Hamlet 's character is the prevalence of the abstracting and generalizing habit over the practical. He does not want courage, skill, will,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
To possess your soul in patience, with all the skin and some of the flesh burnt off your face and hands, is… — Charles Edward Montague Copy Share Image
a lot of trouble has been caused by memoirs. Indiscreet revelations, that sort of thing. People who have been close as an… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Well, I think in trying to make life seem real enough that one is moved to do something about the more atrocious… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
As paradoxical as it may seem a great sculptor is as much a colourist as the best painter, or rather the best… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
It seems far-fetched, even preposterous, to blame the global economic order for the persistence of severe poverty in countries that are ruled… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
Go to the farmers market and buy food there. You'll get something that's delicious. It's discouraging that this seems like such an… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Just because someone looks old doesn't mean he or she is. The skin of some people who spend a lot of time… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
People who praise illness as bringing out the best in people ought to have their heads examined. Pain forces you to think… — Rae Foley Copy Share Image
As with email, the recipient of a texted question seems to have the option to ignore it, while nevertheless saying, 'Hello, lovely… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
I should not like to leave an impression that all structural problems can be settled by X-ray analysis or that all crystal… — Dorothy Hodgkin Copy Share Image
... we condone the most bitter and vindictive intolerance from a desire to appear tolerant, and run to prove that badness is… — J. E. Buckrose Copy Share Image
The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it. — William Greider Copy Share Image
A laughing fool ... seems born for nothing but to show his teeth. — George Pope Morris Copy Share Image
The modern world seems to have no notion of preserving different things side by side, of allowing its proper and proportionate place… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hope people find my movies funny and will watch them years from now. And, in terms of writing, I hope that… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I admire Ginsberg as a poet, despite the fact that he seems not to know when he is being good and when… — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
I think in this country we're committed to developing plays, and many plays I've seen have been rewritten too much. The scenes… — A. R. Gurney Copy Share Image
A lot of women seem to have a similar attitude, - 'I'm not a feminist' - and it gets wearying. What's wrong… — Mary Stott Copy Share Image
How can you need so many rods and reels to catch a fish? , she asked, her lips pulled into that weaned… — Tony Bishop Copy Share Image
