a young photographer can do is to stay close to home. Start… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
Don’t stereotype, Jenks. HAPA is an equal-opportunity hate group,” I said. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
I was very inventive. I lived in my own world - my dad said I was a loner. Not lonely, just happy… — Alan Titchmarsh Copy Share Image
Don't worry about what candidates have done or said, just vote for the Democrats. Then, afterwards, you can go eat fried chicken. — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The first ministers were the twelve disciples. There is no evidence that Jesus chose them because they are brighter or nicer than… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Within seconds thoughts become words that slip off our tongue and into the world. Pausing before we speak may seem cumbersome, but… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
I believe that the Welfare State redistributes poverty and reduces income. As Karl Kraus once said of psychoanalysis, the Welfare State is… — Arnold Kling Copy Share Image
Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.' — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
Colin emphatically pushed the book cover shut when he finished reading. "Did you like it?" His dad asked. "Yup," Colin said. He… — John Green Copy Share Image
Someone said to me, early on in film school if you can photograph the human face you can photograph anything, because that… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I haven't been sorting through each and every aspect of this. Here's what I know: Hillary Clinton was an outstanding Secretary of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” he said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Do you ever want to go home?' I asked Paul. He brushed an ash from my face. 'It's the century of the… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
Arbeloa said he was my friend, but I don't consider him my friend - maybe someone I know, but not my friend. — Gerard Pique Copy Share Image
I had such plans for this evening. The pursuit of blind drunkenness and wayward women was my goal. But alas, it was… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Ah... Much better" he said. "Backbiter, Luke called it. An appropriate name. Now that it is reforged comeplately, it shall indeed bite… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Music and dancing (the more the pity) have become so closely associated with ideas of riot and debauchery among the less cultivated… — John Herschel Copy Share Image