The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have devoted my whole life to the study of Nature, and yet a single sentence may express all that I have… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
A book should be a garden that fits in the hands. Word-petals of color. Stems of strength. roots of truth. Turn a… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Making films can be absolutely fantastic, but it can also be incredibly dull. You spend the whole day sitting by yourself in… — Kristin Scott Thomas Copy Share Image
In school, every period ends with a bell. Every sentence ends with a period. Every crime ends with a sentence. — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
I keep thinking of the gifts of my own upbringing, which I once took for granted: I can read any book I… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
I am a big Brian Eno fan - the first few Brian Eno records are just absolute gibberish and he came up… — Jay Watson Copy Share Image
I really enjoy acting. At home I can't even finish a sentence, and here I am reading these wonderful lines. I think… — Meg Tilly Copy Share Image
One day the Nouns were clustered in the street. An Adjective walked by, with her dark beauty. The Nouns were struck, moved,… — Kenneth Koch Copy Share Image
Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too? — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
We are not prepared to consider special category status for certain groups of people serving sentences for crime. Crime is crime is… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
He fell in October 1918, on a day that was so quiet and still on the whole front, that the army report… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
People generally express more in between their sentences when they're not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or… — Heath Ledger Copy Share Image
When you're on a submarine you're usually underwater for months at a time, and you don't get to Skype or make phone… — Jessy Schram Copy Share Image
It's language as a kind of structural system. A diagram of a sentence, now that seems like a kind of architectural model.… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
I had not seen "Pride and Prejudice," till I read that sentence of yours, and then I got the book. And what… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
For a long time, we assume we know who we are, until the moment we fully realize who that is; in that… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
Novels are almost like music or poetry - they just come to me in simple sentences, whereas I think my pieces get… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Glenn used to say the reason you can't really imagine yourself being dead was that as soon as you say, 'I'll be… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Read as widely as possible, and write every day, even if it's as little as three sentences. — William Shunn Copy Share Image
The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you reach the editing stage, it is often the case that you can get too involved with the story to detect… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man be behind it or no. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
