In the course of time I have learned to tramp about coral reefs, twenty to thirty feet under water, so unconcernedly that… — William Beebe Copy Share Image
I found myself back in the sepulchral city resenting the sight of people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The jamaat was an almost silly mish-mash of people: Rude Dawud’s pork-pie hat poking up here, a jalab-and-turban there, Jehangir’s big Mohawk… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around… — Saina Nehwal Copy Share Image
But that's what happens when you allow a nice person to write a news paper serial for you; now the world thinks… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
Skype seems the best maybe, as international phone rates are silly. And service is service, that's definitely true. Any time there are… — Jacob Tomsky Copy Share Image
[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
In my estimation it's silly to go out and spend your time aiding people if you don't have your own act together… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Ragging at its most harmless is embarrassing and silly, but at its worst, it attempts to prevent individual students from independent thinking,… — Debalina Haldar Copy Share Image
There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Bend words. Stretch them, squash them, mash them up, fold them. Turn them over or swing them upside down. Make up new… — Kyo Maclear Copy Share Image
Nothing will shake a man-or at any rate a man like me-out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Worship the potato? The idea seemed silly to me. But then I thought, what else is more deserving of worship? It's simple,… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting first this… — Maud Hart Lovelace Copy Share Image
I like dogs better [than people]. They give you unconditional love. They either lick your face or bite you, but you always… — Greg Louganis Copy Share Image
I don't think American family sitcoms are mean. I guess I really love 'Arrested Development.' I guess they are quite mean in… — Simon Bird Copy Share Image
It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A friend of mine at the American Enterprise Institute says there are two parties: the silly party and the stupid party. I'm… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Have charity; have patience; have mercy. Never bring a human being, however silly, ignorant, or weak--above all, any little child--to shame and… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
To me, as a director and an actor, that's the main thing. "What's the heart of this story? What's the humanity of… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
The audience creates its own personality, I've noticed, in the first five minutes. They will either be generous, funny, silly, withholding, academic,… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
Life is all about the friendship and the love and the music. It sounds silly, but it is. I want to have… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it.… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
To say that most recent elections are rigged and all these votes are stolen, that's like saying we never landed on the… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
Pick-a-lock, Pick-a-lock, you'll regret the day, When you took a mouse thief and locked him away, Silly cat, look at that, it's… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
The more you travel, the better you get at it. It sounds silly, but with experience you learn how to pack the… — Roman Coppola Copy Share Image
I realize I have a lot of amazing opportunities, but I don't know how you can play a human being going through… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is claimed by those who argue that race is just a social construct that the human genome project shows that… — J. Philippe Rushton Copy Share Image
You young men of the priesthood, resolve to live the way you should. Don't be caught up in some of the silly… — David B. Haight Copy Share Image
The few love affairs which had come my way had been rather silly and sordid. They had not revealed the possibilities of… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
All men are not slimy warthogs. Some men are silly giraffes, some woebegone puppies, some insecure frogs. But if one is not… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous.… — Michael Schudson Copy Share Image
I was in the recording studio when Pink was recording for a part of the gay rights anthem. It was just amazing… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
But it's silly to suggest the writing of poetry is something ethereal, a sort of soul-crashing, devastating emotional experience that wrings you.… — Louise Bogan Copy Share Image
You know, you grow up with the image of John Travolta being super cool - 'Saturday Night Fever,' Brian De Palma, handsome… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I would make kung fu movies with the kids in the neighborhood, and I would be the… — Dan Fogler Copy Share Image
Islam has taken everything from its wretched believers. They are robbed from their identity and self pride. All they have now is… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
I can be really silly when I'm not actually writing silliness, and I have to rein that in. Pynchon, in my opinion,… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
I don't think the soul is immortal, or at least not immortal in individuals, but it may be immortal as an aspect… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I rely heavily on Thomas Sowell's magnificent book, Black Rednecks, White Liberals. He points out that blacks in the North perform better,… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image