When people complain of the decay of manners they have in mind not the impudent abbreviations of the crowd, but the decline… — Robert Wilson Lynd Copy Share Image
I was happy, I wasnt beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasnt what people expect - it was very much sort… — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
Fear of success is one of the new fears I've heard about lately. And I think its definitely a sign that we're… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
It is a bad thing to perform menial duties even for the sake of freedom; to fight with pinpricks, instead of with… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Percussion music is revolution. Sound and rhythm have too long been submissive to the restrictions of nineteenth century music. Today we are… — John Cage Copy Share Image
I wanted to do a set of love songs for Valentine's Day so I went through my old material. I found myself… — Tom Rush Copy Share Image
Who cares what a man's style is, so it is intelligible,--as intelligible as his thought. Literally and really, the style is no… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The intelligent and efficient politician is a species virtually unknown in the galaxy. Perhaps I might secure a scraping [for my] cell… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Of myself I must say this, I never was any greedy, scraping grasper, nor a strait fast-holding prince, nor yet a master;… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
We strain to hear. But instead of hearing an answer we catch sight of God himself scraped and torn. Through our tears… — Nicholas Wolterstorff Copy Share Image
...when a reporter is quoting Sid Blumenthal on president Bush, you know he's scraping the barrel. — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
I thought how utterly we have forsaken the Earth, in the sense of excluding it from our thoughts. There are but few… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
I liked school and was a bit of an all-rounder academically, I struggled with music. I can't hold a note when singing… — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
History teaches us no race, no people, no nation has ever been freed through cowardice, through cringing, through bowing and scraping, but… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
The leaves hop, scraping on the ground. It is deep January. The sky is hard. The stalks are firmly rooted in ice.… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
I need to smell its smells, to hear its sounds, to see food in a pot that simmers, bubbles, sizzles. I enjoy… — Marcella Hazan Copy Share Image
How is faith to endure, O God, when you allow all this scraping and tearing on us? You have allowed rivers of… — Nicholas Wolterstorff Copy Share Image
Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Novel-writing is a highly skilled and laborious trade. One does not just sit behind a screen jotting down other people's conversation. One… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
I alone must solve my problem. I have to clear my mind of everything else, think hard, analyze, explore my options, plan… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
My favorite moments are when the bass falls in the pocket with the drums, the guitar is on top just slicing it,… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
I don't believe in the scraping of stuff. Take the existing condition, offer up a diagnosis for what's wrong, and a prescription… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
I don't see any point in having a public service broadcaster which attempts to compete with the commercial sector. Obviously part of… — Jonathan Meades Copy Share Image
Things are very rudimentary as far as women's rights really go here, and it seems fine, but once you start scraping the… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
