I remember having a friend overnight, and lots of giggling after the lights were out. And seemingly long silences followed by “Are… — Joe Brainard Copy Share Image
Meditation doesn't lead you to silence; meditation only creates the situation in which the silence happens. And this should be the criterion… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
We're in a very, very profound crisis. It's so obvious that no one in the power structure, either the corporate power structure… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
What I intended to accomplish was to rouse the student body, not by means of an organization, but solely by my simple… — Kurt Huber Copy Share Image
The demon of acedia -- also called the noonday demon -- is the one that causes the most serious trouble of all.… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
Nobody gets any fun out of baseball any more. I guess a kid's crazy not to be serious about it when he's… — Rabbit Maranville Copy Share Image
I have serious concerns about whether it's prudent to give any foreign country substantial leverage over the U.S. economy. Instead of spending… — Tim Johnson Copy Share Image
People can be extraordinarily resilient and show extraordinary grace and humour even in moments of tribulation. I've always found that it's much… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
In June 2002, airport security searched Al Gore. There's a lot not to like about Gore, but he's not a terrorist. Gore… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
There is an insistent tendency among serious social scientists to think of any institution which features rhymed and singing commercials, intense and… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Usually halfway through a book I have a serious depression, so I go on safari on my ranch in South Africa, or… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
At the core of an analytical edge is an ability to systematically distinguish between fundamentals and expectations. Fundamentals are a well thought… — Michael Mauboussin Copy Share Image
Radical Islamists are serious about killing in pursuit of their extreme objectives. Releasing their soldiers can only embolden them to take more… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
A lot of action characters are a little bit too serious as well. They take themselves a bit too seriously, which I… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
I have nothing to fear from serious social studies of science, and I hope that my philosophy will help progressive science policies… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
The boy and girl going hand in hand through a meadow; the mother washing her baby; the sweet simple things in life.… — Edward Steichen Copy Share Image
It is precisely because a child's feelings are so strong that they cannot be repressed without serious consequences. The stronger a prisoner… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
It's so great in Hollywood now. You have people past 40 sitting and talking about serious stuff, writing and making movies and… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
I always try to be ironistic in everything I do. I love people who understand humor and who live through humor. So,… — Albert Kuvezin Copy Share Image
The weird thing about serious acting is I've always done impressions of people, all my life, and I did the thing called… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Strong countries and strong presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Eliminating the death penalty...will not hinder the prosecutorial capacity to seek, or the court's ability to impose, 'life without parole' sentences for… — Scott Harshbarger Copy Share Image
Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
If they lose their legal basis for owning a .cn domain, google.cn would cease to exist, or if it continued to exist,… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
A man who says, 'I want to change, tell me how to', seems very earnest, very serious, but he is not. He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been a gurner. I tried to reel it in. You know there was a period when I thought I was… — Michelle Gomez Copy Share Image
Whether the teacher is authoritarian, undisciplined, competent, incompetent, serious, irresponsible, involved, a lover of people and of life, cold, angry with the… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
We have in our head something called story grammar. We see the world as a series of episodes rather than logical propositions...… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
Violence has been a necessary component of every serious liberation struggle...Violence is not the only path to liberation, but likely an indispensable… — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
Balochistan, and to some extent Sindh too, has a general feeling that they are not part of the decision-making process in Pakistan… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You know the phrase 'Jesus laughed' isn't ever used in the Gospels. So, most people walk away with the idea that Jesus… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
If physics is too difficult for the physicists, the nonphysicist may wonder whether he should try at all to grasp its complexities… — Edward Condon Copy Share Image
I would not use American ground forces in Syria. I think that would be a very serious mistake. I don't think American… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Bowing is a very serious practice. You should be prepared to bow, even in your last moment. even though it is impossible… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
You haven't changed. You may say: 'I'm full of love, I'm full of truth, I'm full of knowledge, I'm full of wisdom.'… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I could not sit seriously down to write a serious Romance under any other motive than to save my life, & if… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good scientific work… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image