Ivan Ilych saw that he was dying, and he was in continual despair. In the depth of his heart he knew he… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Until I saw Chardin's painting, I never realized how much beauty lay around me in my parents' house, in the half-cleared table,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Both of my parents are surfers, of course, so they understood where my passion for surfing was at and I guess they… — Bethany Hamilton Copy Share Image
Gideon was a force of nature, his magnetic self-possession so powerful it put everyone around him in his shadow. I saw flashes… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
I was in the New Zealand army for like four years, the exact period of when it was on the air, so… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
I had been playing with matches and burned a small rug. I was in the process of covering up my crime when… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
I looked up and saw my flag. But I didn't hear my anthem. The quotation above from 6 ft 4 inch, 286… — Matt Ghaffari Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
I bought an electric-powered chain saw with a plug-in cord so if I run away fast enough, you can only chase me… — Laurie Notaro Copy Share Image
Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible. — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
Those of us who finally saw through the Vietnam war saw through this war, and all the actions that were necessary to… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
Of course they had more chains on him than Scrooge saw on Marley's ghost, but he could have kicked up dickens if… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Again, somehow, one saw life, a pure bead. I lifted the pencil again, useless though I knew it to be. But even… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Life was never anything but a perpetual see-saw between gravity and jest. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I don't think it's necessarily 100-percent true. But comic books have infiltrated the mainstream Hollywood in ways that I don't think I… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
We saw the strong trees struggle and their plumes do down, The poplar bend and whip back till it split to fall,… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Almost halfway down the aisle, she saw someone she wasn't expecting, and she almost stumbled on her satin heels. Kingsley Martin stood… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
The 2004 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win with 51 percent of the vote was the last one Republicans will… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Another picture I hope to be remembered by is this one of the drum major rehearsing at the University of Michigan. It… — Alfred Eisenstaedt Copy Share Image
Jon Krakauer had documented it very accurately and very well but this kid made a real impression on people, and likewise they… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
Stand still, true poet that you are! I know you; let me try and draw you. Some night you'll fail us: when… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
Growing up I was very into art. In high school I was into the surrealists and impressionists, and I loved Klimt. In… — Chloe Sevigny Copy Share Image
I saw more truth and sensitivity in art than I did in many of the people in this world. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When I first started, I saw myself shooting documentaries or making documentaries, which is what I did, mostly, for a number of… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as… — Barbara Corcoran Copy Share Image
