The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to have found a new outlet in the pop festival. — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems to depend far more fundamentally upon… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
We [ with Brian Mulroney and Rajiv Gandhi] went to the meeting in Canada [the 1987 Vancouver CHOGM] and I said to… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
People steal into one's consciousness and occupy what seems, in retrospect, to have been their place all along. — Paula Fox Copy Share Image
I don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed. Disappointed in the things that… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where… — David Tudor Copy Share Image
In the history of the concept of number has been adjective (three cows, three monads) and noun (three, pure and simple), and… — Barry Mazur Copy Share Image
That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised; but each time… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
All elections revolve around and are often resolved by who raises the most money. That's unfair. I'd like to see that process… — John Murray Copy Share Image
Once we're willing to confront our emotional suffering, we begin making choices based on attraction instead of aversion, love instead of fear.… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Its at night, when perhaps we should be dreaming, that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
It seems like a cliche, but you do grow up a lot faster when you travel a lot, go through things like… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
I had a major surgery, a major abdominal surgery, and a mass was removed from my pelvic area, and I do have… — Robin Quivers Copy Share Image
Names have a mysterious transforming power. Like a ring on a finger, a name may at first seem merely accidental, committing you… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
I believe that God locates himself at the spot where you recognize your own fallibility....And the paradox of it all has been… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
What happens to conservatives when they get near the White House? How come they only seem to be talking the good talk… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
When established identities become outworn or unfinished ones threaten to remain incomplete, special crises compel men to wage holy wars, by the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Minimalism seems closest to the sophisticated storytelling of movies. Movies have really educated contemporary audiences to be the most intelligent, sophisticated audiences… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
It is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
As actors, we need public relations to campaign for our next possible role, and any media promoting our work seems positive in… — Carson Grant Copy Share Image
The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Human nature seems to me like the Alps. The depths are profound, black as night, and terrifying, but the heights are equally… — Emily Greene Balch Copy Share Image
It is ... possible to read Plato as if he were only discussing reason and not mystical intuition in his writings but… — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
in Italy, almost at every step, history and poetry add to the graces of nature, sweeten the memory of the past, and… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Sometimes we don't notice that someone is being brave, because they are only doing something that seems quite easy for us. — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image