Nixon had been to China. He had been to Russia doing arms negotiation. And so, he was on his way toward what… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
Sheer egoism... Writers share this characteristic with scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, soldiers, successful businessmen - in short, with the whole top crust… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Let a man go down as low as possible; there must come a time when out of sheer desperation he will take… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I tend to play better in the studio, no pressures, just sheer volume and alcohol. — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
I rarely listen to the music for the sheer pleasure. I'm listening for the tool, I'm listening for the instrument, I'm listening… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
When a skater steps on the ice to compete, the nerves, the tension, and sheer suspense of that moment make for great… — Brian Boitano Copy Share Image
Nobody automatically believes in your dream. Nobody! You have to turn it into reality through your own sheer grit, bullheadedness and persistence. — Kimora Lee Simmons Copy Share Image
The ever increasing intensity of despair depends upon the degree of consciousness or is proportionate to this increase: the greater the degree… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Automobiles have always been part of my life, and I'm sure they always will be. What is it about them that moves… — Edward Herrmann Copy Share Image
The middles cleave to euphemisms not just because they're an aid in avoiding facts. They like them also because they assist their… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp… — Lillian Smith Copy Share Image
Cities are magical things. You know the energy in them. You have to walk the streets in any borough here and you… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
As far as I was concerned, the Panthers were 'baaaaaad.' The Party was more than bad; it was bodacious. The sheer audacity… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
You can't breathe for sheer revulsion when you keep finding the bodies of women with bamboo poles thrust up their vaginas. Even… — John Rabe Copy Share Image
It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disenfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
There is no human reason to be here, except for the sheer ecstasy of being crowded together. — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
Roald Dahl pioneered a new kind of literature for youngsters, one that dispensed with cant and solemnity, favoring anarchy and joy over… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a filmmaker and became one through sheer single-mindedness. I came to filmmaking from a background in graphic… — Neil Marshall Copy Share Image
We trust things more when they look like they were done for the love of it rather than the sheer commercial value… — Robert Scoble Copy Share Image
God does not have to come and tell me what I must do for Him; He brings me into a relationship with… — Oswald J. Smith Copy Share Image
For sheer drama, few accounts of slavery match Solomon Northup's tale of abduction from freedom and forcible enslavement. — Ira Berlin Copy Share Image
The odd thing about tradition is, the longer it's been going, the more people seem to take it seriously - as though… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
