I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I remember being with a girlfriend who asked me to look over some chess openings with her. I instantly fell asleep. I… — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
I'm perfectly willing to say no more Iraqs, which means no more unilateral starting of the war on false claims, false information,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
We can invoke spiritual compensation when we find ourselves in situations of material lack. In other words, what happens for most of… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Maturity is perseverance-the ability to sweat out a project or a situation, in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks, and stick… — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
We're stuck in these situations with other people and our stuff and our jobs, and thinking that we can extract ourselves from… — Ian Bogost Copy Share Image
...we must also acknowledge that the majority of the men and women of our time continue to live daily in situations of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“I write these words to bear witness to the primacy of resistance struggle in any situation of domination (even within family life);… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
God never said that we wouldn’t have unfair situations, that we wouldn’t experience loss. But He promised if we would stay in… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I'm just a basketball player. Regardless of the situation, I'm going to continue to work hard and play my game. — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Copy Share Image
To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
A freewheeling mind can conceive a virtually infinite number of sequences, but just how that mind picks out and stores those that… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
I understand that smoking is vaguely inappropriate in certain situations. You know, like an orphanage, cancer ward, whatever. — Greg Proops Copy Share Image
Part of what makes a situation traumatic is not talking about it. Talking reduces trauma symptoms. When we don't talk about trauma,… — Tian Dayton Copy Share Image
The fastest way to become the master of your thoughts and emotions is through challenging situations. If your life is going along… — Rhonda Byrne 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
I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person,… — Lisa Marie Presley Copy Share Image
I mainly get my inspiration for writing from everyday situations and I come up with hypothetical scenarios and I can usually write… — Thomston Copy Share Image
Light is everything in photographs and has to be considered in all situations. — Catherine Opie Copy Share Image
I think my music is definitely country but it's got a little bit of that rock flair about it. I always try… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
If you are deemed insane, then all actions that would oherwise prove you are not do, in actuality, fall into the framework… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
When was the last time the United States won a war? You know, it lost in Vietnam. It's lost in Afghanistan. It's… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
There is a greater fatigue concerning the African problem today than five or 10 years ago. The situation now in Africa is… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In life, when presented with any situation, breathe, take your time, focus and then decide what to do. — Rickson Gracie Copy Share Image
Here we go again, a government which is making yet more excuses for yet more failure when it comes to getting our… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
I didn't run from the situation. I didn't hide the ordeal from the reporters like the sissy baseball players. I fought it… — James Toney Copy Share Image
You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again.… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
The way we live our daily lives is what most effects the situation of the world. If we can change our daily… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
We're finally learning that it is not an either-or situation ... Feelings and learning and emotion are all very integral to each other. — Linda Lantieri Copy Share Image
Travelers perceptions do not always reflect the reality of a situation, and ignorance is costing the industry billions. — Paul Dowling Copy Share Image
Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My dad taught me not to overplay, to think about my parts when I play, even in a live situation. — Eric Hernandez Copy Share Image
I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion — you keep going forward,… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
I lived with a bunch of guys for about a year in L.A. when I was younger. But I never had a… — Max Greenfield Copy Share Image
If you travel around America you see different sections of highways donated by this or that person, and that's a slow beginning… — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
We're not living in a society that science actually dominates the conversation. We're living in a situation where some science is allowed… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
This is why I didn't get married last year," she said to him. "I wouldn't be here to nurse you." She thought… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Take the situation of a scientist solving a problem, where he has certain data, which call for certain responses. Some of this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
