I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I began wanting to create a detective who really turned the tables on that image of women, to know that you could… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
I'm arrogant enough to tell you that I'm smart enough to have scored higher on my Scholastic Aptitude Test than any US… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
I was a very senior minister in the Howard government and I sat around this particular table [in the prime ministerial office]… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
I just think more precaution should be taken when I'm inside the pocket. Look at all the replays - I'm on the… — Michael Vick Copy Share Image
In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
The kitten was six weeks old. It was enchanting, a delicate fairy-tale cat, whose Siamese genes showed in the shape of the… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
...she waited until she and my grandfather Anthel were just home from their honeymoon, and then sat him down and told him… — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
I followed the launch of the library with Margaret Atwood and then David Mitchell. I just sat quietly at home secretly envying… — Sjon Copy Share Image
And sometimes then he sat with us for an hour or so, sharing our limbo, listening while I read. Books from any… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
I sat on the bench outside of class today and talked to Jon. I read to him from my journal, it was… — Sabrina Ward Harrison Copy Share Image
The secret weapon is cucumber.' Solange sat all the way up. 'Jasmine, cover your ears.' MaryAnn, Juliette and Jasmine burst out laughing.… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
She blinked, sat up, and saw Chris in the bathroom doorway. He'd just gotten out the shower. His hair was damp, and… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
We were equals afterwards, as we had been before; but, afterwards at quiet times when I sat looking at Joe and thinking… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I invented animals and birds - I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat down and… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
[Kenny] leaned back against the counter and studied the other man. “So Dex, how’s come you’re still alive to tell the tale?”… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
Somewhere in that database my name sat in its own little niche, the name of a reject, undisciplined and worthless. Just the… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
You might be a redneck if you entire family has ever sat around waiting for a call from the governor to spare… — Jeff Foxworthy Copy Share Image
The whole universe sat there, open to the man who could make the right decisions. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
We sat down and read it for the first time and I thanked God under my breath, because they were all so… — Gavin MacLeod Copy Share Image
Mr. and Mrs. Boffin sat staring at mid-air, and Mrs. Wilfer sat silently giving them to understand that every breath she drew… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It was a day in early spring; and as that sweet, genial time of year and atmosphere calls out tender greenness from… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I sat down and tried to write a story. "Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I just sat there looking at television, sort of dumb and thought how horrible it was. I had -- the grand aspects… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
In the morning he was lying dead on one of the beds fully clothed. He was dead. I got the impression he… — Dennis Nilsen Copy Share Image