Teaching Black Studies, I find that students are quick to label a black person who has grown up in a predominantly white… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
A mathematical idea should not be petrified in a formalised axiomatic setting, but should be considered instead as flowing as a river. — James Joseph Sylvester Copy Share Image
True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
In The Jack Daniels Sessions, folktales and modern landscapes collide, exploding and reforming in the form of an intriguing and intelligent collection.… — Cat Rambo Copy Share Image
Innovative ideas are rarely rejected on their merits; they’re rejected because of how they make people feel. If you forget people’s concerns… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
The composer does not want the self-sufficiency of a richly complex text: he or she wants to feel that the text is… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Normally, people who are frustrated out in the water are frustrated on land. They brought their frustration with them. If you go… — Laird Hamilton Copy Share Image
I realise I'll have to acquire the ability to speak to my audience in between numbers. I've never had to do that.… — Susan Schneider Copy Share Image
There are so many types of shoes. There's so many categories, and I really have no idea what type of shoe I… — Arj Barker Copy Share Image
In some cases, I would not want us to follow their [Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton] pattern. I do not believe they… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Crossing over mountains, rivers, arid oceans, setting at naught, as it were, the obstacles of the distance of space and time, the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Childhood, at its best, is a perpetual adventure, in the truest sense of that overtaxed word: a setting forth into trackless lands… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I walked about 55 kilometers and was awake for 25 hours. Now I have to think about setting a sleeping record. — Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami Copy Share Image
I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Insight, I believe, refers to the depth of understanding that comes by setting experiences, yours and mine, familiar and exotic, new and… — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
The clouds that gather round the setting sun do take a sober colouring from an eye that hath kept watch o'er man's… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
A dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing all four levels of prayer: the secret closet, the family… — Richard Burr Copy Share Image
The Bucket List is a movie about two old codgers who are nothing like people, both suffering from cancer that is nothing… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
We don't have polls from the business world, but it's pretty clear that the energy corporations in America would be quite happy… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One of the beauties of working in radio is the way a whole setting can be richly evoked simply by the addition… — Peter Blegvad Copy Share Image
So setting up automatic savings plans, and buying insurance as opposed to buying a new thing. The newness effect of a new… — Dan Buettner Copy Share Image
Sometimes my feelings are so hot that I have to take the pen and put them out on paper to keep them… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting. — Meg Whitman Copy Share Image
