We lisp in numbers, in the U.S. We are deluged by ample, often mysterious statistics. ... Like many in this country, I… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
Interpersonal experience shapes the mind as it continues to develop throughout the lifespan... Interactions with the environment, especially relationships with other people,… — Daniel J. Siegel Copy Share Image
The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we… — Stephen Baxter Copy Share Image
The difference between writing a story and simply relating past events is that a story, in order to be acceptable, must have… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Arguably, if you view a real barn in bright sunlight and close by, while fully alert and otherwise in good shape, then… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
The circumstances with which every thing in this world is begirt, give every thing in this world its size and shape;--and by… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
I don't see teenagers anymore. I see... I see youths. Slumped S shapes in their hoodies, all huddled round a bin of… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes,… — Alice James Copy Share Image
Under the notion that unregulated market-driven values and relations should shape every domain of human life, the business model of governance has… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I became simply a pair of eyes, staring through my mask at Char. I needed no ears because I was too far… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have -… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
The world has progressed to the point where it's most powerful force is public opinion. And I believe that in this world… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Walking your path doesn't mean you don't hurt, it means the pain is worth the progress. Sometimes you have to break something… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
The fear of death has been raised too much and set up on high, especially by preachers, like the brazen serpent in… — James Vila Blake Copy Share Image
There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Aspire to be like Mt. Fuji, with such a broad and solid foundation that the strongest earthquake cannot move you, and so… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
One has to always ask the question: Where can one be most effective in helping shape policies? It is always difficult when… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Part of knowing how to think is knowing how the laws of nature shape the world around us. Without that knowledge, without… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Geniuses come in many shapes and colors, and they often run in packs. If you can find one, it may lead you… — Aaron Koblin Copy Share Image
You attain aptness by judging while in good shape and in a good situation (good light, good distance, etc.), through the exercise… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
The formal stuff feels old and windy. Not to say you shouldn't know prosody. But it's a wonderful time for exploratory poetics.… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
The color, the shape, and the texture--none of it is accidental. Every item we wear has a glorious (or sometimes not so… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Political pandering comes in all shapes and sizes, but every four years the presidential primary bring us in contact with its purest… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I realized that I had things in my head not like what I had been taught - not like what I had… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
The expression of our truth is an ancient action through which we actually discover our place in the world; the true shape… — John Earle Copy Share Image
The colors of living things begin to fade with the last breath, and the soft, springy skin and supple muscle rot within… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The TV schedule is fantastic. It allows you to have a life. Theater actors are so disciplined - especially if you're doing… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
If you manifest your true self through nature and your normal surroundings, I find that the most eerie. Like when you see… — Holland Roden Copy Share Image
If everything was super easy and I didn't have to face the odd bump in the road or difficult time then I… — Jan Hellriegel Copy Share Image
I think it's sad that there seems to be one definition of beauty in Hollywood/New York. It's such a cliche, but I… — Julianne Nicholson Copy Share Image
I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm trying to get my… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
Lust is a mysterious wound in the side of humanity; or rather, at the very source of its life! To confound this… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
People from the rock and roll world have felt for years that electronic music had no soul, but now electronic music can… — Bjork Copy Share Image
Having a Christian worldview shapes my decision-making with respect to all aspects of my life. I always respect people in public life… — John Thune Copy Share Image
Down the well," Angela repeated, and had to go sit down and hold on to her letter opener. It was in the… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
It would take too long to explain the intimate alliance of contradictions in human nature which makes love itself wear at times… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I kept shooting but started making drafts of the work, essentially spending a few days a month sequencing and editing, hanging things… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share Image
What we collectively decide about how to bail out our economy, how to pull our economy out of a ditch and what… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The dragon-fly is dancing,— Is on the water glancing, She flits about with nimble wing, The flickering, fluttering, restless thing. Besotted chafers… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
