In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You can't escape the past in Paris, and yet what's so wonderful about it is that the past and present intermingle so… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
When I free my body from its clothes, from all their buttons, belts, and laces, it seems to me that my soul… — August Strindberg Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump's narcissism seems to be reflected in his need to be liked and treated positively. — David Krieger Copy Share Image
My mom was a screenwriter. I saw a lot of people who didn't seem very fulfilled creatively or otherwise by their roles… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
I seldom try to probe the mystery of my sloth. I have squandered a gigantic fortune of work hours... seems likely that… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
Don't be confused by what looks like luck to you. Lucky people don't make successful people; people who completely commit themselves to… — Grant Cardone Copy Share Image
The more traditional bride still prefers white or ivory, but the young girls... seem to like the idea of using colors. — Reem Acra Copy Share Image
In high school I read [Lev] Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" and loved it. Then I read [Friedrich] Nietzsche's "On the Genealogy of Morals"… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
There is much to dislike about President Obama's approach to the financial crisis. But opposition, it seems, will have to come from… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
I wake each day and try to see what I might do that is of some value and joy. It's a strange… — Kent Haruf Copy Share Image
The one thing that seems to be consistent through all my work that I like, and I experimented a lot, is the… — Richard Misrach Copy Share Image
All the things you would do gladly, oh without enthusiasm, but gladly, all the things there seems no reason for your not… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Voice is one of the most elusive qualities in any story. We recognize it when we hear it, but it's hard consciously… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
People who are genuinely involved in life, not just living a routine they've contrived to protect them from disaster, always seem to… — Carolyn Heilbrun Copy Share Image
It is never too late to begin rebuilding, Though all into ruins your life seems hurled; For see! how the light of… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
During the election people from visible minorities stood as candidates on both the left and the right. And only one African woman… — Patrick Gaubert Copy Share Image
I fully agree with you about the significance and educational value of as well as history and philosophy of science. So many… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There must be a law if there is to be liberty. Try to play a piano and you will run into laws… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
You're letting such a fragile side of yourself out when you're creating or writing music. To do that with people who are… — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
In fact, people seem to be tired of fiction now. There are so many other ways of exploring humanity - by ethnology,… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Being an older person now, I'm finding that people are calling me to play various things. Variations on the theme of mother,… — Barbara Crampton Copy Share Image
There are at the present time two great nations in the world--the Russians and the Americans. The American relies upon his personal… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I want to be successful and I want people to hear the music and I want to make money at it, but… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
Twitter seems like a busman's holiday: just more writing. I have no plans to do it. I'll just stick with my 24/7… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Go, lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How… — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
It's good to be employable, but I hope to show the truth. The paintings seem true because nobody wants me to do… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
We gathered the wild-flowers. Yes, life there seem'd one pure delight; As thro' the field we rov'd. Yes, life there seem'd one… — George Linley Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seems as if I have spent the first half of my life refusing to let white people define me and… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
This sounds so bleak when I say it, but we need some delusions to keep us going. And the people who successfully… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Often poets fall into groups that exclude others, and don't pay attention to those who write in different ways. It seems so… — Martha Ronk Copy Share Image
Country seems to be finding a bigger audience. Certainly an audience out of the general country scene is finding me. — Keith Urban Copy Share Image
The belief that consciousness extends beyond death is surely to put more belief in the permanence of self, not less. That seems… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
When the moon shines very brilliantly, a solitude and stillness seem to proceed from her that influence even crowded places full of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Usually form seems to find me in the process of writing a poem, though I have nothing against starting out with the… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
Most people now seem to treasure anything they value in proportion to the extent that it's followed about and surrounded by the… — Ada Leverson Copy Share Image
I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects. — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
It seems almost incredible that the advocates of liberty should conceive of the idea of selling a fellow creature to slavery. — James Forten Copy Share Image